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Published by DPA Hundreds of thousands of students returned to classrooms on Sunday, as Bangladesh reopened schools after nearly one and a half years of closure due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The students of the first to fourth grades, and sixth to ninth grades, will attend classes once a week for an initial period […]

Published by Al-Araby Afghanistan’s central bank has ordered banks to pay out remittances in local currency only, the latest move to preserve scarce US dollars, say sources familiar with the matter. Hard currency remittances have formed an important source of external finance for Afghanistan over the years but dollar availability has dried up in the

Newscraving Desk: Srinagar The authorities have terminated the services of a judge who was appointed as judicial officer in 2000 on a fake Reserved Backward Certificate (RBA). On the recommendations of the Full Court of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Lieutenant Governor ordered the termination of services of Mohammad Yousuf Allai,

Published by Reuters By Rami Ayyub NAZARETH, Israel (Reuters) -Israeli forces on Saturday captured two more of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a maximum security jail this week, a police spokesperson said. The two men were found in a truck parking lot in an Arab village in northern Israel, near the city of

Published by Reuters By Francois Murphy, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will fly to Tehran this weekend for talks that may ease a standoff between Iran and the West just as it risks escalating and scuppering negotiations on reviving the Iran nuclear deal. Three diplomats who

Published by DPA Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under pressure on Thursday in the last televised debate of top candidates before parliamentary elections. His Conservative Party opponent Erin O’Toole criticized Trudeau for his decision to call an early election despite the crisis in Afghanistan and the current coronavirus pandemic. “You called an election, so

Published by Reuters (Reuters) -Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio has lifted a lockdown that was imposed late on Thursday after reports of an active shooter at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center of the base. “Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have given the All Clear. Lockdown has been lifted. When more information is available

Published by Reuters By Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Gabriel Crossley WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes in their first talks in seven months on Thursday, discussing the need to avoid letting competition between the world’s two largest economies veer into conflict. The U.S. side