MAN DIES OF BLACK FUNGUS, SUSPECT BIRDEM PHYSICIANS
May 25 ,2021
A man died under treatment at BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, three days ago was suspected to be suffering from mucormycosis, widely kn...
INDIA WARNS AGAINST MASS FARMERS PROTEST, CITING COVID 'SU...
May 25 ,2021
Indian government leaders appealed to farmers to call off a mass protest this week for fear it could prove a viral "super-spreader" eve...
MAKKAH GRAND MOSQUE ATTACKER CLAIMS TO BE IMAM MEHDI: REPO...
May 25 ,2021
A man who attempted to attack an imam at Makkah's Grand Mosque last week is a Saudi national who claimed to be the awaited Imam Mehdi,...
AUSTRALIA TO CLOSE KABUL EMBASSY AS US TROOPS WITHDRAW: PM
May 25 ,2021
Australia will shutter its embassy in Afghanistan this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday, underscoring deep fears a...
BANGLA ACADEMY DIRECTOR GENERAL HABIBULLAH SIRAJEE PASSES...
May 25 ,2021
Bangla Academy director general Habibullah Sirajee passed away on Monday at a city hospital in the capital. He was 72.
The Ekushey Pad...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 25 MAY
May 25 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYGAZA CITY, PALESTINE
Palestinians sit in a tent that has been set up on top of the ruins of a building destroyed in...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 25 MAY
May 25 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYGAZA CITY, PALESTINE
Palestinians sit in a tent that has been set up on top of the ruins of a building destr...
TWO BLACK FUNGUS CASES DETECTED IN BANGLADESH
May 25 ,2021
Two cases of black fungus have been detected at Birdem Hospital in patients who have recovered from Covid-19, a worrying sign as neighb...
PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE IN MALAYSIAN CAPITAL KUALA LUMPUR
May 25 ,2021
More than 200 people were injured when two light rail trains – travelling in opposite directions but on the same track – co...
US journalist detained in Myanmar while boarding flight ho...
May 25 ,2021
Journalists in Myanmar have been caught in the crackdown as the junta tries to tighten control over the flow of information. Photogra...
Jaishankar, Blinken to discuss COVID-19 relief, Quad: U.S....
May 25 ,2021
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his American counterpart Antony Blinken will discuss COVID-19 relief, multilateralism and t...
Opposition alliance files petition at Supreme Court demand...
May 25 ,2021
The opposition alliance on Monday filed moved the Supreme Court, demanding that the Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba be dec...
We'll be wiped out if we can't control COVID-19 now: Bhuta...
May 25 ,2021
Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has expressed concern over the prevailing threat of COVID-19 in the country and said: "We will be...
China is changing the way money is lent to countries in ne...
May 25 ,2021
The flags for the China Development Bank are flown near the Chinese national flag: China has a variety of lending instruments at...
Don’t ‘play with fire’, China tells US and South Korea ove...
May 25 ,2021
China warned the United States and South Korea against “playing with fire” on Monday, after Taiwan was mentioned in a joint...
In Japan most people want to cancel the Olympics, but the...
May 25 ,2021
Protesters march in Tokyo last week to call for the cancellation of the Olympics. Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP
The Olympic torch i...
11 down in 5 yrs, 3 in 2021, but many in IAF still swear b...
May 25 ,2021
The crash of a MiG-21 Bison in the early hours of Friday, which killed Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary, has once again led to questio...
69-yr-old farmer on way to Hisar protest site gets breathl...
May 25 ,2021
Ram Chander, 69, who collapsed in his way to the farmer protest site in Hisar | Photo: Ananya Bhardwaj/ThePrint
A 69-year-old farm...
Myanmar rebels claim police killings as Aung San Suu Kyi a...
May 25 ,2021
Aung San Suu Kyi (L), former Myanmar president, Win Myint, and former Naypyidaw Council chairman Dr Myo Aung appear before a special...
Indian Army has new strategies for Pakistan, China: Puniti...
May 25 ,2021
File photo of Army Chief General M.M. Naravane at Leh to review security situation and operational preparedness along the Line of Act...
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