Persuasion and funds make Mamata agree to accompany Modi
The Centre’s persuasion and financial assurance made Mamata Banerjee take a relook at the proposed Teesta water sharing agreement and to accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his maiden trip to Bangladesh over the next weekend.
While the treaty for sharing Teesta waters is unlikely during the trip, officials in India and Bangladesh do not rule out an interim arrangement or in-principle agreement that could be achieved during the trip. The Union Cabinet is likely to meet here on Saturday to finalise the proposed outcom...
While the treaty for sharing Teesta waters is unlikely during the trip, officials in India and Bangladesh do not rule out an interim arrangement or in-principle agreement that could be achieved during the trip. The Union Cabinet is likely to meet here on Saturday to finalise the proposed outcom...
Myanmar refuses sole blame for Asia migrant crisis
Myanmar has refused to be singled out for blame for the Asia migrant crisis at a conference of the regional grouping Asean in Bangkok.
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Htin Lynn said Myanmar should not be singled out for blame[/caption]
Delegates said the situation was at an alarming level. Representatives of the US and UN are also at the meeting.
Thousands of people have fled Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat, heading south to Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The UN estimates about 2,...
Htin Lynn said Myanmar should not be singled out for blame[/caption]
Delegates said the situation was at an alarming level. Representatives of the US and UN are also at the meeting.
Thousands of people have fled Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat, heading south to Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The UN estimates about 2,...
Myanmar to work with BD, other countries on “boat people” issue
Myanmar has pledged to cooperate with Bangladesh and other countries to address the issue of “boat people” at sea, hoping that the issue will be resolved amicably with Bangladesh as the latter is a friendly neighbor of Myanmar, said a statement of Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry published Sunday.
However, Myanmar, like other affected countries, faces difficulties in continuing to receive and temporarily shelter more “boat people,” 
the statement said, adding temporary shelter and humanitarian assistance is solely on the humanitarian ground.
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the statement said, adding temporary shelter and humanitarian assistance is solely on the humanitarian ground.
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Deadly blast hits Shiite mosque in Saudi
A blast ripped through a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, authorities said, in what an activist said was a deadly suicide bombing.
The interior ministry said a large explosion hit the mosque in Kudeih in the Shiite-majority Qatif region during the main weekly prayers.
An activist said at least four worshippers were killed and others wounded.
The interior ministry said a large explosion hit the mosque in Kudeih in the Shiite-majority Qatif region during the main weekly prayers.
An activist said at least four worshippers were killed and others wounded.
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Malaysia, Indonesia to accept boats in breakthrough on migrants
Malaysia and Indonesia said Wednesday they would no longer turn away boatpeople, a breakthrough in the region’s migrant crisis that came just hours after hundreds more starving people were rescued at sea.
Earlier, Myanmar, whose policies toward its ethnic Rohingya minority are widely blamed for fuelling the human flow, also softened its line by offering to provide humanitarian aid to stricken migrants.
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand had sparked growing international outrage by driving off boats overloaded with exhausted and dying Rohingya ...
Earlier, Myanmar, whose policies toward its ethnic Rohingya minority are widely blamed for fuelling the human flow, also softened its line by offering to provide humanitarian aid to stricken migrants.
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand had sparked growing international outrage by driving off boats overloaded with exhausted and dying Rohingya ...
