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Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka's man for all seasons

19 hours ago

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When two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa lost Sri Lanka's presidential elections in 2015, many thought the shrewd leader, who crushed the Tamil Tigers in a brutal military campaign, was a spent force. But five years later, the 74-year-old has returned to power, with his newly-formed Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) scripting history by becoming the political party with the shortest life span to gain absolute power in the island nation's political history...

Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime Minister

yesterday

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Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaka was sworn in on Sunday as the country's new prime minister at a historic Buddhist temple. The 74-year-old Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) leader was administered the oath of office for the ninth Parliament by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the sacred Rajamaha Viharaya in Kelaniya, a north Colombo suburb...

Nepal's Covid-19 tally jumps to 22,592

yesterday

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Nepal on Saturday reported three more deaths from Covid-19 and 378 new coronavirus cases, taking the country's toll to 73 and total infections to 22,592...

Family business: Sri Lanka president's group wins big majority in parliament polls

2 days ago

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party and its allies won an overwhelming two-thirds majority in a parliament election, results showed on Friday, giving him the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution. The governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and its allies had won 150 seats in the 225-member parliament...

Mahinda Rajapaksa clan set for landslide win

3 days ago

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Sri Lanka’s strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa was poised to stage a political comeback on Thursday as his party took an unassailable lead and was set for a landslide victory in the general elections, according to results announced so far. An AFP report said that with more than 60% of the 11.3 million ballots counted, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s SLPP had 57% of the votes...

Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as PM for fourth time

3 hours ago

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Rajapaksa brothers tighten grip with big election win in Lanka

2 days ago

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Lanka general election: Counting begins, Rajapaksa clan eyes landslide win

4 days ago

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The counting of votes in Sri Lanka's twice-postponed parliamentary election began on Thursday with the powerful Rajapaksa family-run Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) saying it is confident of recording a “historic victory” by securing a two-thirds majority...

All in the family: Sri Lanka's political Rajapaksa dynasty

5 days ago

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A glance at Sri Lanka and its parliamentary elections

5 days ago

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Landslides kill 10 in Nepal as heavy rains take toll in South Asia

6 days ago

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Suicide car bomb, gunmen attack prison in east Afghanistan

7 days ago

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Afghan troops kill top Islamic state terrorist

8 days ago

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The Afghan intelligence service says it has killed a high ranking official with the Islamic State affiliate in an operation in eastern Afghanistan. A statement released by the National Directorate of Security late Saturday said Assadullah Orakzai was an intelligence leader for the Islamic State and special forces killed him near Jalalabad...

Want to push for continued advancement of China-Nepal ties: Xi Jinping

8 days ago

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Nepal to reopen Everest to climbers despite coronavirus case rise

10 days ago

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Nepal will reopen its Himalayan mountains including Mount Everest to climbers for the autumn season, officials said on Thursday, to boost the tourism-dependent economy despite rising coronavirus infections. Home to eight of the world's 14 tallest mountains, Nepal shut down climbing and trekking in March to stem Covid-19 which has infected 19,547 and killed 52...

Nepal: Prachanda convenes ruling NCP meet without PM Oli as intra-party rift deepens further

12 days ago

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Taliban push to control private companies, aid agencies in Afghanistan

13 days ago

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Afghan assembly approves release of 400 'hard-core' Taliban prisoners

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Rajapaksa brothers win by landslide in Sri Lanka's election

3 days ago

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Lanka polls: Turnout 70%, Rajapaksas expected to win

4 days ago

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Rajapaksas calling the shots in Lanka election

5 days ago

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Rajapaksa brothers look to tighten grip in Sri Lanka polls

6 days ago

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Political observers say the siblings -- renowned for their ruthless crushing of Tamil separatist rebels to end a decades-old conflict in 2009 - want to end presidential term limits, bring the judiciary and police under their direct control, and extend their dynastic power to a new generation...

Attack on prison in Afghanistan continues; at least 11 dead

7 days ago

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A complex attack by the Islamic State group against a prison in eastern Nangarhar province continued Monday and has killed at least 11 people, a local official said. Another 42 people have been wounded in the gunbattle that began Sunday evening, said Zahir Adil, spokesman for the provincial health department. He said the toll was expected to rise...

Oli-Prachanda agree to meet on Monday to resolve their differences

7 days ago

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Nepal set to send new map to UN, others

8 days ago

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After having issued a new map showing Indian territory as part of Nepal, the K P Sharma Oli government is preparing to share the map with the “international community”, including the UN...

PM Modi extends greetings to Sheikh Hasina on Eid-ul-Azha

9 days ago

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Car bomb kills at least 17 in Afghanistan ahead of ceasefire

10 days ago

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At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city south of Kabul on Thursday, officials and a medic said, just hours before the scheduled start of a ceasefire. "Seventeen bodies and 21 wounded people were brought to our hospital," Sediqullah, a senior doctor at a hospital in the city of Puli Alam in Logar province, told AFP...

