SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS PROTEST CLOSURE OF SHOPS ON 1ST DAY...
April 5 ,2021
Shop owners and employees of different markets in the New Market and nearby areas in Dhaka demonstrated for the second consecutive day...
ONE SECURITY FORCE MEMBER KILLED, FOUR WOUNDED IN KABUL BL...
April 5 ,2021
One security force member was killed and four more were wounded in an IED explosion that targeted an army vehicle in Qarabagh district...
PAKISTAN: ANTI-TERROR COURT JUDGE, FAMILY GUNNED DOWN
April 5 ,2021
Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism court judge and his three family members in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday evening, police said.
Afta...
BANGLADESH: SEVERAL DEAD, DOZENS MISSING AFTER FERRY SINKS
April 5 ,2021
Thousands in Bangladesh were rushing home on ferries after the government announced a seven-day lockdown from April 5.
A s...
FARUQUE HASSAN, NEW BGMEA PRESIDENT
April 5 ,2021
Faruque Hassan has become the new president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
Sammilita Parishad...
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April 5 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYLAHORE, PAKISTAN
People attend an Easter mass at the Sacred Heart cathedral. Millions of Christians around t...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 05 APRIL
April 5 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYLAHORE, PAKISTAN
People attend an Easter mass at the Sacred Heart cathedral. Millions of Christians around the world...
Myanmar's UN envoy calls for temporary halt to foreign inv...
April 5 ,2021
Myanmar's ambassador the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun, has defined the junta by denouncing it to the United Nations General Assembly....
Don't expect Biden to trumpet lofty aims for his rescue pl...
April 5 ,2021
Joe Biden is embarking on the biggest government initiative in more than a half-century, “unlike anything we have seen or done si...
Jordan gov’t accuses ex-crown prince of ‘malicious plot’
April 5 ,2021
Prince Hamzah (L) with his half brother King Abullah of Jordan (R) [File: Mike Nelson/EPA]
Jordan’s former crown prince, Pri...
US navy ship sunk nearly 80 years ago reached in world's d...
April 5 ,2021
The Caladan Oceanic-backed expedition found the bow, bridge and mid-section intact with the hull number ‘557’ still visib...
India Wants More Nuclear Submarines and Less Aircraft Carr...
April 5 ,2021
In March 2021, the Times of India reported that the Indian Navy had announced its intent to prioritize the development and cons...
Pakistan, Iran navies cooperating on maritime peace, secur...
April 5 ,2021
A senior Iranian commander said the navies of the Islamic Republic and Pakistan are cooperating in line with the plans to boost maritim...
Does French-led naval drill reveal clues about Quad’s plan...
April 5 ,2021
Joint Japan-India naval exercises. Photo: Twitter
Warships from the United States, Japan, Australia, India and France will from Mo...
Growing Pak-Lanka relations, all thanks to India
April 5 ,2021
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have always been reliable allies with their historic relations regardless of geographical and religious constrai...
Indian premier visits Bangladesh to counter China
April 5 ,2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to Bangladesh arriving last Friday to develop political and economic ties and...
Is Myanmar the new Syria? Rising violence threatens a repe...
April 5 ,2021
In August 2011, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s then foreign minister, made a “mercy dash” to Damascus. He appealed in pers...
Maoist insurgents kill 23 Indian forces in ambush
April 5 ,2021
Security force personnel carry the body of their colleague after an attack by Maoist fighters in Bijapur in the central state of Chha...
Building Small Circles in Name of Multilateralism is Group...
April 5 ,2021
China on Sunday, April 4, criticised the ‘Quad’ as an example of groupism and said it functioned by creating closed circles...
Political course unclear despite Nepali Congress decision...
April 5 ,2021
A day after the primary opposition, Nepali Congress, decided to take the initiative to unseat Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and form a c...
Bangladesh wants to produce Astrazeneca Vaccine locally
April 5 ,2021
Bangladesh government has requested AstraZeneca to authorise production of its Covid-19 vaccine in the country.
A proposal was s...
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