CHINA, AUSTRALIA SHOCKED AT N’GANJ MOSQUE EXPLATIONS
September 6 ,2020
The Chinese Embassy and Australian High Commission in Dhaka have expressed deep shock at the loss of lives in explosions at a mosque in...
NARAYANGANJ MOSQUE BLAST: DEATH TOLL RISES TO 24
September 6 ,2020
Three more people, who suffered severe injuries in a blast at a mosque in Narayanganj on Friday night, have died at hospital, raising t...
10 TALIBAN KILLED IN KANDAHAR: MOD
September 6 ,2020
At least 10 Taliban were killed as thet attacked security forces in southern Kandahar on Saturday night, the Ministry of Defense (MoD)...
PAKISTAN-RUSSIA DEFENCE TIES DISCUSSED
September 6 ,2020
The Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Nadeem Raza, in his meeting with Chief of General Staff of the Russian Federation,...
BIENNIAL BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIAN NAVY A...
September 6 ,2020
The 11th edition of Ex-INDRA NAVY, a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between Indian and Russian Navy is now underway at the Bay of...
INDIA CROSSES FOUR MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES WITH RECORD S...
September 6 ,2020
India’s total coronavirus cases surged beyond 4 million with a record rise on Saturday, making it the third country in the world...
KHALILZAD TRAVELS TO QATAR FOR INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS
September 6 ,2020
The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, is bound for Qatar for the start of the intra-Afghan talks, said the US State Dep...
40 ROHINGYAS REACH BHASHAN CHAR TO VISIT ACCOMMODATION PRO...
September 6 ,2020
A team of 40 Rohingyas yesterday went to Bhashan Char island in Hatiya of Noakhali where the government has built an accommodation faci...
VESSEL CARRYING CEMENT FROM BANGLADESH REACHES TRIPURA IN...
September 6 ,2020
A Bangladeshi barge carrying 50 tonnes of cement reached Sonamura in the north eastern Indian state of Tripura yesterday, two days afte...
PAKISTAN AMONG COUNTRIES TO RUN PHASE 3 TRIALS OF TWO CHIN...
September 6 ,2020
China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage clinical...
CRITICS WARN POLITICAL RIFTS ARE PERILOUS FOR PEACE PROCES...
September 6 ,2020
On the threshold of the intra-Afghan negotiations, concerns are on the rise among politicians over the political disagreements between...
INDIAN SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ‘DANCE’ OF COVID SPIKE PROTEINS...
September 6 ,2020
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata have decoded the various dynamic structures of the...
DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH TO VISIT IRAN
September 6 ,2020
Iran is an observer country of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) grouping. The visit to Iran is significant in view of India...
Trump calls for Fox News journalist to be fired for report...
September 6 ,2020
Donald Trump: ‘Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting. Never even called us for comment. Fox News&nbs...
India to blame for border tensions, Chinese defence chief...
September 6 ,2020
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (middle right) holds talk with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe (middle left) in Moscow on F...
How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills
September 6 ,2020
President Trump was proudly litigious before his victory in 2016 and has remained so in the White House. But one big factor has c...
Kosovo and Serbia give Israel diplomatic boon after US-bro...
September 6 ,2020
Israel scored two diplomatic gains on Friday when majority-Muslim Kosovo agreed to recognise the Jewish state and Serbia said it would...
The good, bad and ugly of Yubaraj Khatiwada
September 6 ,2020
Yubaraj Khatiwada (right) resigned as minister for finance and minister for communication and information technology on Friday. Pho...
Why China wants Suu Kyi to win Myanmar’s polls
September 6 ,2020
As Myanmar enters an election season, the economy, Covid-19 and issues of war and peace are expected to dominate the campaign trail dis...
Facebook must walk the talk on Myanmar
September 6 ,2020
Last month, Facebook moved to block a bid by The Gambia in a US court, in which it sought disclosure of posts and communications by mem...
Supertanker fire off Sri Lanka under control as navy tows...
September 6 ,2020
A fire-stricken oil tanker has been pushed away from Sri Lanka's coast and into deeper waters on Saturday, rescuers said, after success...
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
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...
Ikram Sehgal
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Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
