INDIA AND CHINA HAVE AGREED TO EARLY, ‘COMPLETE’ DISENGAGE...
July 24 ,2020
India and China have agreed for early and complete disengagement of the troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and de-escalation...
IRAN CONDEMNS US JET FLY-BY OF AIRLINER AS TERRORISM BY 'O...
July 24 ,2020
Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
Iran said on Friday a US fighter jet “harassed”...
TWITTER REPORTS HIGHEST-EVER YEARLY GROWTH IN DAILY USERS
July 24 ,2020
PHOTO: Reuters
Twitter Inc on Thursday reported its highest-ever yearly growth of daily users who can view ads, beating analysts&r...
ERDOGAN JOINS THOUSANDS AT ISTANBUL'S HAGIA SOPHIA FOR FIR...
July 24 ,2020
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan joined thousands of worshippers at Hagia Sophia on Friday for the first prayers there since he declar...
CPEC PROJECTS UNAFFECTED BY COVID-19, SAY OFFICIALS
July 24 ,2020
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have not only remained unscathed by the Covid-19 pandemic but Pak-China bilateral coop...
SRI LANKA PRESENTS FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 2030 AG...
July 24 ,2020
The Working Group appointed by Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to assess the current status of implementation of the 2030...
US PLEDGES $36.7M FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE IN AFGHANISTAN
July 24 ,2020
The United States has allocated more than $36.7 million to help the people of Afghanistan respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and expedit...
COVID-19: BANGLADESH REPORTS 35 NEW DEATHS, 2,548 CASES IN...
July 24 ,2020
The death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh climbed to 2,836 on Friday with 35 more people succumbing to the disease in the past 24 hour...
AMITABH BACHCHAN DENIES TESTING NEGATIVE FOR COVID-19
July 24 ,2020
Just recently, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan became subject of a social media hoax surrounding his covid-19 diagnosis, which had...
DEATH TOLL DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN NEPAL CLIMBS TO 132; O...
July 24 ,2020
At least 132 people lost their lives as a result of heavy rains triggering landslides, and flash floods in Nepal.
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MALAYSIA REINSTATES PAKISTANI PILOTS
July 24 ,2020
Malaysia has verified that all Pakistani pilots currently employed in the country hold valid licences and it has reinstated them with i...
KING SALMAN UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL SURGERY
July 24 ,2020
King Salman of Saudi Arabia underwent successful surgery on Thursday to remove his gall bladder, three days after he was admitted to ho...
China scraps almost all foreign ownership limits for finan...
July 24 ,2020
China is opening up its financial sector to foreign players at a time when domestic banks are lending heavily to support the econom...
CHINA ORDERS CLOSURE OF US CONSULATE IN CHENGDU
July 24 ,2020
The Chinese foreign ministry on Friday directed the U.S. to close its consulate general in the southwestern city of Chengdu, pictur...
PASSENGERS INJURED AS US FIGHTER JET COMES CLOSE TO IRANIA...
July 24 ,2020
Several passengers on an Iranian airline have been injured over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a US fig...
BANGLADESH TO EXPORT JUTE TO PAKISTAN
July 24 ,2020
The Pakistan government has adopted a strategy to import raw jute from Bangladesh for promoting exports of jute-based process products...
Why Is South Asia Pushing Back Against Social Media?
July 24 ,2020
Welcome to South Asia Brief. This week: Bangladesh moves toward net neutrality while Pakistan threatens to ban China&rsq...
FTA with Bhutan within a month: Bangladesh
July 24 ,2020
Bangladesh will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Bhutan within the next one month in a bid to increase bilateral trade with the l...
India, US negotiating UAV co-development programme: Pentag...
July 24 ,2020
The US and India are negotiating a co-development programme for the air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a top Pentagon official...
India is committing violations of int’l laws: FM Qureshi
July 24 ,2020
India has been targeting civilians along the Line of Control (LoC) and committing violations of international laws, said Foreign Minist...
AFGHANISTAN NOT TO ‘ALLOW ANY STATE TO USE ITS TERRITORY T...
July 24 ,2020
Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister on Thursday proposed a referendum or some other engagement to allow the public to voice the...
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