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Chinese missile tracker ship prospecting Indian Ocean bed south of Sri Lanka

The military ship is expected to head towards its home port Jiangyin near Shanghai, but it is unclear whether the ship will make another port call while on the way back to China.

  • Published: August 30, 20225:58 am
  • Author S Venkat Narayan
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Bangladesh to file protest against Myanmar for shelling mortars

Border Guard Bangladesh stepped up its vigilance along Bangladesh-Myanmar border after two Myanmar mortar shells landed on the Bangladesh side.

  • Published: August 29, 20227:47 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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‘Highly regrettable’: Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban’s claim that Pakistani airspace was used for Zawahiri hit

The comments came less than a month after US President Joe Biden announced al-Zawahiri’s killing in a drone strike in Kabul.

  • Published: August 29, 20227:38 am
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14 foreign missions in Bangladesh ask Myanmar over Rohingyas

The statements came on the fifth anniversary of the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, where around 7,50,000 Rohingyas fled a brutal military crackdown in 2017.

  • Published: August 26, 20229:27 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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Dhaka in talks with Moscow to buy crude, refined oil: Russian ambassador

Negotiations are also going on between Moscow and Dhaka for the resumption of wheat purchase on a government-to-government basis.

  • Published: August 25, 20227:56 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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Pakistan rejects India’s ‘purported closure’ of inquiry into missile accidentally fired into country

The BrahMos missile was fired earlier this year, prompting Pakistan to seek answers from New Delhi on the safety mechanisms in place to prevent accidental launches.

  • Published: August 25, 20227:55 am
  • Author Naveed Siddiqui
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India sacks 3 for accidentally launching missile into Pakistan in March

Military experts have in the past warned of the risk of accidents or miscalculations by the neighbours, which have fought three wars and engaged in numerous smaller armed clashes.

  • Published: August 24, 20227:47 am
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US extends $15 million to Nepal to tackle food crisis

Experts have warned that Nepal’s agriculture sector has not been performing well this year, with the ongoing fertiliser crisis fuelled by the Russia-Ukraine war could…

  • Published: August 23, 20227:32 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Pakistan rejects spate of false terror charges by India

Separately, the Indian media has also reported that the Indian intelligence and border forces were on high alert for possible ‘cross-border infiltration’ attempts along…

  • Published: August 22, 20223:11 pm
  • Author Naveed Siddiqui
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Rohingyas must return to Myanmar: Bangladesh PM

Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet also called for the Bangladesh government to be vigilant against anti-Rohingya rhetoric.

  • Published: August 18, 20229:16 am
  • Author The Daily Star

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