CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL TO UPDATE NEPAL MAP ENDORSED U...
June 13 ,2020
The parliament of Nepal. (Photo: hr.parliament.gov.np/np)
The House of Representatives on Saturday unanimously endorsed the se...
COVID-19 MAY LEAD TO FOOD STOCK FALL IN BANGLADESH: FAO
June 13 ,2020
Food production and food stock may fall in the next market year in Bangladesh, especially rice and cereal, because of the coronavirus p...
BANGLADESH SURPASSES CHINA IN COVID-19 CASES
June 13 ,2020
Bangladesh's tally of confirmed coronavirus cases has surpassed China reaching 84,379 on Saturday.
China so far reported 83,075 cases...
PAKISTAN'S SHAHID AFRIDI TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
June 13 ,2020
Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Saturday confirmed that he has been tested positive for COVID-19. Afridi, while taking to soci...
COVID-19: BANGLADESH’S DEATHS CROSS 1,100, CASES TOP 84,00...
June 13 ,2020
Bangladesh has crossed the mark of 1,100 deaths as 44 more people have died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.
With the la...
ONE DEAD, 15 INJURED IN PINDI BLAST
June 13 ,2020
One person died, while 15 others including two children sustained injuries, when explosives attached to an electricity pole in a blast...
INTL COMMUNITY, AFGHANS CONDEMN MOSQUE ATTACK
June 13 ,2020
The attack on a Kabul mosque on Friday, the second of its kind in less than two weeks, was widely condemned by the international commun...
SAJITH PREMADASA PREPARED TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA
June 13 ,2020
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa is prepared to work with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa if the former wins the Parli...
INDIA REPORTS BIGGEST ONE-DAY SPIKE OF 11,458 CORONAVIRUS...
June 13 ,2020
India on Saturday crossed 3 lakh-mark as it reported the highest single-day spike of 11,458 new Coronavirus cases taking the total tall...
"ENTIRE SITUATION ALONG BORDER WITH CHINA UNDER CONTROL":...
June 13 ,2020
The "situation along our borders with China is under control", Army Chief General MM Naravane said Saturday morning, adding that a seri...
Pakistan arrests two Indian ‘spies’ after they cross LoC
June 13 ,2020
Pakistan has arrested two suspected Indian spies after they crossed the Line of Control, a senior police official in Gilgit said Friday...
BANGLADESH’S FORMER HEALTH MINISTER NASIM PASSES AWAY
June 13 ,2020
Former health minister Mohammed Nasim has passed away at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in the capital today.
"He died after sufferin...
Pakistan raises defence budget by 11.9% amid tensions with...
June 13 ,2020
The federal government on Friday proposed an 11.9 per cent increase in the defence budget despite the earlier announcement that militar...
India postpones transfer of naval submarine to Myanmar
June 13 ,2020
The Indian Navy (IN) has postponed the transfer of one of its refurbished ‘Kilo’-class diesel-electric attack submarines (S...
INDIA COULD SEE MILLIONS PUSHED INTO EXTREME POVERTY DUE T...
June 13 ,2020
India may see millions pushed into extreme poverty on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a World Bank analysis.
The number...
AFGHAN PRESIDENT REJECTS POSSIBILITY OF POST-PEACE INTERIM...
June 13 ,2020
In a virtual interview given for the Atlantic Council on Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani laid out his vision for peace in Afghanistan...
INDIAN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON'S REMARKS ON PM IMRAN'S OFFER...
June 13 ,2020
Pakistan on Friday regretted remarks made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' spokesperson in response to Prime Minister Imran...
NINA AHMAD, AN IMMIGRANT FROM BANGLADESH, WINS PRIMARY RAC...
June 13 ,2020
Dr. Nina Ahmad, an immigrant from Bangladesh, has declared victory with her lead over closet competitor at nearly 70,000 votes in a hot...
BANGLADESH'S LIBERATION WAR AFFAIRS MINISTER AKM MOZAMMEL...
June 13 ,2020
Liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq and his wife Laila Arjumand Banu tested positive for COVID-19.
They are taking treatm...
ENDANGERED ASIAN ELEPHANT DIES AFTER BEING ELECTROCUTED BY...
June 13 ,2020
An endangered Asian Elephant died after it came in contact with exposed live wire and was electrocuted to death in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar...
Deadly blast hits Kabul mosque during Friday prayers
June 13 ,2020
A blast in a mosque during Friday prayers in the western part of capital Kabul has killed at least four people and wounded at least eig...
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