Why South Asia Doesn’t Have as Many Coronavirus Deaths
July 11 ,2020
Welcome to South Asia Brief, that covers the region comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakis...
AMITABH BACHCHAN SAYS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS, TAK...
July 11 ,2020
Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday said he has tested positive for coronavirus and has been taken to a hospital. Test results of his fa...
BANGLADESHI YOUTH SHOT DEAD INSIDE INDIAN TERRITORY
July 11 ,2020
A Bangladeshi citizen was "shot dead" and another injured today inside Indian territory near Utma border in Sylhet's Companiganj upazil...
ITALIAN PM DIDN'T CALL BANGLADESHIS 'VIRUS BOMBS': FOREIGN...
July 11 ,2020
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed news published by some Bangladeshi media outlets that quoted Italy's Prime Minister Giuse...
BANGLADESH COVID-19: DEATHS CROSS 2,300, CASES TOP 181,000
July 11 ,2020
Death toll from the coronavirus infection has crossed 2,300 in Bangladesh as 30 more people died of the deadly virus in the past 24 hou...
Sri Lanka could end port deal with India!
July 11 ,2020
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Amid India’s growing tensions with China, Pakistan and Nepal, there are signs that t...
FLOODS, LANDSLIDES KILL 23 IN NEPAL, DOZENS MISSING
July 11 ,2020
Heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides that killed at least 23 people and displaced thousands in western Nepal, officials sa...
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR RAISES CONCERNS ON SRI LANKA AHEAD O...
July 11 ,2020
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément N. Voule has raised concerns...
BIDEN AS PRESIDENT WILL RAISE KASHMIR ISSUE WITH INDIA, SA...
July 11 ,2020
The Biden administration, if elected, will raise the issue of Kashmir with India and would also convey its concerns on a recent Indian...
INDIA CROSSES 8 LAKH-MARK WITH 27,114 COVID-19 CASES IN 24...
July 11 ,2020
India on Saturday crossed the 8 lakh-mark with highest single-day spike of 27,114 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. As many as 5...
Bhutanese vegetable export to India comes to a halt
July 11 ,2020
While it is the peak vegetable production season for farmers and a chance to earn by selling vegetables at the auction yard in Phuentsh...
IRAN REJECTS ANY EFFORT TO DESTABILISE PAKISTAN, SAYS ENVO...
July 11 ,2020
Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Ali Hosseini said on Friday that the friendly and brotherly relations between two countrie...
US BANS PIA OPERATIONS OVER LICENCE ISSUE
July 11 ,2020
Problems for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) continued to exacerbate on Thursday as the United States also imposed a ban on f...
Indian Rafale jets would have been useless against Chinese...
July 11 ,2020
Rafale jets would have been useless against the Chinese Air force (PLAAF) – Russian aviation experts have claimed. Rafale fighter...
US negotiator Robert Lighthizer says ‘I don’t know what th...
July 11 ,2020
America’s top trade negotiator says he doesn’t know what the end game is with China amid a two-year trade war involving hun...
Digging in on rare earth, the next front in the US supply...
July 11 ,2020
As US-China relations hit new lows, Washington is redoubling efforts to address a major Achilles’ heel: its dependence on Beijing...
New US visa rule leaves Indian, Chinese students in panic
July 11 ,2020
Ifat Gazia, a PhD student from Indian-administered Kashmir, said "if ICE sends me and other Kashmiri students back, we would be lef...
WATCHDOG: "PRACTICAL STEPS" NEEDED TO REDUCE VIOLENCE
July 11 ,2020
As the conflict intensifies in different parts of the country, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights (AIHRC) says civilians are the...
LEVEL OF TALIBAN VIOLENCE UNACCEPTABLE: ABDULLAH
July 11 ,2020
Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday criticized the Taliban for not ending violence in th...
TALKS BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA FOR DEBT RELIEF SEES PRO...
July 11 ,2020
India said it was holding talks with Sri Lanka over its request for postponement of repayment of debt. “The matter has progressed...
MALAYSIA MULLS ‘E-WAGES SYSTEM’ TO ENSURE MIGRANT WORKERS...
July 11 ,2020
Malaysia is planning to introduce e-wages system, which will alert the government in case foreign workers are not paid, as part of its...
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