Gas cylinder explosion in Bangladesh hotel leaves 18 hurt
Sep 08, 2019, at 05:41 pm
Dhaka, Sept 8 (IBNS): At least 18 people were injured as a gas cylinder exploded at a hotel in Board Bazar area of Bangladesh's Gazipur area on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Suspected terrorists kidnap six journalists
Sep 08, 2019, at 03:35 pm
Kabul, Sept 8 (IBNS): Suspected terrorists have kidnapped a group of six journalists in South-eastern Paktiya province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Almost 20 people hospitalised after protests in Hong Kong: Reports
Sep 08, 2019, at 01:38 pm
Beijing, Sep 8 (Sputnik): Nineteen people have been hospitalized in Hong Kong following the Saturday clashes between the police and the opposition, local media reported on Sunday.
Kabul attack: Trump cancels secret meetings with Taliban leaders, Afghan prez
Sep 08, 2019, at 12:53 pm
Washington, Sept 7 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump has informed that he had cancelled secret meetings with the Taliban leaders and Afghan president in the wake of American soldier getting killed in a car bombing in Kabul, which also left 11 others injured on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Taliban commander Sher Lala killed in an airstrike
Sep 07, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Kabul, Sept 7 (IBNS): A Taliban commander and his comrades have been killed during an airstrike in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Senior government official killed by unknown gunmen
Sep 07, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Kabul, Sept 7 (IBNS): Unknown gunmen killed a government official in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Police arrest three Rohingya men with Bangladeshi passports
Sep 06, 2019, at 04:07 pm
Dhaka, Sept 6 (IBNS): Bangladesh police have arrested three Rohingya men with Bangladeshi passports in their possessions, media reports said.
Kashmir does not concern Muslim community: UAE embarrasses Pakistan
Sep 06, 2019, at 01:19 pm
Islamabad: In another embarrassment for Pakistan, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan said Jammu and Kashmir issue does not concern the Muslim community and is only a dispute between Islamabad and New Delhi, media reports said.
Sep 06, 2019, at 11:26 am
Islamabad: In a fresh attack on New Delhi even after being rebuked by several countries, an embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said India's violation of international laws in Jammu and Kashmir is there for the world to see.
Taliban militants behead the acting provincial human rights chief
Sep 06, 2019, at 09:43 am
Kabul, Sept 6 (IBNS): Suspected Taliban terrorists have beheaded the acting chief of the regional human rights commission of Ghor province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan is the most dangerous country: Ex-US defence secretary
Sep 05, 2019, at 05:55 pm
New York: At a time when Pakistan has failed to corner India at global platforms over the Kashmir issue, a former US defense secretary came out in criticising the nuclear-armed nation and called it the “most dangerous country” he dealt with in his career.
Pakistan: Pushpa Kohli becomes first Hindu girl to be inducted into Sindh police
Sep 05, 2019, at 04:48 pm
Islamabad: Creating history, Pushpa Kohli has become the first girl belonging to the Hindu community to be inducted into the Sindh police in Pakistan after clearing her provincial competitive examination.
Sep 05, 2019, at 04:22 pm
Islamabad: Days after Pakistani Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad received an electric shock while criticising Narendra Modi, a Pakistani singer has threatened the Indian Prime Minister with snakes and crocodiles for abrogating Article 370.
India is sowing seeds of war with its Kashmir move: Pakistan army official
Sep 05, 2019, at 11:31 am
Islamabad: Citing the situation in Kashmir as dangerous, Pakistan Army has said that India is sowing the seeds of war with its move to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.
Following week of bloodshed, ‘suffering of the Afghan people must end’: UN mission chief
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:47 pm
New York: In the wake of a surge in violent strikes by Taliban extremists in Afghanistan over the past week, the country’s top UN envoy has pleaded for an end to the fighting through a negotiated peace settlement, and an end to the “indescribable loss” suffered by victims’ loved ones
Bangladesh, Maldives hold talks on intelligence sharing to fight against terrorism
Sep 04, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Dhaka, Sept 4 (IBNS): Leaders of Bangladesh and Maldives recently met and discussed the need to exchange intelligence in order to combat terrorism, media reports said.
