48 PERCENT COVID-19 DEATHS IN DHAKA DIVISION
August 29 ,2020
Nearly half of Bangladesh’s COVID-19 deaths occurred in Dhaka division as the country passed the 174th day of the coronavirus inf...
BSF RETURNS BANGLADESHI YOUTH’S BODY AFTER 15 DAYS OF KILL...
August 29 ,2020
Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on Friday returned the body of a Bangladeshi youth who was shot dead by them on Kushtia border 15 d...
CHINA FIRES MISSILES INTO SOUTH CHINA SEA, SENDING US A ME...
August 29 ,2020
China has fired a barrage of medium-range missiles across considerable distances into the South China Sea, Beijing’s latest move...
MYANMAR’S NOVEMBER ELECTIONS OFFER CHANCE TO RESTORE ROHIN...
August 29 ,2020
The Government of Myanmar should embrace upcoming national elections, scheduled for November, as an opportunity to take a new and fully...
THREE JUD LEADERS CONVICTED OF TERROR FINANCING
August 29 ,2020
An anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted three leaders of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) in a new case of terror financing registered by the Co...
‘I WISH AND PRAY FOR YOUR SPEEDY RECOVERY’: PM MODI’S MESS...
August 29 ,2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe for a speedy recovery from his ill health.
Shinzo Ab...
US INTERCEPTS 3 GROUPS OF RUSSIAN PLANES OFF ALASKA
August 29 ,2020
The US intercepted three groups of Russian aircraft off the Alaskan coast, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announc...
COVID-19 VACCINE PRODUCTION: BEXIMCO PHARMA TIES UP WITH I...
August 29 ,2020
Beximco Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading drugmakers of the country, announced yesterday it will invest with the Serum Institute of I...
VETERAN JOURNALIST AND LITTERATEUR RAHAT KHAN NO MORE
August 29 ,2020
Veteran journalist and litterateur Rahat Khan passed away at his Eskaton residence in the city last night. He was 79.
He breathed his...
EL AL TO FLY ISRAEL'S FIRST FLIGHT TO UAE BY COMMERCIAL CA...
August 29 ,2020
El Al Airlines will on Monday fly Israel’s first flight to the United Arab Emirates by a commercial carrier, a timetable on the I...
AFGHAN, UZBEK OFFICIALS TO SIGN PACT ON POWER PROJECT
August 29 ,2020
Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov in a meeting in Tashkent agreed on a p...
GOVT, TALIBAN SEE PRISONERS’ SWAP KEY TO INTRA-AFGHAN TALK...
August 29 ,2020
The Afghan government and the Taliban both see the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations conditional to the release of their prisoners...
Why China’s diplomatic push may not be enough to secure EU...
August 29 ,2020
Despite a recent charm offensive by senior Chinese diplomats, the chances of wrapping up a landmark investment deal with the European U...
EU warns Turkey of sanctions as east Mediterranean crisis...
August 29 ,2020
The European Union has threatened Turkey with fresh sanctions - including tough economic measures - unless progress is made in reducing...
With Donald Trump and this election, it feels ominously li...
August 29 ,2020
Donald Trump is not a competent president but he is a terrifyingly effective one, as the 2020 RNC proved once again. The central lesson...
'World came crashing down': Delhi violence victims await j...
August 29 ,2020
Brothers Amir and Hashem were on their way home from their grandparents' house in India's capital, New Delhi, when they were stopped by...
Second batch of Rafale fighter jets from France to arrive...
August 29 ,2020
The second batch of Rafale fighter jets - likely to be four in number - is set to arrive at the Ambala Air Force Station in October as...
Is Bangladesh really turning away from India and toward Ch...
August 29 ,2020
Sheikh Hasina meet's China's Xi Jinping in Beijing in July 2019
Whenever the Indian media starts writing about the rapid developme...
Turkey’s tilt toward Pakistan provokes India’s ire
August 29 ,2020
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is faced with a potential new foe, India, a close ally of Israel, that is loud...
A year after Assam’s NRC released, citizenship of two mill...
August 29 ,2020
It has been a year since Assam published its updated National Register of Citizens, meant to be a list of Indian citizens living in the...
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
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...
Ikram Sehgal
Karachi Canvas
Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
