Pakistan sits on minerals worth trillions of dollars
Given the US and Chinese hunger for minerals, Pakistan could secure massive FDI, end poverty and become a major force in geopolitics. But it has to put its political and economic house in order first.
Russian Supreme Court removes Taliban from banned list
Kabul, April 19 (TOLO News) – Following the decision of the Russian Supreme Court to suspend the designation of the name of the “Taliban” from the list of banned organizations, Russia’s special representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, announced. The move removes legal obstacles to developing...
China-built airport in Nepal was littered with corruption, inquiry finds
A Nepali investigation blamed lawmakers and officials for looking the other way. The $216 million airport receives only one international flight a week
China’s humanoid robots go head-to-head with humans in half-marathon
21 robots raced with humans for the first time in Beijing
Maestro Lester James Peries and his movie masterpiece “Nidhanaya” (Treasure).
By, D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT The 4 K restored version of the award winning Sinhala movie “Nidhanaya”(Treasure) directed by Sri Lanka’s renowned film maker Lester James Peries was screened in Colombo at the National Archives auditorium on 7 April 2025. National Archives Director-General, Dr.Nadeera Rupesinghe said that over...
Tamil nationalism is at stake in the Sri Lankan local government elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, April 19 -The upcoming local government elections in Sri Lanka will see fierce campaigns by Tamil political parties in the Northern and Eastern Provinces where Tamils are the predominant community. For the first time in Si Lankan history, the Tamil parties...
Maldives opens first resident embassy in Türkiye
Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel raised the national flag at a ceremony in Ankara, alongside Türkiye’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy
Delhi police ban Palm Sunday procession citing threat to law and order
The police apparently expected Hindu extremists to attack the procession of Christian men, women and children
Vance to visit India as Trump intensifies tariff war with China
JD Vance is due to meet Narendra Modi on 21 April
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs and China-US rivalry
By B. R. Deepak/The Sunday Guardian New Delhi, April 13 – The 2 April 2025 announcement triggered a geopolitical firestorm, significantly straining US relations with both allies and rivals. Fulfilling a key campaign promise to impose “reciprocal” tariffs, President Donald Trump on “Liberation Day” (2...
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