CORONAVIRUS IS AIRBORNE, 239 EXPERTS CLAIM
July 5 ,2020
Some 239 experts from 32 countries have claimed that novel coronavirus is airborne, but the World Health Organisation believes the evid...
CHINESE BUSINESSES SHOW GROWING INTEREST IN CHATTOGRAM
July 5 ,2020
Chinese businesses are showing increasingly greater interest in Chattogram, considering the geographical advantage of the port city. Fa...
INDIA TO REOPEN TAJ MAHAL WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING, MASKS
July 5 ,2020
Visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to wear masks at all times, keep their distance and not touch its glistening marble surfaces when I...
US aircraft carriers conduct military drills in South Chin...
July 5 ,2020
Two US aircraft carriers conducted exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday with China also carrying out manoeuvres that h...
As much of US dials back July 4 plans, Trump goes big
July 5 ,2020
While public health officials are urging Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations amid a spike...
China rebukes Canada over criticism of Hong Kong security...
July 5 ,2020
China has fired back at Canada for criticising Beijing's national security law for Hong Kong, the second rebuke in a week that has adde...
23 KILLED, 29 INJURED IN LIGHTNING STRIKES IN UTTAR PRADES...
July 5 ,2020
At least 23 people were killed and 29 others injured after being struck by lightning in various districts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday....
SRI LANKA AMONG COUNTRIES UNSAFE FOR TRAVEL
July 5 ,2020
A day after Britain failed to include Sri Lanka in a list of countries from where visitors will not be required to undergo a mandatory...
WHO HALTS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, HIV DRUGS IN COVID TRIALS AF...
July 5 ,2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and co...
3 POLICE KILLED IN HERAT ROADSIDE MINE BLAST
July 5 ,2020
At least three policemen were killed and three others were wounded in a roadside mine blast in the Kohistan district of Herat on the He...
BANGLADESH’S VIRUS DEATH TOLL TOPS 2,000, CASELOAD CROSSES...
July 5 ,2020
The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh has crossed 2,000 marking another grim milestone in the rampant spread of the d...
AZMIN: PERIKATAN COULD CALL FOR SNAP POLLS ANYTIME
July 5 ,2020
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali is pictured at the Prime Minister Office’s in Putrajaya Ma...
The Portuguese rediscovering their country's Muslim past
July 5 ,2020
After fleeing war in his native Iraq, 33-year-old Mustafa Abdulsattar risked his life on a perilous boat trip from Turkey to Greece.
O...
Bangladesh ahead of India, Pakistan on 2020 SDG Index
July 5 ,2020
Bangladesh has ranked 109th on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index 2020, ahead of India (117th), Pakistan (134th), and Afghan...
As narratives build around civilian's death, a Kashmiri fa...
July 5 ,2020
Jawans conduct a search operation on Wednesday after a civilian and a CRPF officer were killed in Sopore. Photo: PTI
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China-India border dispute: is Pakistan about to enter the...
July 5 ,2020
An Indian fighter jet flies over Leh, the joint capital of Ladakh. Photo: AFP
Experts believe the military stand-off between Chine...
India wants negotiation on Israel annexation, but fails to...
July 5 ,2020
On 28 May Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, declared his government will unilaterally annex parts of the West Bank of Pales...
Oli says plots being hatched to oust him and impeach the P...
July 5 ,2020
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli consults with his Cabinet members on Saturday evening at Baluwatar after visiting President Bidya Devi B...
India pitches its Tibetan and Mandarin radio programmes bu...
July 5 ,2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits an army hospital in the Himalayan region of Ladakh on July 3, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS/INDIA'S...
Nepal's Ruling Communist Party Meet to Decide PM Oli's Fat...
July 5 ,2020
Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, also known as KP Oli. Photo: Reuters/Files
A crucial meeting of Nepal’s rul...
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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...
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