International

• High court of Bangladesh declares ‘Joy Bangla’ as national slogan

  March 12, 2020

• WHO officially declares COVID-19 as a pandemic

  March 12, 2020

• “COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator” fund launched

  March 11, 2020

• Ashraf Ghani Sworn in for Second Term as Afghanistan President

  March 10, 2020

• Denys Shmygal becomes Ukraine’s new prime minister

  March 8, 2020

• Annual Festival of St Antony’s Shrine begins in Katchatheevu Island

  March 7, 2020

• Janez Jansa becomes new Prime Minister of Slovenia

  March 6, 2020

• Luxembourg becomes 1st country to make public transport free

  March 5, 2020

• World Bank announces 12 billion USD aid to fight coronavirus

  March 4, 2020

• Indian-American Seema Verma included in US Coronavirus Task Force

  March 4, 2020

• China takes presidency of UN Security Council for March 2020

  March 3, 2020

• ADB sanctions 4 million USD to members countries to contain Corona Virus

  March 2, 2020

• Muhyiddin Yassin becomes new Prime Minister of Malaysia

  March 2, 2020

• Sri Lanka withdraws from UN Rights Resolution

  February 28, 2020

• Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigns

  February 25, 2020

• South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar sworn in as vice president

  February 25, 2020

• Bangladesh observes language movement martyrs’ day “Shaheed Dibash”

  February 22, 2020

• Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar resigns

  February 22, 2020

• Pakistan will remain on the FATF Grey List

  February 21, 2020

• Pakistan successfully tests air-launched cruise missile Ra’ad-II

  February 21, 2020

• Jeff Bezos launches “Bezos Earth Fund” to combat climate change

  February 20, 2020

• Nepal celebrates its 70th National Democracy Day

  February 20, 2020

• Ashraf Ghani wins the Presidential elections of Afghanistan

  February 19, 2020

• Bangladesh will sign Free Trade Agreement with Nepal

  February 19, 2020

• EAM will inaugurate Indian Pavilion at 70th Berlin International Film Festival

  February 19, 2020

• Indian-origin minister Alok Sharma to lead UN climate summit

  February 17, 2020

• Rishi Sunak appointed as UK’s new Finance Minister

  February 14, 2020

• UK’s start-up launches 1st big batch of satellites

  February 13, 2020

• Mobile World Congress cancelled over coronavirus fears

  February 13, 2020

• WHO officially names Coronavirus disease as “Covid-19”

  February 12, 2020

• ADB approves the funding of $2 million to combat Novel Coronavirus

  February 10, 2020

• Astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record stay in space

  February 8, 2020

• Britain’s Prince unveils children’s protection fund for India

  February 7, 2020

• Romania’s pro-EU government falls after 3 months

  February 6, 2020

• Donald Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges by US Senate

  February 6, 2020

• 72nd Independence Day celebrated by Sri Lanka

  February 5, 2020

• Mohammad Tawfiq Allawi becomes new Prime Minister of Iraq

  February 4, 2020

• Maldives becomes 54th member of the Commonwealth

  February 4, 2020

• Pakistan declares national emergency to battle locust swarms

  February 4, 2020

• Global health Emergency declared over Coronavirus by WHO

  February 1, 2020

• President Trump inks USMCA North American trade deal

  January 31, 2020

• EU Parliament approves UK Brexit deal

  January 30, 2020

• Qatar appoints Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani as new PM

  January 29, 2020

• Britain unveils 50 pence coin minted to celebrate Brexit

  January 28, 2020

• Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya participate at UNAIDS Programme

  January 23, 2020

• 50th Annual Meeting of WEF begins in Davos

  January 21, 2020

• Microsoft vows to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030

  January 17, 2020

• Robert Abela elected as Prime minister of Malta

  January 16, 2020

• Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev submits resignation to Putin

  January 16, 2020

• US removes China from “currency manipulator” list

  January 14, 2020