PM PLEDGES TO RAISE WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN WORKFORCE TO...
October 2 ,2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged to increase women's participation in the workforce to 50-50 by 2041 and called for protectin...
THREE INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED, FIVE INJURED
October 2 ,2020
Three soldiers of the Indian army were killed and five injured in separate incidents during heavy shelling by Pakistan along the Line o...
SRI LANKA CALLS ON JAPAN TO ENSURE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE...
October 2 ,2020
Sri Lanka yesterday called on Japan to ensure quality infrastructure development as a prerequisite to achieve Sri Lanka’s vision...
CONCERNS RAISED OVER USE OF CHINESE TECHNOLOGY IN SRI LANK...
October 2 ,2020
A local group has raised concerns over the use of Chinese technology by Sri Lankan mobile companies.
The Information Technology Societ...
TRUMP TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19: PRESIDENTIAL TWEET
October 2 ,2020
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has tested positive for the coronavirus. He made the announcement via his Twitter account...
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October 2 ,2020
Muslims wiped out of top rungs in J&K administration
In an interview Abdullah had this to say: “When we were in power- be it...
RS 7,800 CRORE BORDER NETWORK SYSTEM CLEARED BY INDIAN GOV...
October 2 ,2020
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) of India has approved the creation of a secure communication system for the army at a cost of R...
INDIA RECORDS OVER 63 LAKH CORONAVIRUS CASES; RECOVERY TOL...
October 2 ,2020
India has recorded a single day spike of 86,821 coronavirus cases, taking the country’s total tally of Covid-19 cases past...
RAHUL GANDHI, PRIYANKA GANDHI ARRESTED BY POLICE WHILE ON...
October 2 ,2020
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been arrested by the police on Thursday and taken to the police station wh...
‘PAKISTAN COMMITTED TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT’, FM TELLS UN FOR...
October 2 ,2020
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the women’s rights movement has made tremendous strides in the last century....
ABDULLAH: ELECTION PROBABLY WILL NOT AFFECT US AFGHAN POLI...
October 2 ,2020
Abdullah Abdullah, the head of High Council of National Reconciliation, in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday said he did not expec...
Infographic: Military arsenals of Armenia and Azerbaijan
October 2 ,2020
The disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus is at the heart of a decades-long armed standoff between neighbours Armenia...
Malaysia says palm oil giant FGV to face action over force...
October 2 ,2020
The headquarters of FGV Holdings in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AP
The Malaysian government will be taking action to rectify poor labour...
With eye on 'Quad,' China steps up Japan courtship
October 2 ,2020
Leaders of the Quad from left: U.S. President Donald Trump, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister&nb...
Troops Mobilisation on Border: ‘Myanmar putting kind of pr...
October 2 ,2020
Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain
Myanmar has recently deployed troops on the Bangladesh border. Bangladesh has expresse...
India moves Nirbhay missiles with 1,000-km range to defend...
October 2 ,2020
India will formally induct the Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile into the Indian Army and Navy after the seventh trial scheduled next mon...
By kicking Amnesty out, India is betraying its founding id...
October 2 ,2020
As of today, Amnesty International will no longer be able to work inside India. Following years of official threats, intimidation and h...
India, China working to keep uneasy truce but uncertaintie...
October 2 ,2020
India and China were working to keep an uneasy truce between them in place, focusing on maintaining stability on along their tense bord...
Naga peace talks at a dead end?
October 2 ,2020
Under the leadership of Naga National Council (NNC), Nagaland declared its independence on August 14, 1947, just one day before India&r...
'New path': Afghan peace lead wraps up Pakistan visit
October 2 ,2020
Abdullah Abdullah, the man leading Afghanistan’s peace process, thanked Pakistan for efforts to forge a “new path” wi...
China and India renew calls to cool tense border stand-off
October 2 ,2020
China and India agreed on Wednesday not to further escalate tensions after a series of violent Himalayan border clashes led to a heavy...
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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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