CHINESE VACCINE: 5 LAKH DOSES MAY ARRIVE ON MAY 10
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh will receive over five lakh doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine on May 10 if everything goes as planned.
Officials are making preparations...
BJP'S OFFICE IN BENGAL ON FIRE, SITHARAMAN WISHES FOR PART...
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
West Bengal is out with its mandate for assembly elections with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerging victorious against a major contest with the Bhar...
Senators seek thorough probe into Kabul fire that killed 9...
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Senators on Sunday raised questions over recent fires in Kabul, Farah and Herat province that mainly targeted fuel imports, saying there are "some han...
Taliban Mounts 141 attacks in 24 hours: Sources
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Taliban conducted 141 attacks over the last 24 hours, mostly in Uruzgan, Zabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Badakhshan and Takhar provinces, sources said...
MALAYSIA REPORTS FIRST CASE OF INDIAN COVID-19 VARIANT
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysia has detected its first case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant first identified in India, Health Minister Adham Baba said on Sunday (...
Maldives to receive vaccines from AstraZeneca in June
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Maldives' Health Minister has stated that the COVID-19 vaccines ordered from AstraZeneca Singapore will arrive in June. Health Minister Ahmed Naseem m...
China’s carrier group conducts exercises in South China Se...
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Shandong, China's first entirely home-built aircraft carrier, underscores its rise as a regional naval power at a time of tensions with the US [...
COVID variants swamp India and Japan hospitals: 5 things t...
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Daily coronavirus infections have risen sharply in India. Japan, too, is experiencing an increase, despite a state of emergency being imposed for a th...
Travelling the Middle East will be the easiest it’s ever b...
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Although the coronavirus pandemic has forced travel to a halt and slammed shut international borders, unprecedented reforms taking place in the Middle...
US media hype Al Qaeda threats as pullout from Afghanistan...
May 3, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
As the Pentagon declares a pullout from Afghanistan, the US corporate press is voicing concerns about an imminent terrorist resurgence, with CNN all b...
Major Chinese investors in talks to buy Aramco stake in Sa...
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Major Chinese investors are in talks to buy a stake in Saudi Aramco, several sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as Saudi Arabia’s state oil firm...
Fighting on disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border leaves 1...
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Kyrgyzstan said Friday that its death toll in armed clashes with Central Asian rival Tajikistan had reached 13, after the pair agreed a ceasefire foll...
South Korean fishermen stage boat protests against Japan's...
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Hundreds of South Korean fishermen across the country held protests on Friday (April 30) calling on Japan to reverse its decision to release treated w...
DOZENS KILLED IN STAMPEDE AT ISRAELI RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Dozens of people were killed in a crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu de...
WE’VE IGNORED HEALTH SECTOR: HEALTH MINISTER
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh health minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said that the country's health sector has remained neglected.
“I want to say it rather str...
Bangladesh to send Remdesivir to India next week
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh will be sending Remdesivir, an anti-viral medicine being used in Covid-19 treatment, along with other medical supplies to India next week,...
US TO REVIVE DUTY-FREE ZONES IN PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
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 US lawmaker.
T...
THOUSANDS OF MYANMAR VILLAGERS POISED TO FLEE VIOLENCE TO...
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army an...
‘Inconsistent with facts’ -China on Gen Rawat’s remark on...
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese PLA troops dismantle temporary structures erected near the Pangong Tso (File photo) | Photo released by Indian Army
China’s mil...
Nepal Army to invite Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin...
April 30, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Nepal Army will soon invite India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on an official visit to the country, according to sources here.
Th...
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