BANGLADESH'S COVID-19 CASES TOP 49,000, 22 MORE DIE IN 24H...
June 1 ,2020
Bangladesh has crossed the grim 49,000 mark in the confirmed cases of coronavirus with 2381 people having tested positive in the last 2...
ANTI-CASINO DRIVE: LOKMAN, SHAFIQUL FREED ON BAIL
June 1 ,2020
Two among the 12 people including ruling party leaders, arrested during an anti-casino drive last year, have been released on bail rece...
"HISTORIC DECISIONS" EXPECTED IN CABINET MEET SHORTLY: GOV...
June 1 ,2020
A "historic decision" is expected when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's full cabinet meets shortly, the first after the government marked...
TWO HIGH COMMISSION OFFICIALS EXPELLED BY INDIA
June 1 ,2020
India on Sunday expelled two officials of the Pakistani High Commission in Delhi accusing them of espionage - a charge, which was immed...
KEY ACCUSED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO LIBYA ARRESTED
June 1 ,2020
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Kamal Hossain, 55, one of the masterminds of the human trafficking ring, in connection with t...
PAKISTAN GOVT NOT SHY OF TAKING ACTION AGAINST SUGAR MAFIA...
June 1 ,2020
The government is not reluctant to take action against those involved in the sugar scandal as it is the first dispensation which has ma...
ELEVENTH DEATH FROM CORONAVIRUS REPORTED IN SRI LANKA
June 1 ,2020
The 11th death due to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka was reported this morning.
The Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said...
MIGRANT DIES ON SHRAMIK TRAIN IN UP, CO-PASSENGERS TRAVEL...
June 1 ,2020
A 50-year-old migrant worker died on-board a Shramik Special train from Rajasthan to West Bengal, triggering panic among other passenge...
BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT INCREASES BUS FARES BY 60%
June 1 ,2020
The government has increased fares of inter-district and other bus and minibuses by 60 per cent, in order to compensate bus owners for...
WITH 1.85 LAKH CASES, INDIA CLIMBS TO 8TH SPOT IN LIST OF...
June 1 ,2020
India climbed to eighth from the ninth spot in the list of 10 nations worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday. With 1.85 lakh c...
INDIA USING UAPA TERROR LAW AGAINST PEACEFUL CITIZENS: AJK...
June 1 ,2020
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Sunday welcomed the letter of the European Parliament’s global human...
KILLING OF AFGHAN JOURNALIST, MEDIA WORKERS SPARKS INTL RE...
June 1 ,2020
The attack on a bus carrying the employees of Kabul-based Khorshid TV on Saturday has sparked international reactions.
The attack left...
MALDIVES REPATRIATES LOCALS STRANDED IN SRI LANKA
June 1 ,2020
A total of 103 Maldivians repatriated from three countries arrived in the Maldives early Sunday via Sri Lankan Airlines, The Edition re...
1,000 BANGLADESHIS IN PRISONS, DETENTION CAMPS OF MIDDLE E...
June 1 ,2020
Nearly one thousand Bangladeshis who were either in prison or detention camps in Middle East countries returned to the country in the l...
Donald Trump’s ‘G11’ plan heightens speculation over effor...
June 1 ,2020
US President Donald Trump plans to invite Australia, India, South Korea and Russia to join an upcoming Group of Seven meeting, in a mov...
Annexing the West Bank is a brazen violation of internatio...
June 1 ,2020
For his next act, after surviving a yearlong political struggle that he needed three national elections and a health crisis to overcome...
A reporter’s cry on live TV: ‘I’m getting shot! I’m gettin...
June 1 ,2020
Linda Tirado, a freelance photographer, activist and author, was shot in the left eye Friday while covering the street protests in Minn...
IAF gets 15 Chinook helicopters to help operations in Nort...
June 1 ,2020
The US-based aerospace giant Boeing completed deliveries of its CH-47F (I) Chinooks to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in March just before...
Pakistan to buy Chinese attack helicopters if Turkey and U...
June 1 ,2020
Pakistan will procure the Chinese-built Z-10 attack helicopter if Turkey and the United States fail to deliver on their orders of the T...
India's border dispute with neighbors
June 1 ,2020
India faces territorial issues with many of its neighbors. Over the past 70 years, it has succeeded to resolve its boundary issues only...
Australian armed forces officially charged of war crimes i...
June 1 ,2020
Australian Special military forces soldiers have been formally charged of committing war crimes as fighting in Afghanistan.
The Austra...
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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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