By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India arrived in Dhaka on Thursday as a gift from New Delhi. The Air…
Sharjah, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sharjah carrier Air Arabia is offering flight tickets to India for as low as Dh300 one-way all inclusive. The discounted fares come at a time when forecasts for the rebounding of…
Kathmandu, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of one million Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered by India to Nepal which will land in Kathmandu on Thursday, said the Nepalese Health and Population Minister Hrydesh Tripathi on…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that the country would receive two million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) from India as a “gift” on Wednesday….
By Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of the biggest policy issues which will set the tone for the US-India strategic relationship under the new Joe Biden administration is work visas for…
Abu Dhabi, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian missions and organisations across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are prepping for scaled-down Republic Day celebrations this January 26 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian Embassy…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Young people from India too are invited to join the Commonwealth Youth Council, one of the world’s largest representing Commonwealth’s 1.4 billion young people, an official statement said on Tuesday….
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen is set to visit India on January 27 to finalise Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka trip in March. Modi is likely…
Dubai, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Dubai-based Indian woman has succumbed to her injuries after she was accidentally run over by her husband while he was trying to park his vehicle, the media reported on Monday….
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bangladesh government has so far rolled out 23 bailout packages announced at different times since March 2020 to absorb the economic shock from the raging Covid-19 pandemic….
By Sumi Khan, Dhaka Dhaka, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rich tributes were paid to the undisputed queen of the silver screen, Suchitra Sen on her 8th death anniversary across Bangladesh on Sunday. Suchitra Sen was the…
Washington, Jan 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President-elect Joe Biden has named Uzra Zeya, an Indian-American diplomat who quit her State Department job in protest against the outgoing administration’s alleged racial and sexist bias, as his Under…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India is ready to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training and capacity building to Nepal as both countries make attempts to improve strained bilateral relations. The decision on providing…
Washington, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aftab Pureval, an Indian-American Democrat, has announced his candidature for the Mayor of the US city of Cincinnati in Ohio state. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Pureval said: “It’s been a…
Dharamsala, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) There was no progress of formal negotiations between the Dalai Lama’s envoys and China and the religious freedom continues to deteriorate in Tibet, the 2020 annual report by the US Congressional-Executive…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India has the world’s largest diaspora with about 18 million people born there now living abroad, according to John Wilmoth, the director of UN’s Population Division at…
Kathmandu, Jan 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ahead of signing a major Covid vaccine deal with India, probably on Friday, Nepal’s Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has given permission for the emergency use of India-made coronavirus vaccine Covishield…
New York, Jan 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-origin man has killed his daughter and mother-in-law after which he committed suicide in a New York state village, according to media reports quoting police. Bhupinder Singh, 57, shot…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Serum Institute of India is expected to deliver the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh on January 25 or 26, Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid said at…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim of “Al Qaeda attacks” in Bangladesh has elicited an angry response from Dhaka. A Bangladesh government statement described Pompeo’s comment as…