SAUDI TO GRADUALLY RESUME ‘UMRAH’ PILGRIMAGE FROM OCTOBER...
September 23 ,2020
Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from October 4, the interior ministry said Tuesday, seve...
BHARAT BIOTECH INKS LICENSING DEAL WITH WASHINGTON UNIVERS...
September 23 ,2020
Bharat Biotech, a leading vaccine and bio-therapeutics manufacturer, has inked a licencing agreement with Washington University School...
At UN, China's Xi says no intention to fight 'a Cold War o...
September 23 ,2020
Xi addressed annual gathering of world leaders, conducted virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. PHOTO: FILE
Chinese...
KASHMIR STILL A BURNING ISSUE, ERDOGAN TELLS UNGA
September 23 ,2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday raised the Jammu and Kashmir issue in his address to the United Nations General Assem...
AFGHANS WILL SUFFER IF PEACE FAILS: KHALILZAD
September 23 ,2020
Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the US House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee...
MYANMAR QUESTIONED FOR NOT FULFILLING ROHINGYA REPATRIATIO...
September 23 ,2020
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, has questioned Myanmar for not fulfilling its co...
ANWAR HAS MAJORITY TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT
September 23 ,2020
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has scheduled a press conference at 12pm today to make "an important announcement".
Speculation is rife th...
Afghan Military to stick to Russian-made Helocraft
September 23 ,2020
Despite the ongoing modernisation of Afghanistan’s military and, in particular, the Afghan Air Force (AAF), Kabul seems to retain...
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September 23 ,2020
US uses defense diplomacy to woo Bangladesh away from China
The US has stepped up efforts to entice Bangladesh into buying more of i...
Bangladesh to set up 73 modern BOPs to enhance border forc...
September 23 ,2020
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will build 73 new modern composite Border Outposts (BOPs) in border areas to enhance the operational capa...
Sri Lankan PM visits Chinese-built Colombo port
September 23 ,2020
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa called for the construction of a multi-billion-U.S. dollar Colombo Port City project to be...
CHINESE LOAN DEALS FOR FOUR PROJECTS HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR
September 23 ,2020
With development projects losing steam for the ongoing pandemic and several months of shutdown, the Economic Relations Division (ERD) h...
OVER 5K HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19 IN BANGLADESH
September 23 ,2020
The number of Covid-19 deaths crossed the 5,000 mark yesterday, as Bangladesh stepped into the 198th day since the first detection of c...
ARMY SOLDIER MARTYRED IN ATTACK ON PAK-AFGHAN BORDER POST
September 23 ,2020
A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred on Tuesday on the Pak-Afghan border after terrorists attacked a post in the area, said a statement...
PHASE III TRIALS FOR CHINESE COMPANY CANSINOBIO'S COVID-19...
September 23 ,2020
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday announced that phase III clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine will be l...
Afghan govt, Taliban blame each other for rising violence
September 23 ,2020
Amid the ongoing efforts to start the peace negotiations in Doha, the Taliban and the Afghan government are blaming each other for cond...
Nepal set to welcome foreign tourists from October
September 23 ,2020
The Nepalese government will reopen the country’s borders to international tourists from October 17, 2020, following an almost ei...
Snap elections in Malaysia: Later rather than sooner?
September 23 ,2020
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin delivering a speech at Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's fourth anniversary celebrations in...
Beijing woos global bond investors by making it easier to...
September 23 ,2020
China says it will let foreign bond investors transfer money into and out of the country more freely, allowing them easier access to th...
MALAYSIA: ANWAR TO MAKE AN 'IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT' AT NOO...
September 23 ,2020
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has scheduled a press conference at 12pm today to make "an important announcement".
Party sources when con...
The UN’s Unhappy Birthday
September 23 ,2020
The United Nations turns 75 this autumn, and if this were a normal year, many of the world’s leaders would gather in New York Cit...
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