Domestic violence case: Arrest warrant issued against Bangladeshi cricketer Al-Amin
Oct 12, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Dhaka: A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against Bangladeshi cricketer Al-Amin Hossain for non-appearance in a case related to domestic violence filed by his wife, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: CCP to give third 5-year term to Xi Jinping
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:51 pm
Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party is expected to hand a third five-year term to Xi Jinping, arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong in the 1970s.
UN Development Programme calls for debt relief now for 54 countries
Oct 12, 2022, at 07:34 pm
New York: Fifty-four countries that are home to more than half of the poorest people on the planet need urgent debt relief now, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a paper published on Tuesday that calls for rich countries to step up.
Pakistan is now among 54 poor nations urgently need debt relief: UN
Oct 12, 2022, at 12:29 am
Geneva: Cascading global crises have left 54 countries — home to more than half of the world’s poorest people — in dire need of debt relief, the UN said on Tuesday.
Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan
Oct 11, 2022, at 11:16 pm
Sindh: A Hindu girl has been allegedly abducted in Pakistan's Hyderabad town, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Auto rickshaw explosion leaves three hurt
Oct 11, 2022, at 09:32 pm
Kabul: An auto rickshaw explosion in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman left three people hurt on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban releases manager of a local media outlet
Oct 11, 2022, at 03:00 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) has said The Taliban Directorate of Intelligence prison released the former owner and editor of local station Radio Aftab after he was kept in four months of detention in Afghanistan.
Pakistan: Former Afghan Police Commander assassinated in Quetta
Oct 11, 2022, at 02:19 pm
Kabul: Unidentified gunmen killed Abdul Samad Achakzai, a former commander of the Afghan police, in Pakistan's Quetta region, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Grenade attack leaves four people hurt
Oct 11, 2022, at 01:00 am
Quetta: At least four people were hurt due to a grenade attack on a security check post on Sariab Road region of Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said on Monday.
Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane sent to 7-day police custody over rape case
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:41 pm
A Kathmandu court on Monday sent Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane,who has been arrested for allegedly raping a teen, to seven days police custody.
Armed men attack school van in Pakistan, driver dies
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Swat: Armed men attacked a school van in Pakistan's Swat region which left at least the driver of the vehicle dead and a student injured, media reports said on Monday.
Defiant Taiwan moving away from China
Oct 10, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Taipei: Taiwan on Monday marked the "Double Ten" or 10 October, the self-ruled island's national day.
Pakistan: Two terrorists killed during exchange of fire in North Waziristan
Oct 10, 2022, at 03:18 pm
Islamabad: At least two terrorists were killed during an intense exchange of fire in the general area of North Waziristan District, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Four-year-old raped, murdered in Bannu
Oct 10, 2022, at 02:48 pm
Bannu: A four-year-old girl has been allegedly raped and then murdered in Pakistan's Bannu district, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Islamabad shopping mall fire brought under control
Oct 10, 2022, at 04:53 am
The fire, which broke out at Islamabad's Centaurus Mall in Pakistan, has been brought under control, media reports said.
DR Congo: China sends criminal experts to halt kidnappings
Oct 10, 2022, at 03:52 am
Beijing: Beijing has decided to deploy criminal investigators to help halt kidnappings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after alerts were issued regarding the safety of Chinese citizens working in the African nation’s high-stakes mining industry.
Taiwan foresees more Chinese coercion, intimidation during Xi Jinping's new term
Oct 10, 2022, at 03:48 am
Taipei: A senior Taiwanese minister feels that China might increase its coercion and intimidation to achieve its goal of bringing the island under Beijing's control once President Xi Jinping assumes the third term in office.
Nepal: President Bidya Devi Bhandari tests COVID-19 positive
Oct 10, 2022, at 03:17 am
Kathmandu: Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari has tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said on Sunday.
Unknown men assassinate Taliban leader in Afghanistan
Oct 10, 2022, at 02:59 am
Unknown armed men assassinated the Taliban Head of Economy for the northern Afghan province of Faryab Abdul Rahman Munawar, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Nine person die as roof of house collapses in Chilas city
Oct 10, 2022, at 01:53 am
Chilas: At least nine persons died when the roof of their house collapsed in Pakistan's Chilas city on Sunday, media reports said.
China launches space-based observatory to unravel the Sun's secrets
Oct 09, 2022, at 03:15 pm
Jiuquan/UNI: China lifted off a solar exploration satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sunday.
Pakistan: Police baton-charge, arrest protesting school teachers in Peshawar
Oct 08, 2022, at 10:00 pm
Peshawar: The police arrested dozens of schoolteachers after resorting to baton-charge and tear gas firing to disperse their rally staged in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Thursday to demand upgradation of their pay scales and restoration of allowances.
Pakistan: Policeman hurt in Lakki attack
Oct 08, 2022, at 09:55 pm
Lakki Marwat: A policeman was hurt when armed men attacked a patrolling party on Manjiwala link road in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat region on Wednesday, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Flood victims killed in alleged 'police firing'
Oct 08, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Quetta: One flood victim was killed in an alleged police firing during distribution of relief goods by an NGO in the cattle farm area of Jafferabad district of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Idol vandalized by miscreants in Hindu temple in Jhenaidah
Oct 08, 2022, at 08:26 pm
Dhaka: Police are currently trying to find out the vandals who allegedly desecrated the idol of a deity at a Hindu temple in Jhenaidah's Shailkupa Upaliza in Bangladesh.
Nepal Airlines to sell 5 Chinese planes which are not fit for flying
Oct 08, 2022, at 07:28 pm
Nepal Airlines, facing losses, has decided to sell five of its Chinese-made aircraft as nobody wants to lease them, media reports said on Saturday.
All LTTE detainees to be freed: Sri Lankan PM
Oct 08, 2022, at 07:19 pm
Colombo: All remaining Tamil Tiger detainees will be released and the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be repealed, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in remarks published on Saturday.
Pakistan: Eight Sheikhupura men stabbed to death in sleep
Oct 08, 2022, at 05:26 pm
Sheikhupura: At least eight people were stabbed to death with axes while they were sleeping in the farms in a village near Sheikhupura in Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Armed men kidnap GB minister, 2 foreigners
Oct 08, 2022, at 04:35 pm
Skardu: Unknown armed men, who demanded the release of their accomplices from jail, kidnapped a Gilgit-Baltistan minister and two foreigners from the Babusar Road of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Balochistan witnessing spike in Malaria cases
Oct 07, 2022, at 07:11 pm
Quetta: Pakistan's Balochistan is witnessing a rise in Malaria as 2,434 cases of the disease were registered from six districts of the region in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Friday.