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Pakistan army strikes peace notes with India

Pakistan army strikes peace notes with India

Pakistan’s Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa has struck a peace chord with India stating that the country is “firmly committed to the ideal of mutual respect and peaceful co-existence”. General Bajwa also emphasised resolving the “long-standing issue of Jammu and Kashmir”. He was speaking at a graduation ceremony at Pakistan Air Force Academy, in Risalpur, […]

INTERNATIONAL:Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders detained as military declares one year emergency in Myanmar

INTERNATIONAL:Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders detained as military declares one year emergency in Myanmar

The intervention came after weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over allegations of fraud in November’s elections. Myanmar’s military staged a coup on Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it had taken control of the country for […]

UN chief says got first dose of Corona vaccine

UN chief says got first dose of Corona vaccine

United Nations, Jan 29 (UNI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he had received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I was fortunate and grateful to get the first dose of my #COVID19 vaccine today,” Guterres wrote on his Twitter page on late Thursday. He stressed the need to make sure that the vaccine […]

Biden reverses US process of withdrawal from WHO

Biden reverses US process of withdrawal from WHO

Washington, Jan 21 (UNI) US President Joe Biden has reversed the US process of withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Joseph R Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order ceasing a withdrawal process that his predecessor Donald Trump initiated last year, news […]

Despite Trump’s order travel bans to stay saya Biden

Despite Trump’s order travel bans to stay saya Biden

Washington, Despite the orders by outgoing President Donald Trump to lift travel bans for people from the UK, much of EU and Brazil, these will stay in place even as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, a spokeswoman for Biden said on Monday. According to the order signed by Trump the entry ban would […]

Biden ‘to cancel Keystone pipeline on day one in office’

Biden ‘to cancel Keystone pipeline on day one in office’

Washington/Adding one more item to his to-do list on day one US President-elect Joe Biden said that he would be cancelling the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline on his first day in office. The pipeline which is projected to carry oil for 1,200 miles (1,900km) from the Canadian province of Alberta down to Nebraska, to join […]

World Bank helps Bangladesh provide education and skill training to poor children and youth

Dhaka, The government of Bangladesh on Monday signed a $6.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to enable around 39,000 slum children complete primary education as well as provide pre-vocational training to 8,500 school-dropped out youths in Cox’s Bazar. This additional financing to the Second Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC II) Project will […]

697 more test positive for Corona in Bangladesh

Dhaka, The death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,922 as 16 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. Besides, 697 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 528,329. Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday. In the last 24 hours, […]

China to sanction US officials over Taiwan issue

Beijing, China on Monday said that US officials, who have ”engaged in nasty behaviour over Taiwan issue,” will face sanctions. “Due to the wrongful actions of the US side, China has already decided to impose sanctions on the US officials, who behave egregiously on Taiwan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters here. However, […]

Health workers, elders to be vaccinated first: WHO

Geneva,Terming the development and approval of COVID vaccines less than a year after the emergence of Novel Coronavirus as a ‘stunning scientific achievement’, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday expressed it’s concern over the ‘distribution of the vaccine between the poor and rich counties’. Addressing the 148th Executive Board Meeting, virtually from the WHO […]