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BSF personnel injured by cattle smugglers on Dinajpur border in WB
New Delhi, Jun 6 (UNI) India’s premier border guarding force BSF on Sunday said that its border personnel were injured by the trans-border cattle smugglers on the Indo- Bangladesh border in South Dinajpur district of the West Bengal.…
Merkel’s party streaks ahead in state election: exit poll
Berlin , June 7 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led its rivals in the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, a big boost of morale for the conservatives in the September federal…
Merkel’s party streaks ahead in state election: exit poll
Berlin, June 6 (Xinhua) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led its rivals in the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, a big boost of morale for the conservatives in the September federal…
Bangladesh approves second Chinese vaccine for emergency use
Dhaka, June 6 (Xinhua) Bangladesh's drug regulator on Sunday authorized the emergency use of another Chinese COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) made the announcement Sunday, saying…
G-7 agrees on at least 15 pc int’l common minimum corporate tax rate
London, Jun 5 (UNI) Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed on Saturday on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent proposed by, the United States.
The decision at the first in-person G-7…
Foreign athletes invited for India’s Inter-State Championships
New Delhi, June 4The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is inviting athletes from Asian countries for the 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships -- the last opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games -- to be held…
Indian Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu continues a Proud Tradition
Doha, Jun 4 (UNI) With sweat dripping all over, his bandana seemingly disheveled from keeping
his hair in check for 90 minutes, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, all tall and majestic, sipping water,
headed back to the dressing room.
Abdelkarim…
Air Travellers Association conducts a webinar on the Future Prospects of the Air Travel !
One of the most affected sectors of business and industry, that has been crippled by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, is the Air Travel Industry. Most airlines are grounded since March 2020, especially the private ones, which…
Kalpana Kochhar to retire from the IMF next month
Washington, Jun 2 (UNI) Ms. Kalpana Kochhar, Director of the Human Resources Department (HRD) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will take early retirement next month to join Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
"Ms. Kalpana Kochhar…
Flexible Indian economy will remain positive on strong fundamentals
Hamirpur (HP), Jun 3 (UNI) Union Minister of state for Finance and Corporate affairs, Anurag Thakur said that the flexible Indian economy would remain positive on strong fundamentals.
In a strongly worded statement last evening, he said…
Sri Lanka extends nationwide travel restriction to prevent spread of COVID-19
Colombo , June 3 Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday the ongoing nationwide travel restriction had been extended to June 14 as health officials looked to stop the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Sri Lanka's Army Commander and…
MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship sinks off coast of Sri Lanka
Colombo , June 3 Fire stricken Singapore registered MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship, which caught fire near the Colombo harbor, had sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka during an attempt to tow the vessel to deeper waters.
Captain Indika de…
NATO agrees on continued support in Afghanistan after military withdrawal
Brussels , June 2 At a NATO Foreign Minister's virtual meeting at Brussels on Tuesday (local time), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the organisation will continue to support Afghanistan's security forces even after the…
US must go beyond symbolism to deliver justice for 1921 black massacre
Washington, Jun 2 (Sputnik) The United States must pay reparations for the 1921 massacre of 300 Black Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to deliver justice and avoid reducing the tragedy to mere symbolism, civil rights advocates told…
UK’s Heathrow airport opens up for ‘red list nations’
New Delhi, Jun 1 (UNI) UK's Heathrow airport has opened a separate terminal for those arriving from the red list nations i e countries with a high risk of Covid. The officials at Heathrow said its top priority was protecting the public…
Hashmatullah Shahidi named Afghanistan’s Test, ODI skipper
Kabul , May 31 Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) members on Monday approved the proposition to go ahead with split-captaincy for the national team.
The board has also effectively removed Asghar Afghan as skipper of the men's national…
Australia pledges assistance for strategic investment, education promotion in Sri Lanka
Colombo , June 1 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that Australia has pledged assistance for strategic investments and promotion in the education sector in the island nation.
This comes after Australian High…
Democracy itself is in peril, says Biden as he commemorates America’s war dead
Washington , June 1: US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) said that Democracy itself is in peril in the US and around the world.
Biden commemorated America's war dead in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. He…
Sri Lankan police to record statements of MV X-Press Pearl crew including captain
Colombo , May 31 A special police team on Monday will be deployed to record statements from the crew members including the captain of the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl.
Police will record the statements in connection with the…
Ban vs SL: Tamim Iqbal fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Dhaka , May 29 Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka in…