By Shabana Akter Bangladesh has restored mobile internet services as of 3 PM today (28 July), ending a 10-day blackout that was triggered by violence during student protests over government job quotas. Despite the resumption, users are still unable to access YouTube on mobile networks, although it remains accessible via broadband. Social media platforms, including […]
Read MoreKim visited memorials honouring the veterans of the 1950-53 war on Friday including the Tower of Friendship remembering the Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers who fought with the North Koreans, KCNA state news agency reported North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it was a sacred mission of the current generation to build a “paradise […]
Read MoreThe United States deployed its Typhon missile system to the Philippines as part of joint military drills earlier this year. It was not fired during the exercises, a Philippine military official later said, without giving details on how long it would stay in the country Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned the Philippines over […]
Read MoreThe gold mine of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan has been added to the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. The Japan Times reported that UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in New Delhi on Saturday (July 27) began discussions on listing the mines on Sado Island in Niigata district based on Japan’s recommendation. The […]
Read MoreThe US has chased four Chinese and Russian warplanes out of Alaska’s international airspace. Canada also joined the country. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement that Chinese and Russian military aircraft were chased away from Alaska’s airspace on Wednesday. NORAD says the Russian fighter jets were two Tu-95 models. The […]
Read MoreNational security chiefs from six South and Southeast Asian countries have traveled to Myanmar for talks. Bangladesh is also among these six countries. This is a rare occurrence during the Myanmar junta period. Myanmar’s state media The Global New Light of Myanmar reported in a report that the national security chiefs of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, […]
Read MoreIndia has successfully tested the second phase of its anti-ballistic missile defense (BMD) system. India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has conducted a successful ‘flight’ test of an indigenously developed 5,000 km range anti-ballistic missile system. The news agency PTI reported this news quoting the country’s defense minister on Wednesday. The defense minister said […]
Read MoreAt least eight people have been killed after a moving car plowed into pedestrians in a major city in central China. Five more people were injured in this incident. The country’s authorities said that the accident happened in the early hours of Saturday (July 27) local time. However, it is not known whether the driver […]
Read MoreSoutheast Asian city-state Singapore has topped the list of 60 cities in the world as the safest city. No city in the United States or the United Kingdom made it to the top three. Other cities are Tokyo, Japan and Toronto, Canada. Forbes, the world’s most influential magazine, has published a ranking of 60 cities […]
Read MoreThree students died after being trapped in water in the basement of a coaching center in Delhi, India. They were stuck in the popular coaching center in West Delhi for more than four hours, according to a report of NDTV on Sunday. In the video of the incident in Rajendra Nagar, the basement of Rau’s […]
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