BANGLADESH ECONOMY EXPECTED TO GROW 7.5% IN FY2021 AFTER P...
June 18 ,2020
Bangladesh's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 4.5% in fiscal year 2020 and 7.5% in fiscal year 2021, according to an Asian...
CORONAVIRUS MAY STAY IN BANGLADESH FOR AT LEAST 2-3 YRS MO...
June 18 ,2020
The coronavirus crisis in Bangladesh is not going away anytime soon and it may take at least two to three years to disappear, UNB quote...
NEPAL'S PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW MAP INCLUDING TERRITORY CO...
June 18 ,2020
The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a row...
CONGRESS MOVES NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST BJP-LED GOVERN...
June 18 ,2020
The Congress has moved a no-confidence motion against the Biren Singh-led government Manipur a day after nine legislators withdrew supp...
COVID-19 CASES CROSS 100,000-MARK IN BANGLADESH, 38 MORE D...
June 18 ,2020
Bangladesh has crossed the 100,000-mark for Covid-19, with 3,803 new cases detected between Wednesday and Thursday.
The total number o...
WHO AGAIN HALTS USE OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TO TREAT CORONAV...
June 18 ,2020
Tests of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, were halted in a World Health Organization tri...
INDIA SOLD OVER 22 CRORE HCQ TABLETS IN LAST 3 MONTHS AGAI...
June 18 ,2020
More than 22 crore tablets of hydroxychloroquine or HCQ, an early front-runner for Covid prevention and treatment, have been sold in In...
GALWAN VALLEY DISPUTE: INDIA DEPLOYS MORE TROOPS ALONG LAC...
June 18 ,2020
Frontline bases of the Indian army and the air force along the nearly 3,500 km border with China were put on high alert on Wednesday in...
FOUR CIVILIANS MARTYRED IN ANOTHER INDIAN CEASEFIRE VIOLAT...
June 18 ,2020
In yet another ceasefire violation, four civilians, including a woman, were martyred while another sustained injuries when Indian troop...
SRI LANKA’S FIRST-EVER UNDERWATER MUSEUM DECLARED OPEN IN...
June 18 ,2020
Sri Lanka’s first-ever underwater museum has been declared open in Galle, the Navy said today.
Commander of the Navy, Vice Admir...
INDIA ELECTED NON-PERMANENT MEMBER OF UNITED NATIONS SECUR...
June 18 ,2020
India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful United Nations Security Council for a two-year term on June 17, winning 184 v...
Pakistan Navy’s locally built submarine: A threat to India
June 18 ,2020
Pakistan has been fortifying its naval forces in order to better defend Gawadar port. Recently, Pakistan signed deals with turkey and C...
India’s defense industry is set to lose $3 billion from na...
June 18 ,2020
Indian defense companies may have lost $3 billion in potential revenue during March 24-May 31 amid a nationwide lockdown in response to...
Afghanistan still deadliest place for children: UN
June 18 ,2020
The United Nations in a report released Monday said the war in Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest conflict for children last y...
20 SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN GALWAN VALLEY CAME FROM ALL OVER I...
June 18 ,2020
The 20 soldiers, including a commanding officer who was killed in action in Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh, came from almost all parts...
12 ANDSF KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN
June 18 ,2020
At least 12 security forces were killed and five others were wounded in a Taliban attack in northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday night,...
SINO-INDIAN CONFRONTATIONS DUE TO NEW DELHI’S HINDUTVA THI...
June 18 ,2020
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said the recent confrontation between China and India on the Line of Actual Control...
ARMY TOP BRASS EXPRESSES RESOLVE TO THWART INDIAN DESIGNS...
June 18 ,2020
The top military leadership of the country on Wednesday expressed resolve to continue thwarting Indian designs in Occupied Jamm...
BANGLADESHI DOCTORS IMMENSELY BENEFIT FROM CHINESE EXPERIE...
June 18 ,2020
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the Chinese support would help Bangladesh go a long way in detection of COVID-19 c...
Turkey launches major attack on Kurdish militants in Iraq
June 18 ,2020
Turkey has launched a major joint air and ground operation against Kurdish militants over the border in northern Iraq, a move that sugg...
Plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida...
June 18 ,2020
A plan to release a horde of 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas is a step closer to fruition after a stat...
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P.K. Balachandran
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...
