Pakistan: 68 police officers suspended for ‘insubordination’ in Balochistan
Mar 06, 2023, at 11:52 pm
Islamabad/Quetta: Balochistan Inspector General of Police Abdul Khaliq Sheikh has suspended 68 police officers for failing to comply with his orders, local media reports of Pakistan said on Friday.
Mar 06, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Kabul: Farmers in Samdrup Jongkhar town of Bhutan are currently able to fetch good prices for their ginger cultivation ever since the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's plea seeking suspension of arrest warrant rejected
Mar 06, 2023, at 10:56 pm
Islamabad: A district and sessions court of Islamabad on Monday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s plea seeking the suspension of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued for him in the Toshakhana case.
Bangladesh: Three college students die due to road mishap in Sirajganj
Mar 06, 2023, at 09:25 pm
Sirajganj: At least three students died when a car ran over their motorcycle in Bangladesh's Sirajganj town on Monday.
Pakistan: Nine Balochistan Constabulary personnel die in bomb attack
Mar 06, 2023, at 07:29 pm
Quetta: At least nine Balochistan Constabulary (BC) personnel died in a bomb attack in Pakistan's Bolan region on Monday.
Bangladesh: Miscreants chop off Islamic speaker's tongue
Mar 06, 2023, at 02:11 pm
Dhaka: A group of unidentified miscreants attacked an Islamic speaker and even chopped off his tongue in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria area on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Thousands left homeless after fire breaks out at Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar
Mar 06, 2023, at 04:34 am
Cox's Bazar: As many as 2,000 shanties were gutted as a fire broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh, leaving a large number of people homeless, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: PTI chief Imran comes down hard on ‘institutions’ amid his arrest controversy
Mar 06, 2023, at 03:24 am
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday came down hard on the “state institutions” amid the arrest controversy in the Toshakhana case registered against him.
China to increase defence budget by 7.2 pct
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:24 am
Beijing: China on Sunday announced the draft budget where the country said it will increase the annual defence budget by 7.2 percent.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, no injury
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:08 am
Authorities have brought the fire, which broke out at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya region in Bangladesh, under control, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 2 die as blast rocks Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mar 05, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad: Two people were killed, and three others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police sources said.
Bangladesh: Explosion rocks Dhaka's Science Lab, three die
Mar 05, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Dhaka: At least three people died and dozens of others were injured as an explosion occurred at a building in Dhaka's Science Lab area on Sunday morning, media reports said.
Pakistan: Container-Truck collision in DI Khan leaves five people dead
Mar 05, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Islamabad: Two children were among five people who died on Saturday when a truck collided with a container near Mughal Kot police station in Dera Ismail Khan region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:32 am
Sarajevo: Pro-democracy protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' was recently played during a sports event in Bosnia and Herzegovina, instead of China's official 'March of the Volunteers' anthem.
China: Health experts issue alert as seasonal influenza cases spike
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:28 am
Beijing: The recent COVID-19 surge is slowly waning in China but the country is currently witnessing a spike in seasonal influenza cases.
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:16 am
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) recently took responsibility for the attack on Pakistani security forces and communication towers in Mastung and Panjgur areas, media reports said.
China demands US stops all military contact with Taiwan: Defense Ministry
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:09 am
Beijing: China demands that the United States stop all military contact with Taiwan and stop arms sales to the island, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said.
State Bank of Pakistan massively hikes interest rate by 300bps
Mar 05, 2023, at 12:09 am
The State Bank of Pakistan has moved up key interest rates by a massive 300 basis points (bps), the highest figure touched since 1996.
Bhutan's Health Ministry launches initiative to screen hearing impairments
Mar 04, 2023, at 11:17 pm
The Bhutanese Health Ministry is all set to carry out hearing screening for the country’s entire population and plans to provide hearing aids to those with partial hearing impairments, media reports said.
Stone-masonry houses in Bhutan are earthquake-prone: Study
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:28 pm
Thimpu: A recent study has unveiled that a Bhutanese house built with stone slabs is more susceptible to earthquakes compared to mud-rammed and concrete buildings, media reports said.
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:16 pm
Bhutan, the Himalayan Nation known for its scenic beauty, now has a batch of monks with a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies.
Terrorist killed in operation in North-West Pakistan: military
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:00 pm
Islamabad: A terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said.
Terrorist killed in operation in NW Pakistan: Military
Mar 04, 2023, at 06:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: A terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said.
Security forces kill terrorist during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan
Mar 04, 2023, at 02:16 pm
North Waziristan: Security forces killed a terrorist during an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district’s Mir Ali general area on Friday, media reports said.
Inflation spikes in Pakistan, experts feel families will need to make choices, sacrifices
Mar 04, 2023, at 01:42 pm
Islamabad: Consumers are facing tough times in Pakistan, a nation battered by the economic crisis, as inflation spiked to touch a record figure last month, media reports said.
Food rationing for Rohingya refugees a ‘matter of life and death’: rights expert
Mar 03, 2023, at 06:27 pm
New York: As food rationing begins for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, a top UN-appointed independent rights expert on Thursday urged the international community to step in and reverse the policy as “a matter of life and death”.
Former Pakistani hockey player Shahida Raza dies in Italian shipwreck
Mar 03, 2023, at 03:49 pm
Islamabad: Former hockey player Shahida Raza was among the Pakistani citizens who lost their lives after a wooden sailing boat, which was carrying migrants, crashed against rocks on the southern Italian coast over the weekend, media reports said.
Afghanistan: IED blast in Khost leaves six TTP terrorists dead
Mar 03, 2023, at 03:05 pm
Khost: An IED blast in Afghanistan's Khost province left at least six Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists, including a prominent commander, dead on Thursday.
Libya boat wreck: Seven Pakistanis die
Mar 03, 2023, at 02:12 pm
Islamabad: At least seven Pakistani nationals died in a boat wreck in Libya’s port city of Benghazi, the country's Foreign office confirmed on Thursday.
Restrictions on outbound remittances: DHL suspends ‘Import Express Product’ in Pakistan from Mar 15
Mar 01, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Karachi: Global logistics company DHL has said it will suspend all its operations partially in Pakistan due to restrictions on outbound remittances by the government, media reports said.