Bhutan improves on the new e-Government Development Index
July 28 ,2020
Bhutan has advanced from the medium E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2018 to a high-level EGDI group this year according to the...
Indus dam project has Chinese footprint
July 28 ,2020
Pakistan has decided to go ahead with the 450 MW Diamer-Bhasha dam in the Gilgit-Baltistan area on the Indus river. Diamer-Bhasha Dam i...
Proposed Indian road through wildlife sanctuary could spar...
July 28 ,2020
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary
Up in the wind-swept highlands of Bhutan-Land of the Thunder Dragon-a mythological ape-like creature ca...
OIC YOUTH CAPITAL: PM URGES GLOBAL YOUTH TO BUILD A RESILI...
July 27 ,2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the youth to be part of the decision-making process with their ideas and innovations to build...
BOLLYWOOD STAR AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN, DAUGHTER, RECOVER F...
July 27 ,2020
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year-old daughter, Aaradhya, have recovered from Covid-19 and left hospital after a...
BANGLADESH RAILWAY RECEIVES 10 LOCOMOTIVES FROM INDIA
July 27 ,2020
Bangladesh Railway (BR) received 10 broad gauge locomotives from India today, to overcome its locomotive crisis.
India handed over the...
BANGLADESH COVID-19: 37 DIE, CASES TOP 226,000
July 27 ,2020
Bangladesh has recorded 37 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 2,965.
Besides, th...
FIRST BATCH OF RAFALES LEAVES FRANCE, WILL LAND IN INDIA O...
July 27 ,2020
The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will...
TALIBAN ACCUSE AFGHAN GOVT OF RE-ARRESTING INSURGENTS
July 27 ,2020
The Taliban accused Afghan security forces on Sunday of re-arresting insurgents who had been released as part of a crucial prisoner swa...
6 TALIBAN KILLED IN LOGAR CLASHES: OFFICIALS
July 27 ,2020
At least 6 Taliban were killed and 8 were wounded in attacks on security checkpoints in central Logar province, said the 203 Tandar Mil...
AFGHAN ARMY CHOPPER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN HELMAND
July 27 ,2020
An Afghan army Black Hawk helicopter has made an emergency landing in Kajaki district in Helmand, said Omar Zwak, a spokesman for provi...
GOVT TO TABLE KULBHUSHAN ORDINANCE IN NA TODAY
July 27 ,2020
Major opposition parties – the PML-N and the PPP – are likely to oppose an ordinance meant to allow convicted Indian spy Ku...
INDIA’S COVID TALLY CROSSES 14-LAKH MARK WITH 49,931 NEW C...
July 27 ,2020
With a record single-day jump of 49,931 COVID-19 cases, India’s caseload climbed to 14,35,453 on Monday, while recoveries surged...
INDIA TO SEND 10 RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES TO BANGLADESH TODAY
July 27 ,2020
India will hand over 10 railway locomotives to Bangladesh on Monday, reflecting a renewed focus on the "neighbourhood first" policy to...
MP ISRAFIL ALAM PASSES AWAY
July 27 ,2020
Awami League lawmaker from Naogaon 6 constituency Md Israfil Alam has passed away at Square Hospital in Dhaka.
The lawmaker breathed h...
GHANI: ‘GOVT WILL ENTER TALKS FROM STRONG POSITION’
July 27 ,2020
President Ashraf Ghani, who visited the western province of Nimroz on Sunday, said the Afghan government will not enter negotiations wi...
AFGHAN LEADERS URGED TO COMPLETE CABINET
July 27 ,2020
Afghan legislators and citizens on Sunday called on President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to complete the cabinet, which sti...
AMITABH BACHCHAN, IN HOSPITAL, WRITES ABOUT HOW COVID-19 A...
July 27 ,2020
Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently being treated for COVID-19 in Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital along with his son Abhishek Bachchan and da...
INDIAN NAVY OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO STRENGTHEN SRI LANKA NAVY
July 27 ,2020
Chief of the Naval Staff of India, Admiral Karambir Singh telephone Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne and congratulated him on being ap...
INTEL ON POSSIBLE ‘MILITANT ATTACK’: NEW SECURITY ALERT BE...
July 27 ,2020
The police have received intelligence that militant outfit "Neo JMB" could try to carry out attacks centring the Eid-ul-Azha.
The Poli...
China’s home-grown large amphibious aircraft AG600 makes 1...
July 27 ,2020
China's domestically developed large amphibious aircraft AG600 successfully made its first sea-based test flight on Sunday. The test fl...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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