There is a charming persistence to the chronicler Jhumpa Lahiri's writings. Her eye and interests rest on things and events that do not interest many writers, especially those
For once, this is an issue in which the ruling party Awami League (AL) is not locked in battle with its diehard opponent, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). This time
It is sometimes said that peace depends on the ratio of coercive power held by the government compared to those who might be tempted to challenge it in a civil
Girija Prasad Koirala is back in the saddle at Singha Darbar. This is his fourth stint in the hot seat that have seen ten turns and six occupants since democracy
The life sentence for Nawaz Sharif on charges of hijacking and terrorism, was accompanied by the surprise acquittal by the anti-terrorism court in Karachi of the other six accused.
It has been more than three months since Indian Airlines suspended its flights to Kathmandu at the insistence of the Indian government, and the recent failure of bilateral talks regarding
The peace initiative in Sri Lanka was dealt a deathly blow on 10 March, when the Tamil Tigers launched an explosive attack on the ceremonial state drive leading to Parliament
The Indian finance minister presented the Union Budget for 2000-2001 on 29 February. Under the Indian Constitution, the finance minister has to present an annual financial statement of the
When it comes to matters of mass life and mass death, it is best to think in simple, even simplistic, terms. And so it is when flagging the urgency for
What had only been conceded informally earlier, finally became official on 16 February when visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek announced in Colombo that his country had accepted the task
