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Former UNI Editor ‘TVS’ dead
New Delhi, Jan 10 (UNI): Veteran journalist T V Satyanarayanan, who worked with the United News of India for 23 long years until retiring in 1995, passed away here on Monday due to old age complications, his family said. He was 86.
Having…
Bangladesh observes homecoming day of Bangabandhu
Dhaka, Jan 10 (UNI-) Bangladesh on Monday observed the historic 50th Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
On the occasion, Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
Kyrgyz President: Country’s citizens might have taken part in Kazakhstan protests
Bishkek, Jan 9 (UNI/Sputnik) Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said on Sunday that he could not rule out the possibility that some Kyrgyz citizens may have taken part in protests in Kazakhstan over the past week.
Earlier in the day, Kazakh…
Bangladesh signs deal with Chinese consortium to build 4-lane expressway
Dhaka, Jan 9 (UNI/Xinhua) The Bangladeshi government Sunday signed a contract with a Chinese consortium to turn a major road in the eastern part of capital Dhaka into a four-lane expressway.
Abdus Sabur, chief engineer of Bangladesh's…
We are with Bangladesh over Rohingya crisis: Turkey Minister
Dhaka, Jan 8 (UNI) Turkey's Interior Minister Solaiman Soylu has said that Bangladesh is not alone in tackling the Rohingya crisis and that Turkey also stands with the country.
The minister came up with the remark while inaugurating a…
Chinese FM arrives in Sri Lanka on two-day visit
Colombo, Jan 8 (UNI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday evening arrived in Sri Lanka on a two-day visit to mark the 65th anniversary of Diplomatic Ties between the two countries as well as 70 years of the Rubber-Rice Pact.
He was…
EAM speaks with Iranian FM, discusses Chabahar, Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held a telephonic talk with his Iranian counterpart H. Amirabdolahian, during which the two discussed the challenges in Afghanistan, the prospects of Chabahar port…
CM Stalin writes to EAM on fishermen release
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin today urged External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to take steps through diplomatic channels to secure the release of 56 fishermen and their 75 boats from
Sri Lankan custody.…
Pak still playing games on India’s 50,000 MT wheat aid to Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 6 (UNI) Three months after India sought permission from Pakistan to transport 50,000 MT wheat and life-saving medicines via the Wagah border to Afghanistan, and over a month after Islamabad agreed to it as a one-time…
Israeli-British PMs discuss Iran over phone
Jerusalem, Jan 4 (UNI/Xinhua) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday spoke by phone on a variety of topics of common interest, including the Iranian nuclear issue.
"The two discussed…
State of emergency in Kazakhstan, curfew from 11pm to 7am
Kazakh President urges citizens to ignore provocations
IS ambush kills 5 Syrian soldiers
Damascus (Syria), Jan 3: Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others wounded when the Islamic State militants targeted their military bus in eastern Syria overnight Sunday, the media reported on Monday.
A missile attack targeted the bus…
22 injured in quake in China’s Yunnan
Kunming (China), Jan 2 (Xinhua) Twenty-two people were injured in a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the county of Ninglang in China's Yunnan Province at 1502 hours on Sunday, local authorities said.
The quake struck near the border…
Jamaat-e-Islami chief calls for Imran Khan’s resignation over ‘mafia raj’
Islamabad, Jan 2 (UNI) Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has called for the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan’s resignation saying that there are mafias all over the country, and 2022 will be the last year of the…
India sends 500,000 doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 1 (UNI) India on Saturday supplied 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to Afghanistan, and will be supplying an additional batch of 500,000 doses in the coming weeks.
The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement,…
Taliban stops Pakistan from trespassing and building fence
Pakistani military had exceeded up to 15 km into Afghanistan territory
Tibet not historically part of China: Tibetan Govt in Exile hit back
Dharamshala, Dec 31: The Tibetan Government in Exile on Friday firmly rejected Beijing’s contention that Tibet has always been a part of China and said that since the illegal and violent occupation of Tibet, China has oppressed the Tibetans…
China’s Shaanxi province reports 1,301 COVID cases
Xi'an (China), Dec 31: China's Shaanxi province reported 165 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of local cases in the latest resurgence to 1,301.
Since the epidemic emerged on December 9, Xi'an, the…
Saleh located in Panjshir, Afghan resistance has enough weapons
Dushanbe, Dec 28: Ex-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is located in the Panjshir province, and resistance forces against the Taliban have enough weapons and military equipment there, Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad…
Bangladesh Railway signs deal with Chinese firm for wagons
Dhaka, Dec 28: Bangladesh Railway has signed a deal with a Chinese firm to purchase 580 wagons for expanding its freight train service capacity.
Bangladesh Railway and CRRC Shandong Co., Ltd. signed the deal at a ceremony held in the…
