LANDSLIDES IN NEPAL KILL 12 PEOPLE, AT LEAST 21 MISSING
September 14 ,2020
Landslides triggered by torrential rain swept through two villages in Nepal on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, a government officia...
JAPAN’S SUGA ELECTED AS SUCCESSOR TO PM SHINZO ABE IN PART...
September 14 ,2020
Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing prime minister Shinzo Abe, won a landslide victory in a rulin...
VETERAN ACTOR SADEK BACHCHU DIES WITH COVID-19
September 14 ,2020
Veteran actor Sadek Bachchu passed away at a hospital in Dhaka this morning at the age of 65. He was Covid-19 positive.
The informatio...
ABDULLAH RETURNS FROM QATAR AFTER TALKS' OPENING
September 14 ,2020
Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and Mohammad Haneef Atmar, acting minister of foreign affairs,...
CHIPS ARE DOWN FOR HUAWEI
September 14 ,2020
From midnight today, a tectonic change will quietly take place that holds the potential of having a long term impact on the world econo...
India strongly supports Maldives-US defence agreement
September 14 ,2020
India has stated that it has no reservations regarding the defense agreement recently signed between the Maldives and the United States...
Bangladesh summons Myanmar ambassador over troop movement
September 14 ,2020
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and protested visible...
MORNING BRIEF, 14 SEPTEMBER
September 14 ,2020
We must be mindful not to be a strategic concern to IndiaAn Exclusive Interview With Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary
Sri Lankan Foreign...
MICROSOFT SAYS ITS TIKTOK BUYOUT OFFER REJECTED
September 14 ,2020
US tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, as a deadline looms for the Chinese-owned video app to sell o...
BGB, BSF POSTPONED TALKS LIKELY LATER THIS MONTH: OFFICIAL
September 14 ,2020
The 50th round of director general level talks (DGLT) between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), whi...
MYANMAR AMBASSADOR SUMMONED OVER MILITARY MOVEMENT NEAR BO...
September 14 ,2020
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe and protested visible movement of Mya...
MINOR MARTYRED, FOUR CIVILIANS INJURED IN INDIAN CEASEFIRE...
September 14 ,2020
An 11-year-old girl was martyred, whereas four other people were injured in yet another incident of unprovoked ceasefire violation by I...
SAUDI ARABIA TO LIFT SOME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT RESTRICTION...
September 14 ,2020
Saudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension of international flights as of Sept 15 to allow “exceptional categories” of...
KHALILZAD: US WILL SAFEGUARD AFGHAN PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN T...
September 14 ,2020
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan peace, in an interview with TOLOnews on the sidelines of the Afgh...
Suga the wrong choice to remedy Abe's failures
September 14 ,2020
As chief government spokesman, Suga took the lead in rebuffing media criticism. © Reuters
Japan's ruling Liberal Democ...
Trump Extends Arab Push to Normalize Ties With Israel
September 14 ,2020
When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Sudan last month, the first top-level U.S. visit in 15 years, the main item on his agenda w...
Mike Bloomberg will spend $100m to help Biden beat Trump i...
September 14 ,2020
The former New York mayor and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Mike Bloomberg will spend at least $100m to support...
Unwise choice for India to replay 1962
September 14 ,2020
In mid-September 1962, Chairman Mao Zedong once told his colleagues, "I have already spent 10 days and nights to think about this issue...
China dispatches first of four advanced warships built for...
September 14 ,2020
China has dispatched the first of four “most advanced” warships it is making for Pakistan in the midst of enriching securit...
Khalistan: Emerging demand from US-soil
September 14 ,2020
There is a general impression that activists advocating for Khalistan (an independent country for Sikhs), are operating mainly from Can...