NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday expressed its willingness to consider “giving financial assistance” to crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, meanwhile, held a review meeting with Sebi and senior officials of the finance ministry ..Read More..

THIMPHU: The National Assembly and the National Council are at loggerheads over the budget bill. The National Council (NC) yesterday argued that the budget bill should be treated ..Read More..

MALE: State Minister of Home Affairs Ahmed Shafeeg has said that it is not trues true that the request made by the government to the Civil Service Commission to dismiss 1000 state employees are all regarding employees at the Home Ministry, but that the concerned ..Read More..

DHAKA: Bangladesh may suffer the severe impacts of the climate change due to its geographical location. The country`s location along the Bay of Bengal and in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna and density of population make it perilously vulnerable to climate ..Read More..

COLOMB , Colombo: Sri Lanka government has allocated a sum of Rs. 30 million as immediate funds to provide relief assistance to the people fleeing the rebel held areas. ..Read More..

KABUL: A U.N. official said Monday that the global economic crisis is hurting efforts to clear land mines in Afghanistan, one of the world’s most heavily mined countries. Haider Reza, program director of the U.N. Mine Action Center for Afghanistan, said more than 82,000 anti-personnel ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) submitted a draft of the ‘18th Amendment Bill’ to the National Assembly Secretariat on Monday – with the major focus on greater provincial autonomy – to ‘undo the 17th Amendment’s unconstitutional clauses’ and limit presidential ..Read More..

Beging : Leaders from China and the United States should meet more regularly, as the relationship between the two countries has to be “a global and comprehensive partnership”, former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said in Beijing Monday. ..Read More..

BARACK Obama will mark a radical break in American foreign policy this week by unveiling a team of diplomats tasked with ushering in a new era of dialogue with enemies abroad. ..Read More..

The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman president Ferdinand Marcos. It was originally meant to cost around 500 million dollars, but the final price tag of 2.3 billion dollars was only paid off in ..Read More..

If Talleyrand had not betrayed Napoleon, Waterloo would never have happened and instead Russia and France could have dominated Europe indefinitely. In our times, there are Talleyrands and Bushs in India and Pakistan as well. Irrationality, irresponsibility, misguided patriotism and ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The National Assembly on Monday passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning Israeli aggression in Gaza and urging international ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has greeted President Asif Ali Zardari through a message of “good wishes” for 2009. ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani informed the National Assembly that the PPP government was committed to work for independence of judiciary. ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked Hussian Haqqani, Ambassador in US, to renew his efforts to make US President-elect Barack ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has held out an assurance that the government would uphold sovereignty and supremacy of the parliament and all decisions will be made by the Parliament. ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that reducing reliance on imported fuels was critical for the country’s economic stability and called for adopting measures on war ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): A delegation of a leading industrial group of Germany led by Dr. Olaf Berlien called on President Asif Ali Zardari in Presidency on Monday. ..Read More..

RAWALPINDI, (SANA): Declaring responsible Muslim rulers for Gaza crisis, Pakistan Muslim League –N (PML-N) has demanded of the government to convene a conference of the foreign ministers of Islamic countries to devise a strategy against Israel. ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has demanded of the government to convene an emergent meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers to discuss Israeli aggression against Palestinians.  ..Read More..