SUBMARINE CABLE GLITCH SLOWS INTERNET IN BANGLADESH
August 9 ,2020
Internet users in Bangladesh are experiencing slow speed or outages due to a technical glitch in the second submarine cable.
Efforts a...
CHINA SEEKS TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH SRI LANKA...
August 9 ,2020
China is seeking to elevate bilateral relations with Sri Lanka to a higher level, the Prime Minister’s Office in Sri Lanka said t...
LOYA JIRGA APPROVES RELEASE OF 400 TALIBAN PRISONERS
August 9 ,2020
The Loya Jirga, the grand assembly, in a resolution issued on Sunday approved the release of the 400 Taliban prisoners in an aim to qui...
INDIA FOUNTAINHEAD OF TERRORISM IN REGION, UNSC TOLD
August 9 ,2020
Pakistan has told the UN Security Council that effective border controls are a “prerequisite” to clamping down on the twin...
11 MEMBERS OF PAKISTAN’S HINDU MIGRANT FAMILY FOUND DEAD I...
August 9 ,2020
Eleven family members of Pakistan Hindu migrant group were found dead at a family farm in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district on S...
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA SWORN IN AS SRI LANKA'S PM AFTER RECORD...
August 9 ,2020
Rajapaksa brothers gesture during the swearing in ceremony at Kelaniya Buddhist temple in Colombo [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]...
Kashmir’s 500 martyrs’ graveyards are testimony to India’s...
August 9 ,2020
In the heart of Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, in a corner of a vast ground popularly known as Eid Gah, those killed by the Indian a...
9 KILLED IN MASSIVE FIRE AT MAKESHIFT COVID-19 CARE FACILI...
August 9 ,2020
Nine people were killed after a massive fire broke out at a hotel which was being converted as COVID-19 care facility in Andhra Pradesh...
Beijing's top office in Hong Kong slams 'ridiculous' US sa...
August 9 ,2020
New measures freeze any US assets of the sanctioned officials and generally bar US citizens and groups from doing business with them...
Russia, China and Iran seeking to influence US ahead of el...
August 9 ,2020
Donald Trump and Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, attend a joint press conference in 2018. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Get...
WeChat, TikTok ban could have widest impact of Trump China...
August 9 ,2020
With the stroke of a pen on Thursday night, Donald Trump made his strategic fight with China hit home for potentially billions of peopl...
Bangladesh to provide India, Nepal, Afghanistan with Remde...
August 9 ,2020
The government has decided to give Remdesivir and protection equipment to India, Nepal and Afghanistan following requests by the countr...
No need to be apologetic on Kashmir remarks, says Mahathir
August 9 ,2020
I want to thank Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad for speaking in support of Kashmiris, says PM Imran. PHOTO: FILE
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Republic of Ram: India’s Modi lays foundation for Hindu st...
August 9 ,2020
Indians watch a live screening of Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking part in the stone-laying ceremony for the Ram temple in Ayodhya...
India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfi...
August 9 ,2020
A child labourer at an opencast coalmine in India Photograph: Dommergues/Sipa
Over the past decade, Umeshwar Singh Amra has wi...
Myanmar stadiums to transfer into polling stations
August 9 ,2020
Union Election Commission (UEC) member Myint Naing said that the commission has arranged to transform stadiums to polling stations for...
Narendra Modi is India’s best PM, Yogi Adityanath the best...
August 9 ,2020
PM Narendra Modi at the Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan Wednesday | ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the best prime minister India has...
India-China ties: Huge premium in reaching an understandin...
August 9 ,2020
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said India and China have "huge premium" in reaching "understanding" and given the s...
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