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A Krishnachura tree in full bloom. The picture was taken from Goalanda in Rajbari on 31...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 02 JUNE
June 2 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYRAJBARI, BANGLADESH
A Krishnachura tree in full bloom. The picture was taken from Goalanda in Rajbari on 31 May. Oft...
Poacher suspected of killing 70 Bengal tigers captured aft...
June 2 ,2021
According to the Bangladesh forest department, the Bengal tiger population fell from 440 in 2004 to a record low of 106 in 2015. ...
New heads at Andaman and Nicobar Command, Eastern Army com...
June 2 ,2021
Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh assumes office as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Assam Rifles gets new chief.
Among a series of top level app...
Myanmar violence, hunger and ruin risk deeper refugee cris...
June 2 ,2021
Medical personnel tend to internally displaced people in Myanmar's Karen State following military air strikes in the area, in this ha...
Singapore's entry ban on India worsens COVID labor crunch
June 2 ,2021
Singapore relies heavily on migrant workers from South Asia to perform labor-intensive jobs like construction and shipbuilding. ...
Elected autocrats, their pandemic responses
June 2 ,2021
Volunteers stand next to burning pyres at a crematorium on the outskirts of Bengaluru on May 2 samuel Rajkumar/Reuters
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Suu Kyi's inconvenient truth and the origins of Myanmar's...
June 2 ,2021
Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Profound consequences for Israel and region as Israel brac...
June 2 ,2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks almost certain to be unseated after a disparate group of opposition parties announced t...
Saudi minister defends volume limit on mosque loudspeakers
June 2 ,2021
Saudi Arabia’s Islamic affairs minister is defending a contentious order restricting the volume of mosque loudspeakers, saying it...
Let Iran choose its next president
June 2 ,2021
Iran’s presidential candidate Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi began his election campaign with two events: a meeting with businessmen and...
US Afghan drawdown may complete by ‘July 4’
June 2 ,2021
The US may withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan by July 4, well ahead of the September 11, 2021 deadline set by President Joe Biden...
Omar Abdullah calls out J&K govt's 'Dim-Witted Policies' o...
June 2 ,2021
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed shock and grief over the suicide of a 24-year-old youth from...
Suicide in Kashmir reveals plight of ex-rebels turned gov’...
June 2 ,2021
Jameela Bashir, centre, mourning the death of her son at her home in Avil village in Kulgam, Indian-administered Kashmir [Rifat Faree...
Rise of armed civilian groups in Myanmar fuels fears of fu...
June 2 ,2021
A photo issued by Myanmar’s shadow national unity government (NUG) shows People’s Defence Force (PDF) soldiers who have b...
1,742 children orphaned, 7,464 lost one parent during pand...
June 2 ,2021
More than 6,000 children have lost their mothers while the fathers of 1,411 children have passed away since the Covid pandemic hit Indi...
Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh i...
June 2 ,2021
Several thousand Rohingya refugees have staged “unruly” protests against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Ba...
India mosque demolition: officials accused of filing false...
June 2 ,2021
The site of the mosque in the district of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, India, before and after its demolition
A local government ad...
Pakistan sets up three markets near Iran border
June 2 ,2021
Three markets are being established at the Pak-Iran border in Balochistan after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding...
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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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