June2024
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Train service on Benapole-Mongla route begins
Jun 2, 2024Today, June 01, 2024, saw the start of train communication on the 138.64-kilometer Benapole-Mongla route, carrying 600 people on its first trip. When the passenger train, adorned with vibrant ribbon and festoons, left for Mongla port... -
Tehran summons Swedish envoy over ‘spiteful accusations’
Jun 2, 2024The foreign ministry of Sweden announced on Sunday that Tehran had summoned the country’s temporary charge d’affaires due to “baseless & spiteful accusations.” This came after Stockholm’s intelligence agency claimed that Iran was “using criminal networks”... -
Tin Oo, Myanmar activist and Suu Kyi confidante, dies
Jun 2, 2024Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy was founded by former Myanmar commander Tin Oo, who became a fighter for democracy. According to her assistant and the local media, Tin Oo passed away on Saturday... -
Hindu holy city votes as India’s six-week election ends
Jun 2, 2024The final day of voting in India’s six-week election is this Saturday, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using the sacred city as a staging ground for his Hindu nationalist agenda. When the results are declared... -
Tight race as Iceland elects new president
Jun 2, 2024In a presidential election that is expected to be close between three women, including former prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, Iceland voters head to the polls on Saturday. In the parliamentary republic of Iceland, the president serves... -
China probe successfully lands on far side of the Moon
Jun 2, 2024China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe successfully landed Sunday on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state media reported — the latest leap for Beijing’s decades-old space program. The Chang’e-6 set down in the immense...