COVID TO LEAVE COUNTRY SOON, VACCINE MAY NOT BE NEEDED: HE...
August 15 ,2020
Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Saturday that it will not take long for the novel coronavirus to leave Bangladesh and the country...
PAKISTAN, CHINA TO SET UP HYBRID RICE RESEARCH CENTRE
August 15 ,2020
Academic institutes of Pakistan and China are working to jointly launch a research centre for hybrid rice.
The Wuhan University-Univer...
"FROM LOC TO LAC, FITTING REPLY..." PM MODI'S MESSAGE TO P...
August 15 ,2020
India's soldiers have given a fitting reply to anyone who has challenged the country's sovereignty, "from LoC to LAC", Prime Minister N...
INFECTION RATE WAS ABOVE 20PC FOR LAST 30 DAYS
August 15 ,2020
The average rate of Covid-19 infection in the last 30 days was 22.47 percent in Bangladesh.
One in every five tests was found positive...
UN CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
August 15 ,2020
Afghanistan must take early decisive action to prevent killings of human rights defenders, UN human rights experts said Friday, calling...
COAS, BILL GATES DISCUSS PAKISTAN'S COVID-19 RESPONSE, POL...
August 15 ,2020
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates, in a telephoni...
PAKISTAN WILL BECOME AN ISLAMIC-WELFARE STATE ONE DAY: PM...
August 15 ,2020
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed hope that the country will one day become an Islamic welfare state, a goal the premier ha...
Israel-UAE deal
August 15 ,2020
The peace deal between Israel and the UAE announced on Thursday seemingly came out of the blue. But for those aware of happenings in th...
MODI SAYS INDIA SET TO MASS PRODUCE COVID-19 VACCINE, LAUN...
August 15 ,2020
India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independen...
Rafale jets not a ‘game changer’, India still needs to cat...
August 15 ,2020
As Rafale jets arrived at Ambala airforce base, entire India was celebrating. After all, it was the first introduction of a western fig...
ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY COULD SUSPEND DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH UAE
August 15 ,2020
As the United Arab Emirates defended its bombshell move to establish relations with Israel, Turkey and Iran condemned the decision whil...
MURTAZA BASHIR, A PIONEER OF SURREALIST ART IN BANGLADESH,...
August 15 ,2020
Eminent artist Murtaza Bashir has died in hospital care after being diagnosed with the coronavirus infection at the age of 88.
He pass...
Should China’s Afghan outreach worry India?
August 15 ,2020
New Delhi’s engagement with Kabul has seen a positive arc since the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001. Subsequent governmen...
Afghan troops conduct military drill near Durand Line
August 15 ,2020
Afghan security forces have conducted military drill in the Kosarai locality of Goshta district in eastern Nangarhar province, the Mini...
INDIA TO CLOSELY MONITOR ANY MOVE BY MR THAT UNDERMINES SE...
August 15 ,2020
India, following the re-election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and the family’s consolidation of power, is...
PRISONER RELEASE ‘DANGEROUS’ BUT ‘NECESSARY’: GHANI
August 15 ,2020
As the release of 400 high-value Taliban prisoners begins, President Ashraf Ghani in a conversation with the Council on Foreign Relatio...
US LOOKS FORWARD TO BOOST TIES WITH PAKISTAN: POMPEO
August 15 ,2020
The United States looks forward to strengthening its partnership with Pakistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said as he gre...
CHINA TO SUPPLY POTENTIAL CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TO PAKISTAN:...
August 15 ,2020
China will supply a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by a unit of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) to Pakistan as...
INDIA SEEKS MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ON BORDER ROW, ENVO...
August 15 ,2020
India has sought “mutually agreed reciprocal actions” from China as the disengagement process turns “complex&rd...
Japan wants de facto 'Six Eyes' intelligence status: defen...
August 15 ,2020
Defense Minister Taro Kono speaks during an interview on Aug. 12 in Tokyo. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
Japan is eager to expand links wit...
Malaysia’s Mahathir: UAE-Israel deal divides Muslim world...
August 15 ,2020
Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday threw cold water on the landmark accord reached by the United Arab Em...