BANGLADESH’S MALE FATALITY RATE FROM COVID-19 79%
August 10 ,2020
Having co-morbidity issues is one of the reasons why males have a higher death rate from Covid-19 in Bangladesh, said a virologist.
A...
BIMSTEC FOREIGN SECRETARIES TO DISCUSS POST-COVID-19 COOPE...
August 10 ,2020
The 21st session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) comprising foreign secretaries of the member states will be held virtua...
BANGLADESH'S GRANDMASTER RAZIB BEATS RUSSIA'S DEMCHENKO
August 10 ,2020
Enamul Hossain Razib. Photo: UNB
Bangladeshi Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib beat Russian Grandmaster Anton Demchenko (Rating...
BANGLADESH COVID-19: BODY COUNT CROSSES 3,400, 2,907 NEW C...
August 10 ,2020
Death toll from the coronavirus infection has crossed 3,400 in Bangladesh as 39 more people have died of the deadly virus in the past 2...
PM SAYS DEVELOPMENT IN TAMIL AREAS WILL BE RESUMED AND EXP...
August 10 ,2020
One of the most important priorities of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was sworn in on Sunday morning [August 8]...
AT LEAST FIVE KILLED, 10 INJURED IN CHAMAN BLAST
August 10 ,2020
At least five people have reportedly been killed in a blast that occurred near an under-construction building on the Mall Road in Chama...
FORMER PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE SAYS HE HAS TESTED POSIT...
August 10 ,2020
Former President Pranab Mukherjee this afternoon said that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
In a tweet, Mr Mukherjee, who was I...
KERALA RAINS: 6 DISTRICTS ON RED ALERT, OPENING OF DAM SHU...
August 10 ,2020
As heavy rainfall continues to pound different parts of Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red alert for six...
ALL SET FOR INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS AS KABUL REMOVES LAST HURDL...
August 10 ,2020
Pakistan on Sunday welcomed the Afghan Loya Jirga or grand assembly’s approval to release the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners, pa...
‘INDIA UNDER MODI NOT EVEN SAFE FOR HINDU MIGRANTS’
August 10 ,2020
The horrific incident, in which 11 members of a Pakistani Hindu migrant family were found dead at a farm in India’s Jodhpur distr...
11 MEMBERS OF PAKISTANI MIGRANT HINDU FAMILY FOUND DEAD IN...
August 10 ,2020
Eleven members of a Pakistani Hindu migrants family were found dead at a farm in Indian northern Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district Sun...
Tussle for Lord Ram: Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli plans to build...
August 10 ,2020
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has instructed to commence work on a certain "Ram Janmabhumi Ayodhya Dham" to further his claims tha...
Coronavirus cases in Maldives surpass 5,000
August 10 ,2020
Maldives’ Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Sunday, announced 143 additional cases of the new coronavirus, increasing confirmed...
US report explores options for Pakistan-India talks
August 10 ,2020
The Indian government’s insistence on Kashmir being a purely domestic issue is “a fiction maintained only by a large securi...
Gender-based violence increases in Bhutan during the pande...
August 10 ,2020
Gender-based violence (GBV) cases have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to records with the Respect, Educate, Nurture...
MOSCOW PLANNING RUSSIA-INDIA-CHINA SUMMIT ON SIDELINES OF...
August 10 ,2020
Moscow is now planning to organise a Russia-India-China (RIC) summit on the sidelines of the G20 meeting, scheduled to be held in Riyad...
NEPAL NOW LOCKS HORNS WITH INDIA OVER BUDDHA, DAY AFTER JA...
August 10 ,2020
A day after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Gautam Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi were remembered as “two greatest Indian...
UNGA PRESIDENT-ELECT ARRIVES IN PAKISTAN ON TWO-DAY VISIT
August 10 ,2020
The president-elect of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday on a two-day visit to the cou...
TALIBAN READY TO BEGIN PEACE TALKS IN A WEEK: SPOKESMAN
August 10 ,2020
The Taliban is ready to begin intra-Afghan negotiations within a week if the prisoner release is completed, said spokesman Suhail Shahe...
AFTER JIRGA, AFGHAN LEADERS HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR PEACE
August 10 ,2020
The consultative Loya Jirga, the grand assembly of over 3,400 delegates, on Sunday ended with high hopes among key political leaders fo...
INDIA REITERATES DESIRE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH SRI LANK...
August 10 ,2020
India yesterday reiterated the desire to work very closely with Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said.
The High Commis...
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