Scientists have assessed the course of evolution of the novel coronavirus and predicted that COVID-19 vaccines currently in use across the world may need regular updates to counter new variants of the virus which are capable of escaping the body’s protective antibodies. The study, published in the journal Virus Evolution, assessed whether, over the long […]
DHAKA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Saturday and discussed the progress achieved in areas like connectivity, energy, trade, health and developmental cooperation following which the two countries signed five MoUs covering a number of areas of bilateral cooperation. Modi, who is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a […]
TEHRAN: Iran and China are to sign a 25-year cooperation agreement later Saturday, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said, as the US rivals move closer together. China is Iran’s leading trade partner and was the biggest buyer of Iranian oil before then US president Donald Trump reimposed sweeping unilateral sanctions in 2018 after abandoning […]
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will propose a new presidential election within six months under a peace plan he will put forward as a counter-offer to a US proposal that he rejects, two senior government officials told Reuters. Ghani will unveil his proposal at an international gathering in Turkey next month, signalling his refusal to […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reached out to its all-weather ally China for ensuring the supply of the coronavirus vaccine, as the country is grappling to contain the third wave of the pandemic that has also hit Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with his Chinese […]
COX BAZAR: Fifteen people have so far been confirmed dead and 400 are still missing in the huge blaze at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, the United Nations said Tuesday. “What we have seen in this fire is something we have never seen before in these camps. It is massive. It […]
THIMPHU: Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Monday expressed gratitude to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for making the nationwide rollout of the Covid vaccination drive in the country possible. This comes after Bhutan received additional 400,000 doses of Covishield from India. Indian ambassador Ruchira Kamboj handed over the vaccine consignment to foreign minister Tandi […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday challenged the results of the Senate chairman election more than a week after he lost in the keenly-fought contest. Sadiq Sanjrani, 42, the incumbent Senate chairman who was backed by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ruling alliance, defeated 68-year-old Gilani, who was joint candidate of the […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh has ruled out any security threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the country later this week and said “few” left wing and hardline Islamist groups are against his trip but there is “nothing to worry” about them. Prime Minister Modi will visit Bangladesh from March 26 to 27 to attend […]
NEW DELHI: Elevating the US-India defence partnership is a priority of the Biden administration, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday as he described the relationship between the two countries as a “stronghold” of a free and open Indo-Pacific. After holding wide-ranging talks with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Austin said India is an increasingly […]