INDIAN FOREIGN SECY LIKELY TO VISIT DHAKA TUESDAY
August 17 ,2020
Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is likely to arrive in Dhaka on a brief visit on Tuesday aiming to boost ties between t...
PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE LEAVES TOKYO HOSPITAL
August 17 ,2020
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves a Tokyo hospital after undergoing a health check on Aug. 17. © Kyodo
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FINALIZES PLAN TO OPEN UP ALASKA WILD...
August 17 ,2020
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The Trump administration announced Monday it would open up 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife R...
VETERAN CLASSICAL SINGER PANDIT JASRAJ PASSES AWAY AT 90
August 17 ,2020
Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj died on Monday following a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, his daughter Durga Jasraj...
ISRAEL AND UAE OPEN PHONE LINK AFTER HISTORIC DEAL
August 17 ,2020
A telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has begun working as the two countries opened diplomatic ties, part of...
PAKISTANI ARMY CHIEF ARRIVES IN SAUDI ARABIA AMID STRAINED...
August 17 ,2020
Pakistani military and government officials told Reuters that Bajwa would use his good offices to try to calm the situation between...
MAN GUNNED DOWN ALONG BORDER ALLEGEDLY BY INDIA'S BSF
August 17 ,2020
The members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man along Shingnagar border in Chapainawabganj&rs...
CHINA GRANTS COUNTRY'S FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE PATENT TO CA...
August 17 ,2020
China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, st...
KEY NAGA GROUP SAYS GOVERNOR TWEAKED DEAL, RELEASES "ORIGI...
August 17 ,2020
The biggest Naga rebel group involved in the 18-year peace talk, the NSCN (Issac-Muivah) has released what they called the "original co...
'23 TALIBAN' KILLED IN CLASHES IN 3 PROVINCES: MOD
August 17 ,2020
At least 23 Taliban were killed in clashes in Badghis, Ghazni and Maidan Wardak provinces, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and other mili...
PAKISTAN APPRISES D-8 MEMBERS OF WORSENING HUMAN RIGHTS SI...
August 17 ,2020
During a special virtual session of D-8 Commissioners, Pakistan apprised participants of the worsening human rights and humanitarian si...
INDIA’S COVID TALLY RISES TO 26.47 LAKH WITH 57,981 NEW CA...
August 17 ,2020
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 26,47,663 on Monday with a single-day spike of 57,981 infections, while the death toll crossed th...
SHAHEEN BAGH ACTIVIST SHAHZAD ALI JOINS BJP, SAYS PARTY NO...
August 17 ,2020
Shaheen Bagh social activist Shahzad Ali and others joined the BJP on Sunday in the presence of State BJP president Adesh Gupta and lea...
GOVT SEEKS INTL CONSENSUS ON PRISONER RELEASE: ATMAR
August 17 ,2020
The Afghan government is working on plans to remove problems in the way of peace, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar...
PRISONER RELEASE DELAYED BY WESTERN ALLIES
August 17 ,2020
Two days after the government started the release of the 400 high-value Taliban prisoners, an official from the High Council for Nation...
INDIA TO INVEST $1.46 TRILLION TO LIFT VIRUS-HIT ECONOMY
August 17 ,2020
India's prime minister said on Saturday his country has done well in containing the coronavirus pandemic and announced $1.46 trillion w...
DO NOT TRAVEL TO BANGLADESH DUE TO COVID-19: US TRAVEL ADV...
August 17 ,2020
The US Department of State has issued a Level-4 travel advisory for Bangladesh, warning US citizens against travelling to the country a...
BANGLADESH NOW HAS 113,942 ACTIVE CASES
August 17 ,2020
Bangladesh currently has 113,942 active Covid-19 cases, making it seventh on the list of countries with such cases, according to the US...
US open to nuclear agreement with Russia before including...
August 17 ,2020
Military vehicles carrying DF-21D ballistic missiles roll to Tiananmen Square during a military parade. © Reuters
The...
Coronavirus strain that is '10 times more infectious' dete...
August 17 ,2020
A mutation of the coronavirus that is far more infectious than the original Wuhan strain has been detected in Malaysia, the health auth...
Turkey condemns Biden's criticism of 'autocrat' Erdogan
August 17 ,2020
Turkey has condemned remarks made by US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticising President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and call...
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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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