BANGLADESH RECOMMENDED TO GRADUATE FROM LDCS
February 27 ,2021
The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has recommended for Bangladesh's graduation from LDCs (Least Developed C...
MYANMAR POLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS TO DISPERSE PROTESTERS...
February 27 ,2021
Myanmar was shaked by a wave of pro-democracy protests since a military coup toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.
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February 27 ,2021
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Penguins of the Lasta-Rica circus are given a tour of the Bryansk Regional Art Museum. The p...
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February 27 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYBRYANSK, RUSSIA
Penguins of the Lasta-Rica circus are given a tour of the Bryansk Regional Art Museum. The penguins...
US finds Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi murder but...
February 27 ,2021
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has long been accused of involvement in the killing of the Washington Post jour...
India: BJP’s rise in former communist bastion has Muslims...
February 27 ,2021
The rally in Chandannagar in 2017 with arms to mark the birthday of Lord Ram [File: Suvojit bagchi/Al Jazeera]
In November 2019, I...
For H.M. Naqvi, COVID-19 is a creative spur
February 27 ,2021
Drawing as much on Allen Ginsberg as Salman Rushdie, Pakistani author H.M. Naqvi writes in the voice of a proudly dualistic citi...
China-US relations: ‘let’s fix our own national messes bef...
February 27 ,2021
Former US diplomat Chas Freeman: “Without serious repairs to restore a sound American political economy, our future is in jeopa...
Malaysia to renew push for high-income goal by 2030 despit...
February 27 ,2021
As Malaysia aspires to join the club of high-income nations, some experts argue closing the gap between rich and poor is more importa...
Shamima Begum loses fight to restore UK citizenship after...
February 27 ,2021
The Begum ruling is a test of the UK’s policy to strip the citizenship of Britons who went to join Isis and are being detai...
Biden's China policy sounds like Trumpism
February 27 ,2021
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks virtually to the National Governors Association Winter Meeting from the South Court Auditoriu...
In Kashmir, fear of the pheran returns in full force
February 27 ,2021
Photo: Kandukuru Nagarjun/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Civilians wearing pherans – the long robe traditionally worn in Kashmir in wint...
Election process in Bengal is putting Bhutan-Bangladesh tr...
February 27 ,2021
With the rising mercury level around the election process in Bengal, life is getting tougher there for thousands of Indians involved in...
Myanmar’s coup takes a rising economic toll
February 27 ,2021
Business operations are yet to fully resume following a coup d’etat launched by Myanmar’s powerful military three weeks ago...
AMAN Exercises 2021: Pakistan Navy investing in peace
February 27 ,2021
The Indian Ocean is the new arena for geopolitical contestation between major powers. The US in its geopolitical contest with China has...
Chinese-Indian foreign ministers’ exchange to ensure conse...
February 27 ,2021
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the s...
Tiny Himalayan nation Bhutan shows how to fight Covid-19 p...
February 27 ,2021
Authorities in the country of around 750,000 people said it will start vaccinating its citizens in March.PHOTO: AFP
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Myanmar police raid protest district as World Bank halts s...
February 27 ,2021
Myanmar police launched a crackdown overnight in a Yangon district after breaking up a protest to oppose a military appointed local off...
US urges India, Pakistan to hold direct talks on Kashmir;...
February 27 ,2021
US State Department Spokesman Ned Price speaks during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, February 8. — Reut...
At pivotal moment in Afghanistan war, Biden weighs a dilem...
February 27 ,2021
America’s longest war is approaching a crossroads.
President Joe Biden’s choices in Afghanistan boil down to this: withdra...
From hinterland to Hollywood, Indian farmers galvanise the...
February 27 ,2021
Indian farmers participate in a tractor rally to protest against the newly passed farm laws, on a highway on the outskirts of New Del...
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