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High-price Chinese COVID vaccine sparks row in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 30 (ANI): Disclosure of procurement price of China's Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka has sparked a row after reports emerged that Colombo had to shell out a higher per-dose price than its fellow South Asian country Bangladesh.
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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India, Myanmar sign 10 MoUs; 4 of them to construct roads, schools, solar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): India and Myanmar on Thursday exchanged 10 agreements, four of which focus on the construction of water supply systems, distribution of electricity by solar power, as well as construction of roads and schools in Rakhine state, located on the western coast
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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi leaves for ICJ hearing on Rohingya genocide
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], Dec 8 (ANI): Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday departed for a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to defend her country against Gambia's charges of the genocide of minority Muslim community in the South Asian country.
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2009 attack's memory alive, 10 Sri Lankan players opt out of Pak tour
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI): In yet another reminder to Pakistan that it should take stern action against terror groups operating from its soil, 10 Sri Lankan cricket players on Monday chose to opt-out of the upcoming tour to the South Asian country citing security concerns.
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Pakistan China's vassal, Khan is Xi's jester, says ex-Pentagon official
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 23 (ANI): An ex-Pentagon official, Michael Rubin, warned the United States against falling prey to Pakistan's latest bid to revive relations, stating that the South Asian country's Prime Minister Imran Khan did not seek a new partnership, but aimed at continuing a patt
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Trump apprised of persecution of Mohajirs in Pak ahead of meeting with Imr
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 21 (ANI): A US-based non-profit organisation, the South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation, has written a letter to US President Donald Trump highlighting the abuses faced by Mohajirs in Pakistan, ahead of the leader's meeting with the South Asian country's Prime Min
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Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina takes oath as PM for 4th time
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 7 (ANI): Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Monday. This is the fourth time that Hasina has become the prime minister of the South Asian country. It is also her third consecutive term in the office.
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China approves $1 billion aid to Pak despite FAFT ban
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 03 (ANI): China's one billion dollar loan to Pakistan has come at a time when the South Asian country has been officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog's grey list.
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Swaraj meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar] May 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Myanmar's first State Counsellor (Myanmar) Aung San Suu Kyi met in Naypyidaw on Friday as a part of her two-day visit to the South-Asian country.
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