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Xi Jinping is sounding confident as he looks to secure China’s prosperity and power, saying that the country is entering a time of opportunity when “the East is rising and the West is declining.”But behind closed doors, the Communist Party…

After neighbouring Assam, the relation between the ruling BJP and its junior ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) turned bitter ahead of the April 4 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC),…

Alibaba Group Holding has reached a deal under which it will buy a leading Bangladeshi online meal delivery service in one of its first international forays in the fast-growing sector.Alibaba took full control of Ele.me, China's…

Insurgency-related incidents in the northeastern (N-E) states dipped by 80% and civilian deaths by 99% last year compared to 2014, according to the Union home ministry data. The civilian deaths were in single digits (two) in 2020 for the…

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images of a permanent Chinese post, generated by illuminating radio waves during the night, provide glimpses of the Chinese buildup near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Situated at a distance of about 24…

More than a decade ago, Bangladesh pledged to transform itself into a technologically advanced nation by 2021, the 50th anniversary of the nation's founding. Not many people believed we could do it. After all, when Prime Minister…

New Delhi and Islamabad’s sudden agreement to halt skirmishes along the Line of Control comes soon after India-China deal to end Ladakh stand-off.The ceasefire also coincides with establishment of China-India hotline and analysts believe…

Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with two new criminal charges in a court appearance via video link on Monday, one month after a military coup triggered relentless mass protests.Suu Kyi has not been seen in public…

Cambodia's exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in jail Monday over an alleged plot to overthrow strongman Hun Sen's government, a court official said.Rainsy has lived in France since 2015 to avoid…

America and China have perhaps just months to set the course of bilateral relations. After that World contours could be set for decades.Let’s look at this picture. This is China now: wishing to be in a futuristic imperial past, or just…