Major Chinese investors in talks to buy Aramco stake in Sa...
April 30 ,2021
Major Chinese investors are in talks to buy a stake in Saudi Aramco, several sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as Saudi Arabia’s...
Fighting on disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border leaves 1...
April 30 ,2021
Kyrgyzstan said Friday that its death toll in armed clashes with Central Asian rival Tajikistan had reached 13, after the pair agreed a...
South Korean fishermen stage boat protests against Japan's...
April 30 ,2021
Hundreds of South Korean fishermen across the country held protests on Friday (April 30) calling on Japan to reverse its decision to re...
DOZENS KILLED IN STAMPEDE AT ISRAELI RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
April 30 ,2021
Dozens of people were killed in a crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjam...
WE’VE IGNORED HEALTH SECTOR: HEALTH MINISTER
April 30 ,2021
Bangladesh health minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said that the country's health sector has remained neglected.
“I want to sa...
Bangladesh to send Remdesivir to India next week
April 30 ,2021
Bangladesh will be sending Remdesivir, an anti-viral medicine being used in Covid-19 treatment, along with other medical supplies to In...
US TO REVIVE DUTY-FREE ZONES IN PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN
April 30 ,2021
A bipartisan bill will soon be introduced in the US Senate to set up duty-free export zones along the Pak-Afghan border, says a senior...
THOUSANDS OF MYANMAR VILLAGERS POISED TO FLEE VIOLENCE TO...
April 30 ,2021
Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the...
It's not enough to say the govt has failed. We are witness...
April 30 ,2021
A man carrying wood walks past the funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass cremation,...
‘Inconsistent with facts’ -China on Gen Rawat’s remark on...
April 30 ,2021
Chinese PLA troops dismantle temporary structures erected near the Pangong Tso (File photo) | Photo released by Indian Army
Ch...
JF-17 fighter jet gets J-20’s combat missile: reports
April 30 ,2021
A JF-17 fighter jet attached to the Pakistan Air Force flies towards the designated airspace during an air-to-ground offensive operat...
Nepal Army to invite Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin...
April 30 ,2021
The Nepal Army will soon invite India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on an official visit to the country, according to so...
Myanmar regime aircraft bomb Kachin villagers
April 30 ,2021
Myanmar’s military has launched airstrikes for six days on Momauk Township, Kachin State, forcing villagers to flee, according to...
Ex-President Yameen moved to house arrest
April 30 ,2021
Former President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen has been moved to house arrest. The ex-President was moved to house arrest tonight.
Ya...
Covid-19: Bangladesh offers emergency medical supplies to...
April 30 ,2021
Bangladesh has offered to dispatch, on emergency basis, medicines and medical equipment in view of the rapidly deteriorating coronaviru...
Dhaka's sole Covid-19 graveyard sees sharp increase in bur...
April 30 ,2021
The only graveyard dedicated to Covid-19 victims in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka is seeing a substantial increase in burials amid a fr...
Pakistan to get over 15 mln doses of COVID vaccine in next...
April 30 ,2021
Pakistan has purchased 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from three Chinese companies and expects to receive them in the next two mo...
Nepal starts 15-day COVID lockdown as infections spike
April 30 ,2021
Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and other main cities in the Himalayan nation have entered a lockdown amid a resurgence in coronavirus...
Be wary of India’s provocation amid worsening pandemic
April 30 ,2021
As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to worsen in India, the country may turn to old tricks, such as initiating provocations on its borde...
India’s Covid-19 tsunami
April 30 ,2021
It is humbling when a columnist must retract his words soon after penning them. Just two months ago, after India rushed millions of dos...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