Sikh pilgrims to get multiple, on arrival visas in Pakistan, says Imran Khan
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Islamabad, Sep 3 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it is his government's "duty" to make all efforts to facilitate Sikh pilgrims who visit Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib as well as other Sikh holy sites in the country.
Afghanistan: Death toll in Taliban truck bomb attack touches 16
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:49 pm
Kabul, Sept 3 (IBNS): The death toll in the truck bomb attack in east of Kabul city of Afghanistan on Monday evening touched 16, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Police forces kill 2 suicide bombers before they reach a wedding ceremony
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:28 pm
Kabul, Sept 3 (IBNS): The police on Tuesday killed two suicide bombers before they tried to enter a wedding ceremony in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Pakistani boy asks Imran Khan to fix economy first and then think about Kashmir, video goes viral
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:22 pm
Islamabad, Sept 3 (IBNS): At a time when the relationship between India and its neighbouring nation has touched a new low over the scrapping of the Article 370, a Pakistani boy's video has gone viral online where he could be seen advising his Prime Minister Imran Khan to first focus on developing its economy and later on issues like Jammu and Kashmir.
Explosion rocks Afghan capital, casualties feared
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:12 am
Kabul, Sept 3 (Xinhua/UNI) Casualties were feared after a powerful explosion rocked near a compound frequented by foreigners in eastern side of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul on Monday, an Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed.
Man of Bangladeshi origin shot dead in New York
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:36 am
Dhaka, Sept 3 (IBNS): A man of Bangladeshi descent has been shot dead in New York city of the US, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistani Army free drug dealer arrested by own police in PoK's Muzaffarabad
Sep 02, 2019, at 09:30 pm
Muzaffarabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): In Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, it seems police proposes and Army disposes. A video recently released on an incident which took place in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir's Muzaffarabad area showed a drug peddler was caught by the police but freed by the Pakistani Army.
Suicide blast kills 6 people outside hospital in Northern Afghanistan
Sep 02, 2019, at 06:31 pm
Kabul, Sep 2 (Sputnik/UNI) Six Afghan security men were killed in a suicide blast at a civilian hospital in Kunduz in the north of Afghanistan on Monday, a Sputnik correspondent said.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill suicide bomber before he reaches target
Sep 02, 2019, at 03:58 pm
Kabul, Sept 2 (IBNS): A suicide bomber was killed before he could reach the target in Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktiya province, media reports said on Monday.
Dhaka bomb attack: police HQ issues nationwide alert
Sep 02, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Dhaka: The Dhaka Police have directed all its units across the country to remain alert after a bomb attack rocked the Bangladesh capital on Saturday.
Eight civilians killed in roadside bomb blast in N Afghanistan
Sep 01, 2019, at 09:56 pm
Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan, Sep 1 (Xinhua/UNI) Eight Afghan civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in northern Balkh province on Sunday, a local official said.
Will grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav tomorrow: Pakistan Foreign Office
Sep 01, 2019, at 08:35 pm
Islamabad, Sept 1 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Sunday said it has agreed to give consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by the neighbouring nation on charges of espionage, in accordance with the Vienna Convention.
Dhaka bomb blast last night targeted cops: DMP Commissioner
Sep 01, 2019, at 06:27 pm
Dhaka, Sept 1 (IBNS): Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said the bomb blast, which hit Bangladesh capital Dhaka’s Science Laboratory area on Saturday night, targeted cops.
Sep 01, 2019, at 05:23 pm
Kabul, Sept 1 (IBNS): Afghanistan special forces stormed into a facility, which is run by suspected Pakistani nationals, in country's Ghazni province to treat injured Taliban terrorists, media reports said on Sunday.