UNDER-FIRE KHAIRUDDIN COMPOUNDED RM1,000 BY HEALTH MINISTR...
August 22 ,2020
The health ministry has compounded Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali RM1,000.
It did not spec...
BANGLADESHI MIGRANT WORKER RAYHAN ARRIVES IN COUNTRY
August 22 ,2020
Bangladeshi migrant worker Mohammad Rayhan Kabir, who was arrested in Malaysia for criticising the government steps towards the migrant...
Myanmar's latest peace talks expose Suu Kyi rift with mili...
August 22 ,2020
Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, left, speaks with Aung San Suu Kyi. © Reuters
Government officials, mil...
SCULPTOR MRINAL HAQUE PASSES AWAY
August 22 ,2020
Renowned sculptor Mrinal Haque passed away early today, at 2:30 am, at his residence in Dhaka's Gulshan. He was 61.
Haque was faced wi...
SRI LANKA TO MAKE USE OF RUSSIAN COVID-19 VACCINE ONCE WHO...
August 22 ,2020
The Ministry of Health is to consider utilising the new developed vaccine for Covid-19 by Russia after obtaining the necessary approval...
ANOTHER VICTIM OF INDIAN SHELLING IN AJK DIES
August 22 ,2020
One more female victim of Indian shelling from across the Line of Control died in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), pushing the current yea...
IED BLASTS IN KABUL LEAVE ONE DEAD, FOUR WOUNDED
August 22 ,2020
Kabul witnessed three explosions early on Saturday morning, police confirmed, adding that the blasts left one security personnel dead a...
TURKEY ANNOUNCES HISTORIC GAS DISCOVERY
August 22 ,2020
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey had made a historic discovery of gas in the Black Sea, but would still speed up co...
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: NEPAL GOVT DECIDES TO RESUME INTERNA...
August 22 ,2020
The Nepal government has decided to resume international flights from September 1 after nearly six months, according to a Cabinet Minis...
TURKEY'S ERDOGAN CONVERTS ANOTHER FORMER CHURCH INTO MOSQU...
August 22 ,2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church, that became a mosque and then a popular Istan...
‘NO LEGITIMATE REASON’ TO DELAY TALKS, SAYS KHALILZAD
August 22 ,2020
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday said he sees “no legitimate reason” to delay the intra-Afghan negotiations that...
NO PROGRESS IN RECONCILIATION COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS
August 22 ,2020
Nearly three months after the Ghani-Abdullah's political agreement, the leadership members of the High Council for National Reconciliat...
XI SAYS CPEC VITAL TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TIES
August 22 ,2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that as a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the China-Pakistan Eco...
PAKISTAN-SAUDI RELATIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD, AND WILL R...
August 22 ,2020
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said Pakistan-Saudi relations have always been good and will remain good in the future....
CHINA BACKS PAKISTAN ON CHOOSING ‘INDEPENDENT’ PATH
August 22 ,2020
China on Friday threw its weight behind Pakistan for “independently” choosing a development path based on its “nation...
US-based WeChat users to sue over Trump's 'unconstitutiona...
August 22 ,2020
U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting WeChat and TikTok are expected to be challenged in multiple court cases. (So...
US arms sales in Indo-Pacific pick up as China tensions bu...
August 22 ,2020
F-35A Lightning II aircraft seen during a flight back from the U.K. to the U.S. after participating in an air show. (Photo courtesy o...
President no more? A US bill would ban the title for China...
August 22 ,2020
Lawmakers in Washington have introduced a bill to change the way the federal government refers to the leader of China, prohibiting the...
7 active Chinese military air bases under close watch of I...
August 22 ,2020
Even as the tensions on China border continue over territorial issues, Indian agencies are keeping a close eye on the activities of the...
Pakistan military to use Chinese navigation system BeiDou...
August 22 ,2020
Pakistan is all set to use Chinese homegrown navigation system BeiDou for both military and civil purpose, ending their dependence on t...
China’s draft pact for Everest height announcement with Ne...
August 22 ,2020
A seemingly innocuous draft agreement between Nepal and China to re-measure the height of Mount Everest has sent alarm bells ringing wi...
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