President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31, which is 10 days earlier than what was originally planned, the Associated Press reported.
"We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build....
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent 2,600 kgs of mangoes as gifts to PM Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bangladesh media reported.
The Haribhanga variety of mango is grown in Bangladesh's Rangpur district. The...
On July 1, Myanmar’s military junta completed five months as the ruler of the country after the overthrow of the democratically-elected Aung San Suu Kyi government on February 1.
Over 800 were killed and 6000 were detained in crackdowns...
Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer (CFO) of the Trump Organization, could cooperate with authorities in New York if he is indicted as part of a probe into former President Donald Trump's businesses.
That...
On the occasion of the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1, President Xi Jinping spelt out China’s three-point agenda, namely, to build a modern socialist economy, “crush” foreign interference in its internal affairs, and “smash”...
The Serum Institute had applied to the DCGI on Monday seeking permission for conducting a trial of Covovax on 920 children, 460 each in the 12-17 and 2-11 age groups, at 10 sites
An expert panel of India's central drug...
Understanding the Communist Party of China is the key to rebuilding China-US political mutual confidence, because some Americans' wrong notions about China are related to their misunderstanding of the CPC. Party leadership, as inscribed in China's Constitution, is the...
The Wild Life Officer Association, in a letter to the Director-General of Wildlife Conservation, vehemently condemned the heinous act by a Major General of the Army, assaulting an officer on duty.
The Association states that it was not only an...
Ahead of the centenary celebrations of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China’s State Council has issued a White Paper on the country’s party system. The document entitled: China’s Political Party System: Cooperation and Consultation, released in Beijing on...
The G7 leaders this weekend unveiled U.S.-led plans to counter China in infrastructure funding and offer an alternative its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Promising to “collectively catalyse” hundreds of billions of infrastructure investment for low- and middle-income countries,...
President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association has written to the President urging him to continue with the current lockdown measures uninterrupted to save the country from a major catastrophe.
Dr. Mrs. Padma Gunaratne in her capacity as the President...
Colombo, June 18: The United States marks June 19 every year as the day on which Abraham Lincoln ended slavery. On June 17this year, President Biden made June 19, popularly known as “Juneteenth” a federal holiday.
Signing the legislation...
