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July 25 ,2020
Police have cordoned off the capital's Gulistan intersection after a bomb-like object was found there.
The authorities have already re...
FACEBOOK, TWITTER REMOVE ACCOUNTS OF BOLSONARO SUPPORTERS...
July 25 ,2020
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony of lowering the national flag for the night, amid the coronavirus diseas...
SOLDIER MARTYRED, THREE OTHERS INJURED IN BALOCHISTAN AMBU...
July 25 ,2020
Lance Naik Javed Karim embraced martyrdom in the attack. PHOTO: ISPR
A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom while three others...
AFGHAN FORCES SUSTAIN CASUALTIES IN GHOR AS VIOLENCE REMAI...
July 25 ,2020
At least three members of an Afghan commando unit were killed in Ghor province, in the west of the country, in a Taliban attack on thei...
BANGLADESH RAILWAY TO RECEIVE 10 LOCOMOTIVES FROM INDIA
July 25 ,2020
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will receive 10 locomotives from India on Monday, to overcome its locomotive crisis. India would hand over the...
BANGLADESH COVID-19: 38 DIE, 2,520 NEW CASES IN 24HRS
July 25 ,2020
Bangladesh has recorded 38 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 2,874.
Besides, as...
CRPF OFFICER SHOOTS COLLEAGUE, KILLS SELF IN DELHI'S LODHI...
July 25 ,2020
The incident took place around 10:30 PM at 61, Lodhi Estate.
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector fired at anot...
HAJJ SERMON TO FEATURE BANGLA THIS YEAR
July 25 ,2020
The Hajj pilgrimage this year will feature Bangla as one of its languages to translate the Arafat Day sermon, according to the chairman...
Nepal submits documents to support its Lord Ram claim!
July 25 ,2020
India and Nepal have been bickering for months over the border between the two countries, with the South-Asian neighbour even promulgat...
WB govt refuses to allow Indian citizens to return from Ba...
July 25 ,2020
The West Bengal government after refusing to allow trade for weeks via key land border with Bangladesh in a surprising step has prevent...
CHINA SECURES DEAL FOR SRI LANKA RAILWAY SMART CARD SYSTEM
July 25 ,2020
China has secured a deal for a smart card system to be installed at train stations in Sri Lanka, the Colombo Gazette learns.
In Februa...
INDIA’S COVID TALLY JUMPS PAST 13 LAKH JUST 2 DAYS AFTER C...
July 25 ,2020
India’s Covid-19 tally zoomed past 13 lakhs on Saturday, just two days after it crossed the 12 lakh mark, while the recoveries mo...
US ACCUSES RUSSIA OF TEST-FIRINUS ACCUSES RUSSIA OF TEST-F...
July 25 ,2020
The United States accused Russia of test-firing an anti-satellite weapon in space, warning that the threat against Washington’s s...
US eases export rules on drone sales to allies
July 25 ,2020
The US on Friday relaxed norms to allow American defence companies to sell more drones to allies by changing the decades-old Missile Te...
India signs $400 mn currency swap facility for Sri Lanka
July 25 ,2020
The Reserve Bank of India has agreed to a $400 million currency swap facility for Sri Lanka till November 2022, the Indian High Commiss...
Pakistan-made drones to fight locusts
July 25 ,2020
Pakistan has achieved another feat in the field of science and technology. After ‘Made in Pakistan’ ventilators, the Minist...
India invites greater participation from Israeli defence c...
July 25 ,2020
India on Friday invited greater participation from Israeli defence companies under the new liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI)...
TURKEY RENOVATES OTTOMAN-ERA MOSQUE IN SOUTH AFRICA
July 25 ,2020
Turkey’s state-run aid agency has renovated an Ottoman era mosque in South Africa.
The Nur el-Hamidia Mosque was built 135 years...
PAKISTAN SIGNS LOAN DEALS WITH WORLD BANK, AIIB
July 25 ,2020
Pakistan has signed two financing agreements totalling $750 million with the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...
INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS NEVER BEEN CLOSER: KHALILZAD
July 25 ,2020
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, while speaking at a virtual event organized by the US Instit...
COVAXIN: INDIA’S FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL BEGINS AT AI...
July 25 ,2020
The human clinical trials of the indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin, kicked off at the AIIMS, Delhi on Friday....
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