September 27th, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad spoke at the UN General Assembly. In his speech, he said that Jammu and Kashmir was “invaded and occupied”, and there may be reasons but it is “still wrong”. He stated that he’s been trying to get India and Pakistan to cooperate and talk out the issue through negotiations, but India Prime Minister… Read more »
Raising the Kashmir issue at the UN, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has alleged that India has “invaded and occupied” Jammu and Kashmir and asked New Delhi to work with Pakistan to resolve the issue. The Malaysian prime minister in his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday said that there may be reasons for India’s action in Jammu… Read more »
The government of Bangladesh has recently put severe restrictions on Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Many have had their mobile phones taken away. And some Rohingya children have been forced to drop out of Bangladeshi schools. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Cox’s Bazar. Video can be found here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/bangladesh-imposes-restrictions-rohingya-refugees-191015133210712.html
NEW DELHI: India, the world’s top palm oil buyer, is shunning purchases from Malaysia after the Southeast Asian nation’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad criticised its policy in Kashmir, sparking the latest trade spat in the region. Since then, many Indian buyers of palm oil have started shifting to Indonesian supplies amid concern that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will curb purchases… Read more »
Pakistan said on Thursday that it has “exclusive rights” over three Western rivers and any attempt by India to divert the flow of these rivers would be considered an “act of aggression”. Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal made the remarks during his weekly media briefing here in response to a question regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks to stop… Read more »
Complaints of maltreatment have come to surface this week for a Canadian activewear company. Lululemon Athletica Inc. has stated that it is investigating one of its factories in Bangladesh after claims of women being abused and overworked. A more basic pair of leggings from Lululemon is roughly $100-120. A pair with any type of design or special color may be… Read more »
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge have recently been on a five day tour with an increasingly relevant theme; climate change. The royal duo recently took to Pakistan, among other countries, to witness firsthand how climate change is affecting the Earth. Pakistan is home to roughly 7,200 glaciers. Over the last 50 years, 7,000 of those glaciers have… Read more »
This month, China’s president, Xi Jinping, has made history as the first Chinese president to visit Nepal in 23 years. He pledged almost $500 million dollars in aid to Nepal, a country that has been fought over between India and China for years. Being an important border state, the country that controls Nepal will have a leg up on the… Read more »
DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Canadian yoga pants specialist, Lululemon Athletica Inc, said on Tuesday it was investigating a factory in Bangladesh over the treatment of female workers making its clothes. Factory workers said they were verbally abused, beaten, forced to work overtime and paid about 85 pounds ($110) a month – less than the cost of a pair of… Read more »
(Repeats item issued earlier. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) * GRAPHIC: India’s coal imports: tmsnrt.rs/33vF3ly By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, Oct 16 (Reuters) – India’s coal imports are on track to decline for a third straight month in October, a drop that seems out of kilter with the ongoing struggles of state… Read more »