NATO REITERATES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN PEACE
June 16 ,2020
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday preceding a NATO meeting of defense ministers, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said t...
BANGLADESH RESUMES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AFTER 3 MONTHS AM...
June 16 ,2020
International flight operations have resumed in Bangladesh after nearly three months of suspension over the novel coronavirus pandemic....
FDI IN BANGLADESH DROPPED BY 55.8% IN 2019: UNCTAD
June 16 ,2020
Bangladesh saw a record drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2019, with FDI inflow falling by 55.8 percent to $1.6 billion.
This...
NO BANGLADESHI HOSPITAL IN WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2020 LIS...
June 16 ,2020
No Bangladeshi hospital was able to secure a place in the World's Best Hospitals 2020 global ranking by Newsweek, while neighbouring co...
MALAYSIA PM MUHYIDDIN DENIES REPORTS OF CANCER RECURRENCE
June 16 ,2020
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has denied reports about his health, releasing letters from doctors who found no evidence of...
SAUDI ARABIA YET TO DECIDE ON HAJJ AS VIRUS CASES SPIKE
June 16 ,2020
A greatly limited number of Muslim worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, during t...
BANGLADESH REPORTS HIGHEST DAILY COVID-19 DEATHS, NEW CASE...
June 16 ,2020
Bangladesh today confirmed highest single-day jump in of 53 deaths from the novel coronavirus and record 3,862 new cases of infection t...
INDIA SAYS OFFICER, TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN 'VIOLENT FACEOF...
June 16 ,2020
The Indian army said on Tuesday one of its officers and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” on the contested bo...
US, RUSSIA EXPECT IMMEDIATE START TO INITIAL INTRA-AFGHAN...
June 16 ,2020
Afghanistan, Russia and the US in a trilateral meeting on Monday “expect that an initial meeting between the negotiating teams mu...
PAKISTAN SAYS SRI LANKA NOT SAFE FROM INDIA’S NEFARIOUS AN...
June 16 ,2020
Pakistan says Sri Lanka is not safe from India’s nefarious and hegemonic designs.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said...
ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE AT RISK OF SEVERE COVID DUE TO OTHER IL...
June 16 ,2020
One in five people worldwide have an underlying health condition that puts them at risk for a severe Covid-19 illness if they contract...
DELHI HEALTH MINISTER SATYENDAR JAIN HOSPITALISED WITH HIG...
June 16 ,2020
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who has been working at the forefront in fight against Coronavirus, has been hospitalised due to...
AFGHAN MATERNITY WARD CLOSING DOWN AFTER DEADLY GUN ATTACK
June 16 ,2020
The Afghan maternity ward which was annihilated by the deadly gun attack has been decided to close down by International medical charit...
5.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE JOLTS JAMMU AND KASHMIR, THIRD IN...
June 16 ,2020
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, the third to hit the union territory in three days,...
The mysterious Muslim gunsmith of Bhutan
June 16 ,2020
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In 1903, Thimphu Dzongpon persuaded an Indian gunsmith working in the Lhasa arsenal to work for him in Thimphu. The...
Ukraine and Pakistan plan to expand cooperation in aviatio...
June 16 ,2020
Pakistan’s Al-Khalid Main Battle tanks are being upgraded with the help of Ukrainian
Mutual relations between Ukraine and t...
Saudi Arabia endorses Bangladesh’s Covid-19 response and r...
June 16 ,2020
Saudi Arabia has endorsed Bangladesh's proposal to form a Covid-19 Response and Recovery Plan to save lives and livelihood in the membe...
Amid a pandemic, Pakistan focuses on a Baloch insurgency
June 16 ,2020
Over the past few weeks, fighting between the Pakistani military and Baloch insurgents has intensified in the country’s restive B...
AFGHAN MEDIA PROTESTS AMENDMENTS TO MASS MEDIA LAW
June 16 ,2020
At least 20 Afghan media outlets and media-supporting organizations in an open letter to President Ashraf Ghani raised their concerns a...
TWO INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION EMPLOYEES ARRESTED AFTER HIT-AN...
June 16 ,2020
The capital territory police on Monday arrested two officials of the Indian High Commission who were involved in a “hit-and-run&r...
INDIA LODGES STRONG PROTEST OVER REPORTED ARREST OF TWO IN...
June 16 ,2020
India on Monday summoned the Pakistan charge d’affaires and lodged a strong protest to him over the reported arrest of two offici...
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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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