BANGLADESH TO DISCUSS OXFORD UNIVERSITY’S COVID-19 VACCINE...
August 18 ,2020
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Dhaka is set to discuss the trial of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, millions of doses of which will be pro...
15.64% OF DWELLERS LEFT DHAKA AFTER LOCKDOWN WITHDRAWAL: S...
August 18 ,2020
File Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
After the government lifted lockdown to reopen the economy, 15.64 percent of Dhaka dwellers left...
MORTAR SHELLS STRIKE KABUL AS AFGHANS MARK INDEPENDENCE DA...
August 18 ,2020
Smoke rises from a rocket attack during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP photo
Kabu...
STRONG QUAKE IN PHILIPPINES KILLS ONE, DAMAGES COVID-19 QU...
August 18 ,2020
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook the central Philippines on Tuesday (Aug 18), killing at least one person and damaging roads and buildi...
INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SHRINGLA ARRIVES IN DHAKA
August 18 ,2020
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:30 am.
"He arrived in a special...
WHOLE OF SRI LANKA HIT BY POWER BLACKOUT
August 18 ,2020
The entire nation of Sri Lanka was left without power on Monday for seven hours after a failure at a key electricity facility.
Power m...
New Delhi will be wary of Biden despite his pro-Indian sta...
August 18 ,2020
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has vowed to stand with India against Chinese “aggression” if el...
DONALD TRUMP SHOWS ‘UTTER LACK OF EMPATHY’: MICHELLE OBAMA
August 18 ,2020
US former first lady Michelle Obama has slammed Donald Trump as an incompetent president who displays an “utter lack of empathy&r...
MULTIPLE ROCKET ATTACKS STRIKE KABUL
August 18 ,2020
At least four rockets hit different parts of Kabul city Tuesday morning as Afghans celebrated the 101st Independence Day.
Eyewitnesses...
COAS, KSA DEPUTY DEFENCE MINISTER HOLD TALKS
August 18 ,2020
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Saudi Arabia Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salaman bin Abdula...
Pakistani army chief visits Saudi Arabia to revive ties st...
August 18 ,2020
Pakistan’s army chief visited Saudi Arabia on Monday in an effort to ease a row between the two countries over policy towards the...
AMIT SHAH ADMITTED TO AIIMS FOR "POST COVID CARE"
August 18 ,2020
Home Minister Amit Shah, who tested negative for COVID-19 last week, has been admitted to AIIMS in Delhi, the government hospital said...
China’s Teesta plans: Indian Foreign Secretary likely to v...
August 18 ,2020
Bangladesh is likely to receive a $1-billion assistance from China for an irrigation project on the Teesta which has been at the centre...
Pakistan buying Cai Hong-4 armed drones from China
August 18 ,2020
China is helping Pakistan to boost its firepower by selling it state-of-the-art defence items, including armed drones, even as it is en...
Russian deputy defense minister, Myanmar chief of General...
August 18 ,2020
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin met with visiting Chief of the General Staff of Myanmar’s Armed Forces General My...
Sri Lanka to follow ‘Kalyana Mithra’ foreign policy
August 18 ,2020
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that Sri Lanka will follow a friendly policy towards...
Nepal puts all repatriation flights on hold until next not...
August 18 ,2020
Within one week since it decided to repatriate a maximum of 500 Nepalis stranded abroad every day from August 17 to 31, the government...
Indian company files for arbitration against Maldives govt
August 18 ,2020
Indian company, Lucky Exports has filed an arbitration claim against the Maldives government.
The company was awarded a project to dev...
AAP SAYS SHAHEEN BAGH PROTESTS 'SCRIPTED' BY BJP
August 18 ,2020
A day after several activists who were part of the Shaheen Bagh protest joined the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party claimed the agitation was &...
IPS OFFICER RAKESH ASTHANA APPOINTED BSF CHIEF TWO YEARS A...
August 18 ,2020
Former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana was Monday appointed the Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF).
A 1984-batch...
BANGLADESHI DIES IN ALLEGED BSF FIRE IN CHAPAINAWABGANJ
August 18 ,2020
The Indian Border Security force or BSF has allegedly shot dead a Bangladeshi near the frontier in Chapainawabganj.
The victim was ide...
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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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