USA IS PROVIDING $173M TO BANGLADESH TO COUNTER COVID-19
June 15 ,2020
The US government is providing more than $173 million in new funding to complement the Government of Bangladesh's ongoing efforts to re...
BANGLADESH EXTENDS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS TILL JUNE 30
June 15 ,2020
Bangladesh's government has extended the restrictions on movement till June 30 to curb the further spread of novel coronavirus in the c...
EUROPE STARTS TO REOPEN BORDERS BUT NO FREE TRAVEL YET
June 15 ,2020
European countries ease some border controls on Monday after coronavirus lockdowns, but Spain's continued closure, a patchwork of restr...
COVID-19: BANGLADESH REPORTS 38 NEW DEATHS, 3,099 CASES IN...
June 15 ,2020
Bangladesh has reported 38 new deaths and 3,099 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
With the latest figure, the number of total confirme...
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING TURNS 67
June 15 ,2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 67th birthday on Monday. President of the People's Republic of China, Jinping was born in F...
INDIA’S SURGE IN VIRUS CASES THIRD FASTEST GLOBALLY
June 15 ,2020
With 11,220 new COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths registered on Sunday, the total number of infections and the death toll in India reached...
ANOTHER IRS OFFICER ENDS LIFE IN DELHI, SECOND CASE IN 3 W...
June 15 ,2020
A 56-year-old Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Shivraj Singh, allegedly committed suicide Sunday by ingesting acid. The body was f...
HEATWAVE TO HIT KARACHI FROM TODAY
June 15 ,2020
A heatwave spell begins in Karachi today (Monday), with the temperature shooting up to 40 degrees Celsius over the coming two days, the...
4 PUBLIC UPRISING FORCES, 11 TALIBAN KILLED IN KAPISA: OFF...
June 15 ,2020
At least four public uprising forces and 11 Taliban were killed in clashes in northeastern Kapisa province on Sunday night, said Mohamm...
Pakistan says its COVID-19 cases could rise to 1.2 million...
June 15 ,2020
Officials in Pakistan have estimated that nationwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections could reach up to 1.2 million by the end of...
Pakistan possess more nuclear weapons than India: Defence...
June 15 ,2020
Pakistan and China possess more nuclear weapons than India, according to a new yearbook released by a leading conflict and armaments th...
‘The death-walk song’: This music video is a stark reminde...
June 15 ,2020
On 24 March 2020, the Prime Minister of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, suddenly limiting the movement of 1.3 billion...
DELHI GOVT TO CONVERT 40 HOTELS, 80 BANQUET INTO COVID FAC...
June 15 ,2020
The Delhi government has directed district magistrates and other officials concerned to set up nearly 20,000 more beds within a week in...
GHANI, QATARI ENVOY AGREE ON DOHA FOR INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS
June 15 ,2020
President Ghani and Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani, currently the Special Envoy of the Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar for Countert...
CORONAVIRUS: INDIA TO WITNESS COVID-19 PEAK IN MID-NOVEMBE...
June 15 ,2020
The peak stage of COVID-19 in India has been delayed by the eight-week lockdown and has strengthened public health measures, and it may...
ISLAMIC ECONOMY CAN LEAD OUT OF CRISIS, SAYS TURKISH PRESI...
June 15 ,2020
Islamic tools offer a “key” to get out of the economic woes the world is now facing, Turkey’s president said on Sunda...
OVER 400 AFGHAN SECURITY PERSONNEL KILLED OR WOUNDED BY TA...
June 15 ,2020
The Taliban have killed or wounded more than 400 Afghan security personnel over the past week, the interior ministry said Sunday, acc...
INDIAN HEALTH MINISTRY RECOMMENDS EMERGENCY USE OF REMDESI...
June 15 ,2020
The Indian health ministry has recommended use of anti-viral drug remdesivir under emergency use authorization to treat Covid-19 patien...
Democracy Versus the Pandemic
June 15 ,2020
In late March, Philippine strongman Rodrigo Duterte rammed a bill through his country’s parliament that granted him vastly expand...
China in brace position as Five Eyes form united front
June 15 ,2020
China is bracing for a stronger pushback from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, as its members unite to tackle an increasingly asser...
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Colombo Chronicle
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
Karachi Canvas
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...
