BAIL HEARING IN CASE FILED AGAINST ROZINA BEGINS
May 20 ,2021
Bail hearing of Prothom Alo's senior reporter Rozina Islam has begun in a case filed by the health ministry. A virtual hearing is going...
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May 20 ,2021
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ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT: FRESH ATTACKS AFTER BIDEN CALLS FOR...
May 20 ,2021
Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza pursued further cross-border attacks early on Thursday after Joe Biden called publicly for progress...
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May 20 ,2021
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UK INSISTS VACCINES WORK AGAINST INDIAN COVID VARIANT
May 20 ,2021
British prime minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a variant that has spread like...
US HAS GIVEN OVER $500 MILLION IN COVID RELIEF TO INDIA, W...
May 20 ,2021
The US has so far provided over USD 500 million in COVID-19 assistance to India, the White House said on Wednesday, adding it would soo...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 20 MAY
May 20 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Yeoman Serjeant Clive Towel, left, and Yeoman Warder Darren Hardy at the gates of the...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 20 MAY
May 20 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Yeoman Serjeant Clive Towel, left, and Yeoman Warder Darren Hardy at the gates of the Tower...
Fears grow that Nepal’s coronavirus crisis could be even w...
May 20 ,2021
While global attention has been focused on India’s runaway second Covid-19 wave, a surge in cases has pushed neighbouring Nepal&r...
Book review: Thai, Myanmar militaries bounded by politics,...
May 20 ,2021
Myanmar's junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, presides over an Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyitaw on March 27....
The utter failure of the Abraham Accords
May 20 ,2021
Over the past few weeks, tensions in Israel-Palestine have escalated and the Israeli army has launched yet another deadly war on Gaza....
US and Iran aim for final round of talks on reviving nucle...
May 20 ,2021
The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, is due to stand down in June. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
US and Iranian negoti...
Peaceful coexistence in Israel hasn’t been shattered – it’...
May 20 ,2021
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Covid vaccines: India export delay deals blow to poorer co...
May 20 ,2021
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Mosque razed in BJP-ruled Indian state, Muslim body to mov...
May 20 ,2021
Residents say the Ghareeb Nawaz Al Maroof Mosque in Barabanki was built during British rule [Courtesy: Syed Farooq Ahmad]
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India reports record one-day COVID deaths as Modi’s rating...
May 20 ,2021
Modi swept to power in 2014 and was re-elected in 2019 with the biggest majority of any Indian leader in three decades [Screengrab/Yo...
How India lost its way in Persian Gulf
May 20 ,2021
India gets booted out of Farzad-B gas field in Persian Gulf.
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‘Pray for Myanmar’: Miss Universe pageant gets political
May 20 ,2021
Thuzar Wint Lwin, Myanmar’s contestant at Miss Universe in Florida, wearing a traditional costume of the Chin ethnic minority i...
India official under fire for tweet on Singapore COVID var...
May 20 ,2021
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Indian carmakers face supply chain pressures as COVID surg...
May 20 ,2021
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Afghans Who Helped the US Now Fear Being Left Behind
May 20 ,2021
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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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