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By Bhadra Sharma KATHMANDU — Nepal’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (23) ruled that the country’s Parliament, which was dissolved in December by the country’s prime minister, must be reconvened, pushing the Himalayan nation into another round of…
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By P. K. Balachandran COLOMBO - Sri Lanka has cancelled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the Parliament, scheduled for February 24, citing COVID-19 constraints.  Khan is set to arrive in Colombo for a two-day visit on…
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By Livia Albeck Ripka MELBOURNE — A former government staff member’s account of being raped in Australia’s Parliament building sent shock waves through the country’s halls of power Monday (15), with the governing conservative party coming…
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COLOMBO – The four Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Members of Parliament (MPs) who voted for the 20th Amendment to the Constitution in October last year had been assured the government would permit the burial of COVID-19 victims, SLMC…
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COLOMBO - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament on Wednesday (10), the government would allow the burial of those who had died of COVID, thus ending a 10-month long controversy over the disposal of the Covid-dead. Responding…
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GENEVA – Sri Lanka’s government is aggressively attacking efforts to hold officials to account for past grave abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday (Feb 1). The 93-page report, ‘Open Wounds and Mounting Dangers:…
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YANGON - Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi issued a pre-emptive call for people to reject any coup, before she was detained by the military on Monday (Feb 1), her party said. Suu Kyi called on people "not to accept a coup",…
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YANGON - The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar's democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians. - United States…
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By P. K. Balachandran Myanmar is seeing its fourth military coup since independence from the British in 1948. On Monday (Feb 1) the Myanmar military called the ‘Tatmadaw’ was in the process of taking over the country from State Counsellor…
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By Mujib Mashal, Emily Schmall and Hari Kumar NEW DELHI — Thousands of protesting farmers poured into New Delhi on Tuesday (26) as they used their tractors to pull barricades apart, prompting police to fire tear gas and throwing into chaos…
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