Sri Lanka Delays General Elections Yet Again
News Desk
July 9, 2020
General Elections in the country have been postponed for a second time due to the pandemic-the date is now set for 5th August.
General Elections in the country have been postponed for a second time due to the pandemic-the date is now set for 5th August.
On World’s Ocean Day, The World Bank, Parley for the Oceans, and the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) joined hands to launch a $50 million regional project to help South Asia control and curb its marine plastic pollution and ramp up eco-innovation.
Pakistan’s national carrier, Pakistan International Airline (PIA), on Thursday, issued a statement announcing its decision to ground 150 pilots after crash.
To begin with, an overwhelming majority of the people, stranded abroad, who are looking to return are poor.
Pakistani courts have sentenced several people in the Imran Farooq murder case, a prominent politician. Farooq was living in exile in north London and was
The Afghan government has initiated digging trenches to capture rainwater and snowmelt on a mountain on the outskirts of Kabul.
On Wednesday, July 1, the German logistics company DHL said that it had temporarily suspended picking up import shipments from China to India. After border tensions
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the consequent lockdowns worldwide have crippled socio-economic activities for many, particularly the poor.
One of Delhi’s main hotel associations announced that its members were barring Chinese guests amidst continuous clashes between the two.
![Media companies in Afghanistan term new rules as an existential threat to independent journalism and call upon government to scrap them [Al Jazeera].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ghani.webp "Ghani")
Media companies in Afghanistan term new rules as an existential threat to independent journalism and call upon government to scrap them.