50TH BSF-BGB HIGH-LEVEL TALKS BEGIN IN DHAKA TODAY
September 13 ,2020
The biannual talks between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) director-general Major General M Shafeenul Islam and Border Security Force (BS...
BANGLADESH REGAINS 1ST PLACE IN UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION
September 13 ,2020
Bangladesh has regained its position as the top country in sending troops in the United Nations' peacekeeping missions.
On 17 July, Ba...
HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH ADMITTED TO DELHI’S AIIMS FOR SECO...
September 13 ,2020
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who fought back coronavirus last month, has been admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS last night again since...
NEPAL TO RESUME VISA SERVICES AFTER A MONTH
September 13 ,2020
Nepal’s Department of Immigration has decided to resume all the visa services starting from Sunday after the services were supend...
BANGLADESH'S FIRM FRIEND FATHER TIMM NO MORE
September 13 ,2020
Father Richard William Timm, Superior of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Bangladesh and one of the founders of Notre Dame College in...
SOLVING ROHINGYA CRISIS: FAILURE MAY DASH HOPE FOR REGIONA...
September 13 ,2020
Dhaka fears Rohingya crisis can frustrate the hope for regional peace and stability if it is not solved at the earliest.
"Our fear is...
ASTRAZENECA RESTARTS UK TRIALS OF OXFORD VACCINE
September 13 ,2020
The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc have restarted a U.K. trial of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine after the study was halted...
INDIA REPORTS RECORD DAILY JUMP IN COVID CASES FOR SECOND...
September 13 ,2020
India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday, data f...
PAKISTAN’S STANCE ON PALESTINE ‘HAS NOT CHANGED’
September 13 ,2020
The Foreign Office has reiterated that Pakistan’s stance on Middle East peace process and Palestine has not changed as US Preside...
TALIBAN ATTACK IN 18 PROVINCES AS TALKS START: MOD
September 13 ,2020
Widespread fighting between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban was reported in 18 provinces across Afghanistan on Saturday as d...
The sighs and solitude of a despairing city: Photographer...
September 13 ,2020
The Nigambodh Ghat Electric Crematorium in Delhi | Parul Sharma's Dialects of Silence: Delhi under Lockdown published by Roli Books...
US and China vie to corral ASEAN with Mekong and COVID sup...
September 13 ,2020
The Mekong river divides Thailand and Laos as seen from Nong Khai, Thailand. The five countries that the river runs through find th...
Malaysia's ruling pact fails unity test in Sabah, contesti...
September 13 ,2020
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's 11th-hour intervention has failed to untangle overlapping claims for seats among his allies in the S...
Trump's ratings unlikely to be hit by barrage of tell-all...
September 13 ,2020
United States President Donald Trump has had several tell-all books written about him, but a fusillade he has faced in recent weeks whi...
The UN at 75: An assessment
September 13 ,2020
It may not be perfect but the civilisation we enjoy today would not be possible without the United Nations and its family of agenci...
China dispatches first of four advanced warships built for...
September 13 ,2020
China has dispatched the first of four “most advanced” warships it is making for Pakistan in the midst of enriching securit...
Afghan peace talks open with calls for ceasefire, women’s...
September 13 ,2020
Taleban delegates during talks between the Afghan government and Taleban insurgents in Doha on Sept 12, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS
Afghan...
Talks between Afghan government and Taliban open in Qatar
September 13 ,2020
After nearly two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands, peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban have...
SUNDAY PHOTO FEATURE
September 13 ,2020
A graffiti of US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Bar...
Russia is facilitating Indian attempts to contain growing...
September 13 ,2020
The comments earlier this week by Roman Babushkin, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Russian Embassy in India, suggest that Russia mig...
Intra-Afghan dialogue shows world’s acceptance of Pakistan...
September 13 ,2020
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday that holding of Intra-Afghan dialogue serves as a milestone for peace in Af...
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