Seven killed, several missing in Nepal lanslides

12 days ago

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India hands over 10 diesel locomotives to Bangladesh

13 days ago

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Amazon Bestseller: The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns - Mohnish Pabrai

3 years ago

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In a straightforward and accessible manner, The Dhandho Investor lays out the powerful framework of value investing. Written with the intelligent individual investor in mind, this comprehensive guide distills the Dhandho capital allocation framework of the business savvy Patels from India and presents how they can be applied successfully to the stock market. The Dhandho method expands on the groundbreaking principles of value investing expounded by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger. Readers will be introduced to important value investing concepts such as "Heads, I win! Tails, I don't lose that much!," "Few Bets, Big Bets, Infrequent Bets," Abhimanyu's dilemma, and a detailed treatise on using the Kelly Formula to invest in undervalued stocks. Using a light, entertaining style, Pabrai lays out the Dhandho framework in an easy–to–use format. Any investor who adopts the framework is bound to improve on results and soundly beat the markets and most professionals...

Deeply shocked about tragic accident of Air India Express flight: Bangladesh foreign minister

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Human trials of coronavirus vaccine set to begin in Indonesia

3 days ago

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Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration between state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a senior researcher said...

Amazon Bestseller: Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently - Kenneth L. Fisher

3 years ago

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Train your brain to be a real contrarian and outsmart the crowd Beat the Crowd is the real contrarian's guide to investing, with comprehensive explanations of how a true contrarian investor thinks and acts – and why it works more often than not. Bestselling author Ken Fisher breaks down the myths and cuts through the noise to present a clear, unvarnished view of timeless market realities and the ways in which a contrarian approach to investing will outsmart the herd. In true Ken Fisher style, the book explains why the crowd often goes astray-and how you can stay on track. Contrarians understand how headlines really affect the market and which noise and fads they should tune out. Beat the Crowd is a primer to the contrarian strategy, teaching readers simple tricks to think differently and get it right more often than not. Discover the limits of forecasting and how far ahead you should look Learn why political controversy matter less the louder it gets Resurrect long-forgotten, timeless ..

Sri Lankans, wearing masks, flock to voting centres for parliament election

5 days ago

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking a two-thirds majority for his party in the 225-member parliament to enable constitutional reforms to make the presidency more powerful so he can implement his economic and national security agenda. Polls opened at 7am (0130 GMT)...

Amazon Bestseller: The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham

3 years ago

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It is a widely acclaimed book by Benjamin Graham on value investing. Written by one of the greatest investment advisers of twentieth century, the book aims at preventing potential investors from substantial errors and also teaches them strategies to achieve long-term investment goals. Over the years, investment market has been following teachings and strategies of Graham for growth and development. In the book, Graham has explained various principles and strategies for investing safely and successfully without taking bigger risks. Modern-day investors still continue to use his proven and well-executed techniques for value investment. The current edition highlights some of the important concepts that are useful for latest financial orders and plans. Keeping Graham's unique text in original form, the book focuses on major principles that can be applied in day-to-day life. All the concepts and principles are explained with the help of examples for better clarity and understanding of the f..

ISIS Khorasan branch new leader is Pak-based Haqqani Network terrorist: Afghan minister

5 days ago

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Amazon Bestseller: The Alchemy of Finance - George Soros

3 years ago

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In the Alchemy of Finance, Soros presents a theoretical and practical account of current financial trends. Details his innovative investment practices along with his views of the world and world order. President of the phenomenally successful Quantum Fund, which has 4.2 billion in net assets, Soros describes his ``theory of reflexivity' which underlies his unique investment strategies. The original edition, published in 1987 has been updated with an expanded Preface and Introduction lending Soros' timeless principles a modern context. Finally, the book features a section that details the secrets of Soros's success as told by the author. · Part One: Theory · Part Two: Historical Perspective. · Part Three: The Real-Time Experiment. · Part Four: Evaluation. · Part Five: Prescription...

18-hour long fight between Afghan forces, terrorists end, 29 killed

6 days ago

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The fight between Afghan forces and terrorists in Nangarhar prison in Jalalabad, which claimed at least 29 lives, has ended after almost 18 hours, reported TOLO news on Monday. "Attack on Nangarhar prison has ended," Fawad Aman, a spokesman for Defense Ministry, was quoted as saying...

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa hopes to tighten grip on power in election

7 days ago

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Rajapaksa, who claims credit for controlling the spread of the new coronavirus in the island nation, hopes to install his elder brother and former president - current caretaker Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa - in the post formally with an outright election victory...

Thai army suspends US training plans after soldiers contract Covid-19

7 days ago

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Pakistan must engage in civilised, friendly relationship with Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai

8 days ago

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Afghan Army says Pakistan shelling killed 9 people, orders to ready return fire

9 days ago

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Afghanistan: Taliban to observe 3-day ceasefire during Eid al-Adha

12 days ago

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Malaysia ex-PM Najib fails to raise reasonable doubt on abuse of power charge: Court

13 days ago

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A Malaysian judge said on Tuesday the defence team of former Prime Minister Najib Razak had failed to raise reasonable doubt on a charge of abuse of power in the first graft trial linked to scandal-tainted state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)...

UN says Afghan civilian casualties down by 13% this year

13 days ago

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