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Sri Lankan defence chief warns against Tamil victory in upcoming polls

Sri Lanka under pressure to halt court proceedings

The threshold of polarisation

Politics churns in Nepal’s southern plains

IPL spot-fixing: ICC withdraws Pakistani umpire Rauf

Indian police summon BCCI chief’s kin

Long way to go before Indonesia sees rail revival

Buddhism and its relevance to the modern world

Revived Japan can be a force for good, says Abe

Pakistan seeks China's help to resolve energy crisis

Pyongyang 'to heed Beijing'

Observers say the softened stance would break a months-long impasse on the peninsula

News ● COLOMBO: Sri Lankan defence chief warns against Tamil victory in upcoming polls ● COLOMBO: Sri Lanka under pressure to halt court proceedings ● KATHMANDU: Politics churns in Nepal’s southern plains ● NEW DELHI: IPL spot-fixing: ICC withdraws Pakistani umpire Rauf ● CHENNAI: Indian police summon BCCI chief’s kin

DHAKA DELUGED IN DOWNPOUR: People and rickshaws ploughing through knee-deep water on Nazimuddin road in Old Dhaka to go to their destinations after yesterday's rainfall submerged the area. Photo by Amran Hossain/ The Daily Star

LI VISITS PAKISTAN: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) speaks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during a signing of agreements ceremony at the presidential palace in Islamabad on May 22, 2013. AFP

COOL FAN FOR THE SUMMER: A craftsman makes a traditional Gifu uchiwa fan in a workshop in Gifu, as production shifts into full gear with summer approaching. One of the most popular fans is the mizu uchiwa, or water fan, which has a transparent surface because it is covered with very thin paper and a light coat of varnish. Only 500 are produced a month as they have to be carefully made by hand. The Yomiuri Shimbun

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Pyongyang is willing to take Beijing's advice to engage in dialogue on the Korean Peninsula issue, China Daily says reporting on the visit of North Korea's special envoy to the Chinese capital. Philippine election chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. denies alleged fraud in the mid-term elections, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer. South Korean President Park Geun-hye places 11th on Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women this year, The Korea Herald writes. Adventurer and professional skier Yuichiro Miura, 80, from Japan reached the summit of Mt. Everest on Thursday to become the world’s oldest person to conquer the 8,848-metre Himalayan peak, the tallest mountain on Earth, a report in The Yomiuri Shimbun quotes his team office in Tokyo. Bangkok plans to campaign for a section of the Chao Phraya River to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, The Nation says.

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