Category: So Asia
Bangladesh Announce T20 Squad for Pakistan Tour
DESPARDES — Bangladesh national cricketers will undertake a three-day practice camp from Sunday (January 19)…
Indian Navy Slashes Procurement as Protests and a Weakening Economy Spell a Rocky Road Ahead
DESPARDES Report — Indian Navy(IN) is scaling back its modernization programs, as financials and economic…
Security Council Meets Today to Discuss Occupied Kashmir Lockdown
China had asked the UN Military Observer Group posted along the border areas between Pakistan…
Bangladesh Growth Pegged at 8 Pct This Year –With IT 53Pct of GDP
Bangladesh exports nearly $1 billion of IT services (53pct of GDP) every year – a…
Increasing Violence, Turmoil in Kashmir Since PM Modi’s 370 Move
DESPARDES (UPDATED) — Kashmir has been experiencing increasing amounts of violence and turmoil since New…
Indian Woman ‘Rises From the Dead’ During Funeral Preparations After Apparent Misdiagnosis
RT — A woman in southwestern India succumbed to a high fever, lost consciousness and…
Envoys from U.S., 15 Other Nations Visit Jammu & Kashmir, EU Envoys Decline
The European Union declined to take part over lack of access to detained politicians. DESPARDES…
Man Kills 12-Year-Old Sister in Sacrifice to Goddess of War, Indian Police Say
DESPARDES — Indian officials have recovered a young girl’s headless body from a forest in…
BJP Losing Control of India? (Map)
DESPARDES — A snowballing of Hindu nationalism is adding to the changing face of one…
Bangladesh Navy: Five More Patrol Vessels Under Construction at Khulna Shipyard; China Hands Over Two Ex-PLAN Frigates to BN
DESPARDES — Bangladesh’s Khulna Shipyard has begun construction of a second batch of five Padma-class…
India Economy as a ‘Person of Interest’: Neighborhood Watch
DESPARDES — The world’s largest (secular) democracy — once among the fastest growing large economies…
INSIGHT: Bilawal, Bhutto Videos
IRSHAD SALIM — Bhutto’s battlecry — in the 70s — of ‘Roti, Kapra Aur Makan’…