Bangladesh offers emergency aid to India
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:56 pm
Bangladesh has offered to rush emergency medicines and medical equipment to India, where COVID-19 cases have shot up to over 18 million.
Bangladesh GDP may grow 5.5-6 pc in current fiscal: ADB
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:50 pm
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast a 5.5- 6 percent GDP growth for Bangladesh in the current fiscal.
Taliban writes to Afghan leaders, invite them individually for talks
Apr 30, 2021, at 03:06 pm
In what appears a move to disrupt the unity of the Afghan government, the Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, has reportedly written letters to prominent Afghan leaders, inviting them personally to hold peace talks with the group, reported TOLOnews. Those who received the letter include former President Hamid Karzai and the head of the High Council for National Reconciliation Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
Covid fight: Hasina for stronger role of developed world
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:59 am
Seeking a stronger role of the developed world and the development partners in attaining quick recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed on building strategies related to a universal public health system.
Bangladesh to import Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:57 am
Bangladesh will ink a contract soon to import the coronavirus vaccine made by China’s Sinopharm, a senior minister said.
Hindu priest arrested in northern Sri Lanka for violating Covid guidelines
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:29 am
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Hindu priest on Wednesday in the northern city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, for violating Covid-19 health guidelines reported Newswire.
Nepal introduces mandatory 10 quarantine upon arrival
Apr 30, 2021, at 04:23 am
As the Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Nepal, authorities announced several fresh restrictions, including mandatory ten-day quarantine and restriction on land routes, reported The Himalayan Times.
US to invest in non-defence R&D, Biden sees more technological changes in next 10 years
Apr 30, 2021, at 12:48 am
New Delhi/UNI: Saying that the United States needs to "win the 21st century", President Joe Biden has stressed the importance of investment in research and development so as not to fall behind the race in the area of technology, such as artificial intelligence, with China and other countries.
US airlifts emergency supplies to help India fight Covid-19 second wave
Apr 29, 2021, at 07:04 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is mobilising assistance to help India tide over the second wave of Covid-19.
Emmanuel Macron to unveil phased plan to ease France's COVID-19 restrictions
Apr 29, 2021, at 05:53 pm
Paris/Xinhua: French President Emmanuel Macron will unveil a "progressive and phased" plan to relax the country's coronavirus rules on Friday, Prime Minister Jean Castex said here on Wednesday.
Experts raise red flags over Nigeria's $3.3 billion debts to China
Apr 29, 2021, at 05:47 pm
Flagging the economic managers of the African nation, experts have expressed concern over Nigeria’s increasing indebtedness to China, media reports said.
UN helping India fight COVID-19: spokesman
Apr 29, 2021, at 03:09 pm
United Nations/Xinhua: The United Nations is helping India in its uphill battle against COVID-19, said a UN spokesman on Wednesday.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90
Apr 29, 2021, at 06:05 am
Washington/IBNS: Michael Collins, who was part of Apollo 11, the first moon mission, along with Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, died of cancer on Wednesday. He was 90.
Afghanistan,Pakistan troop members exchange fire
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:50 am
Kabul: Afghanistan and Pakistani troops exchanged fire at a crossing point in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan has less than three weeks of wheat reserves left
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:34 am
Disclosing that the country’s total public sector wheat stocks have shrunk to less than three weeks of consumption level, Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has highlighted the need to build six million metric tons of strategic reserves of the food crop through imports, Tribune reported.
Military kills 17 militants in eastern Afghanistan: gov't
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:31 am
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Seventeen Taliban militants were killed and 12 militants wounded when government forces attacked their positions in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province, the country's Defense Ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka orders closure of all schools amid virus surge
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:28 am
As the cases of Covid-19 infections remain unchecked in Sri Lanka, authorities have ordered the closure of all schools until Friday this week, reported Newswire.
Nepal bans movement of people, vehicle in Kathmandu Valley
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:13 am
As Nepali’s capital Kathmandu continued to record a surge in the Covid-19 cases, the district administration has decided to restrict the movement of people and vehicle starting from Thursday this week, reported The Himalayan Times.
Red listing of Pakistan wasn’t political; British envoy defends flight ban
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:09 am
British Ambassador to Pakistan Christian Turner defended his country’s decision of red listing Pakistan, saying the move was based on “date and evidence”, reported The Express Tribune.
Pakistan: Sindh govt shuts down schools, colleges, universities amid COVID-19 surge
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:06 am
The Sindh government has decided to shut down schools, colleges and universities in the region in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Bangladesh extends restrictions on movement for one week
Apr 29, 2021, at 12:00 am
Amid a continuous surge in Covid-19 cases, Bangladesh has decided to extend restrictions on the movement of people for one more week, reported The Daily Star.
Pakistan: Sikh youth allegedly abducted in Peshawar, community members protest
Apr 28, 2021, at 11:10 pm
Peshawar: The Sikh community in Pakistan's Peshawar region recently demonstrated against the alleged kidnapping of a Sikh youth in the city, media reports.
China deepens vaccine diplomacy with five South Asian nations
Apr 28, 2021, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi/UNI: China, in an apparent attempt to expand its influence in India's immediate neighburhood, has pledged to deepen anti-pandemic cooperation with Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nepal records over 4,500 fresh nCoV cases
Apr 28, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal reported 4,524 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the third highest single day spike so far.
Govts on high alert after several countries detect Indian variant of coronavirus
Apr 28, 2021, at 04:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The authorities in Italy sounded alarm after Indian variant of coronavirus was discovered in a father and daughter who returned from India and similar cases have been reported from other parts of the world, including U.K., Japan, Fiji, media reports said.
Iraq: UN representative calls for ‘stronger protection measures’ after fatal fire in COVID hospital
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:44 pm
New York: The UN Special Representative in Iraq expressed “shock and pain” on Sunday over a deadly accident that befell a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
Gunmen kill 2 more kidnapped students in Nigeria: official
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:19 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: Gunmen killed two more students abducted from a university in the northwest Nigerian state of Kaduna, local authorities said Monday.
Chinese Defense Minister to embark on 3-day visit to Sri Lanka on Tuesday
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:12 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe will travel to Sri Lanka on Tuesday for an official three-day visit.
Army deployed in several cities of Pakistan to ensure compliance with COVID-19 SOP's
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:02 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistani army troops have been deployed in 16 cities of the country to ensure compliance with COVID-19 guidelines by the public, informed the director general of the military's media wing-ISPR.
Pakistan’s Sindh province orders closure of educational institutions
Apr 27, 2021, at 04:13 am
As Covid-19 infections remain unchecked in Pakistan, the Sindh provincial government has ordered the closure of all educational institutions along with some other measures in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus, reported Dawn.