MALALA IS NOW AN OXFORD GRADUATE
June 8 ,2020
Congratulations are in order for Malala Yousafzai as she graduates from Oxford University in a virtual graduation ceremony.
The activi...
EARTHQUAKE OF 2.1 MAGNITUDE HITS GURUGRAM, TREMORS FELT IN...
June 8 ,2020
A low intensity earthquake hit Gurugram in Haryana on Monday afternoon. “An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1 on the Richter Sca...
COVID-19 DEATHS CROSS 900, CASES TOP 68,000 IN BANGLADESH
June 8 ,2020
Bangladesh has crossed the mark of 900 deaths as 42 more people have died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.
With the late...
ARVIND KEJRIWAL UNWELL, SELF-ISOLATES, MAY TAKE CORONAVIRU...
June 8 ,2020
Arvind Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine and may take a coronavirus test after complaints of mild fever, Press Trust of India said...
5 BANGLADESHIS TESTIFY AGAINST MP PAPUL BEFORE KUWAIT COUR...
June 8 ,2020
Five Bangladeshi expatriates have testified against Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam before a Kuwait court.
In their deposit...
KHALILZAD IN DOHA, ISLAMABAD TO DISCUSS INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS
June 8 ,2020
The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, and the commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan, US Gen. Scott Miller, met wit...
CHINESE COVID-19 MEDICAL TEAM ARRIVES IN DHAKA
June 8 ,2020
A team of Chinese medical professionals, with expertise at handling Covid-19, has arrived in Dhaka.
The team has first-hand experience...
BANGLADESHI DIES IN SAUDI ARABIA
June 8 ,2020
A Bangladesh national died after falling off the roof of a multi-storey building in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning, UNB repor...
VALUABLE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM RECORDERS FOR PROBE: AI...
June 8 ,2020
Airbus, the manufacturer of A320 aircraft, has said that the AIT (accident information transmission) on Pakistan International Airlines...
COLOMBO’S AIR QUALITY CONTINUES TO DROP WITH MORE VEHICLES...
June 8 ,2020
Colombo’s air quality is continuing to drop with more vehicles returning to the street after the curfew enforced to contain the s...
PM IMRAN KHAN TELLS PUNJAB, KP GOVTS TO CUT NON-DEVELOPMEN...
June 8 ,2020
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday spent a busy day as besides presiding over a meeting to review wheat situation in the country, he a...
BANGLADESH’S POVERTY MAY SOAR BACK UP TO 35PC: CPD
June 8 ,2020
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Sunday projected a GDP growth rate of 2.5 per cent -the lowest in almost 30 years- for the Bang...
US envoy discusses Afghan peace with Taliban, Pakistan
June 8 ,2020
US special representative Zalmay Khalilzad and his delegation meet with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ in Rawalp...
Protests in Kashmir after Indian forces kill five fighters
June 8 ,2020
At least five fighters have been killed by Indian forces in Shopian in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The killings, that took place on S...
India sends 'man-eater' tiger to lifetime in captivity
June 8 ,2020
A tiger blamed for killing three people will spend the rest of its life in captivity, Indian officials said on Sunday (June 7), saying...
COVID-19 delays delivery of India’s first VVIP planes
June 8 ,2020
The wait for the country’s first-ever VVIP planes has become slightly longer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aerospace manufacture...
Nepal to host PLA medical team
June 8 ,2020
Nepal is expected to host a large delegation of personnel from the medical unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army to deal...
Pakistan clears $7.2 billion railway project linking it wi...
June 8 ,2020
Pakistan has approved $7.2 billion railway line upgradation project between Peshawar and Karachi under the China Pakistan Economic Corr...
WITH MORE THAN 2.4 LAKH CASES, INDIA BECOMES FIFTH WORST-H...
June 8 ,2020
India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday, with 9,971 new infections taki...
DREADED TERROR COMMANDER AMONG 5 HM TERRORISTS KILLED IN K...
June 8 ,2020
In a major achievement, five terrorists of the Pakistan backed Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) outfit were killed in an encounter with security...
FEARING AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CAA LAUNCHES ANTI-LOCUST SPRAY CAM...
June 8 ,2020
Fearing damages to aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) launched a spray campaign at Jinnah Terminal on Saturday to fend off pr...
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