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• 08, Feb 2021

The Netherlands has been blanketed by the first major snowstorm to hit in a decade. The storm yesterday disrupted rail and road traffic, as a cold front pushed through northern Europe. Dutch authorities have closed all coronavirus testing centres because of the extreme weather and peo

• 06, Feb 2021

The United Nations Security Council has called for immediate release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and others detained by the military on February 1. Expressing deep concern at the declaration of emergency, the Security Council called the detentions arbitra

• 02, Feb 2021

Indian-American Bhavya Lal was on Monday appointed by NASA as the Acting Chief of Staff of the US space agency.Lal served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the agency and oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of Presiden

• 02, Feb 2021

The government of Bangladesh has further extended the closure of all educational institutions till February 14. Earlier, the government had closed the educational institutions till January 31.Confirming this the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Education added that the Quami

• 01, Feb 2021

YANGON: The Myanmar military's seizure of power on Monday follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government. Suu Kyi and other top civilian leaders were taken into custody by soldiers on the same day as the first new parliamentary sessi

• 01, Feb 2021

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has "strongly" condemned the military detention of Myanmar's leaders in a coup, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi."The Secretary-General strongly condemns the detention of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Presid

• 30, Jan 2021

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed ‘great concern’ over the developments in Myanmar regarding electoral disputes in the recently held national elections. In a statement released by the office of the UN Secretary General, he urged all actors to adhere to de

• 25, Jan 2021

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party over his decision to dissolve the Parliament.The decision to expel Oli from the party was taken by the Central Committee at a meeting held yesterday. The move comes amid repeated threats by the ri