Russia says post-1991 ‘illusions’ about the West are over

March 18, 2022

REUTERS Russia has lost any illusions about ever relying on the West and Moscow will never accept a world order dominated by the United States, which is acting like a sheriff seeking to call all the shots in a saloon bar, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Western nations have imposed sweeping sanctions across Russia’s financial […]Continue Reading

Bangladeshi killed in BSF firing

March 18, 2022

An alleged Bangladeshi infiltrator died when a Border Security Force jawan opened fire on the India-Bangladesh frontier near Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar on Wednesday night, Telegraph India reports. The youth and some others had allegedly infiltrated India by cutting a portion of the border fence when the firing occurred. One of his aides, also a […]Continue Reading

India’s Supreme Court to hear case of Rohingya girl facing deportation to Myanmar

March 17, 2022

News Desk The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday decided to examine the case of a 14-year-old Rohingya girl facing deportation from India to Myanmar, The Hindu reports. A Bench led by Justice S Abdul Nazeer issued notice to the government and asked the petitioner NGO, Global Peace Initiative, represented by senior advocate Sanjay Hegde […]Continue Reading

Biden, Xi to speak Friday on Russia, Ukraine

March 17, 2022

Reuters US President Joe Biden will hold a call on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House said on Thursday, as the United States piles pressure on China not to provide support to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. “The two leaders will discuss managing the competition between our two countries as well […]Continue Reading

Myanmar arrests 18 Bangladeshi fishermen, seizes four boats

March 16, 2022

Desk News: Myanmar’s Border Guard Police or BGP has arrested 18 Bangladeshi fishermen and seized their four boats off Shah Porir Dwip in the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The arrest and seizure took place as the fishermen aged between 16 and 25 were returning from fishing in the Bay on […]Continue Reading

Ukraine says launching counter-offensive against Russia

March 16, 2022

Reuters, Lviv Ukraine’s armed forces are launching counter-offensive against Russian forces “in several operational areas,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “This radically changes the parties’ dispositions,” he added, without giving details. Reuters was unable immediately to verify his Continue Reading