INDIA BANS 59 CHINESE APPS, INCLUDING TIKTOK, SHAREIT, UC...
June 29 ,2020
The IT ministry has banned 59 Chinese-owned applications, including TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser, Likee, WeChat, and Bigo Live. The Mini...
WFP TO ASSIST RECORD 138M HUNGRY PEOPLE, AS COVID-19 DEVAS...
June 29 ,2020
WFP's bid to provide food to hungry people
WFP undertakes the biggest humanitarian response in its history, aiming to assist 138m
T...
32 BODIES RECOVERED AFTER LAUNCH CAPSIZES IN BURIGANGA
June 29 ,2020
So far 32 bodies have been recovered after a launch, carrying more than 50 passengers, capsized in the Buriganga river after being hit...
4 KILLED IN ATTACK ON KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE
June 29 ,2020
Security personnel surround the Stock Exchange Building in Karachi [Fareed Khan/AP Photo]
Four people were killed after gunme...
CIVILIANS KILLED IN ROCKET ATTACK ON AFGHANISTAN CATTLE MA...
June 29 ,2020
At least 23 civilians were killed and dozens injured after rockets hit a cattle market in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the...
IRAN ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR TRUMP, ASKS INTERPOL TO HEL...
June 29 ,2020
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes c...
COVID-19: BANGLADESH RECORDS 45 DEATHS, 4,014 NEW CASES IN...
June 29 ,2020
Health authorities have confirmed that another 45 Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll from the deadly di...
BANGLADESH’S HEALTH MINISTRY FIXES COVID-19 TEST FEES AT T...
June 29 ,2020
A health official uses a nasal swab to collect sample from a man for Covid-19 testing at Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh, Dhaka on...
WEST BENGAL GOVT COMING UP WITH IMMUNITY-BOOSTING ‘AROGYA...
June 29 ,2020
The sandesh is expected to hit the shelves in another two months and the pricing will be within the reach of the common man. (Photo:...
SIRISENA DENIES RECEIVING USD 5 MILLION FROM WORLD MUSLIM...
June 29 ,2020
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has denied receiving USD 5 million from the World Muslim League.
In a statement today, Sirisena...
6 CIVILIANS KILLED IN HELMAND ROADSIDE MINE BLAST
June 29 ,2020
At least six civilians, including women and children, were killed in a roadside mine blast in southern Helmand province on Sunday after...
ALL 4 TERRORISTS KILLED IN ATTEMPT TO STORM PAKISTAN STOCK...
June 29 ,2020
Security forces killed four terrorists who attempted to storm the Pakistan Stock Exchange compound in Karachi in a gun and grenade atta...
ANOTHER TAMIL NADU DEATH BLAMED ON COPS AMID ANGER OVER JE...
June 29 ,2020
Over a week after a man and his son died in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin in police custody amid allegations of brutality, raising national ou...
25 BODIES RECOVERED AFTER LAUNCH CAPSIZES IN BURIGANGA
June 29 ,2020
So far 25 bodies have been recovered after a launch carrying 50 passengers capsized in the Buriganga River in Dhaka's Shyambazar area t...
AT LEAST 2 KILLED, 3 INJURED IN FIRING, GRENADE ATTACK NEA...
June 29 ,2020
At least two people were killed and three were injured in a grenade attack near the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday, DawnNewsTV repor...
BANGLADESH’S DEFENCE SECRETARY ABDULLAH AL MOHSIN DIES FRO...
June 29 ,2020
Defence Secretary Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury has died in hospital care after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by novel corona...
TRUMP DENIES BEING TOLD ABOUT RUSSIAN BOUNTIES TO KILL US...
June 29 ,2020
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was never briefed about Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill US...
SIX ANDSF MEMBERS KILLED IN KUNDUZ ATTACK: SOURCE
June 29 ,2020
At least six security force members were killed in a Taliban attack in northern Kunduz province on Saturday night, a security source sa...
SRI LANKAN PM CLAIMS FOREIGN POWERS INTERFERED IN 2015 POL...
June 29 ,2020
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday claimed that foreign powers interfered in the 2015 Presidential election, which he lost.
In...
BANGLADESH NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SCHENGEN VISA AS EU REOPENS BO...
June 29 ,2020
Bangladesh is not on the list of 54 countries who will be able to enter Schengen countries once the European Union (EU) borders open by...
INDIA’S COVID-19 CASES CROSS 5.2 LAKH WITH 19,906 CASES RE...
June 29 ,2020
A record single-day surge of 19,906 COVID-19 cases pushed India’s tally to 5,28,859 on Sunday, while the death toll rose to 16,09...
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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...
