Nepal Politics: KP Oli, Dahal strike fresh deal to prevent split in NCP
Jul 20, 2020, at 02:24 am
Kathmandu/UNI: The ruling Nepal Communist Party on Sunday managed to avoid the danger of split as party chairs KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal were close to inking a mutually beneficial agreement, thanks to the efforts of President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Pakistan: Top aides of PM Imran Khan hold dual nationalities
Jul 20, 2020, at 02:10 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's cabinet division has issued details of assets and dual nationalities of 20 advisers and special assistants of prime minister Imran Khan.
Bangladesh Medical Research Council approves COVID-19 vaccine trial of Chinese firm
Jul 20, 2020, at 01:29 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved the phase 3 trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese firm Sinovac, Doctor Mahmud-Uz-Zaman, Director of the BMRC, confirmed the matter to UNI on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Hindu organizations demonstrate against Nepal PM Oli over his comments on Lord Rama
Jul 20, 2020, at 01:16 am
Dhaka: Hindu organizations in Bangladesh recently demonstrated against Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli's remarks on Lord Rama's birthplace.
Afghanistan: Roadside mine blast kills district police chief in Paktika
Jul 20, 2020, at 12:42 am
Kabul: A roadside mine blast in Afghanistan's Paktika province on Sunday left the district police chief for Surobi district killed, media reports said.
Pakistan: Islamabad's Lal Masjid cordoned off to stop cleric’s possible return
Jul 19, 2020, at 10:53 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Lal Masjid here was cordoned off by the police on Sunday so as to prevent the entry of the former khateeb of the mosque Maulana Abdul Aziz as tensions rose between the government and the cleric.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrested six suspected JMB terrorists
Jul 19, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion RAB (RAB) officials have arrested six suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Savar region of capital city Dhaka on Sunday.
Workers vandalise ‘unIslamic’ Buddha statue discovered in Pakistan’s Mardan
Jul 19, 2020, at 09:42 pm
Islamabad: A Buddha statue, which was recently discovered while digging the foundation for a house in Pakistan’s Pashtun-dominated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Mardan district, was smashed by local workers as they considered it to be unislamic, media reports said.
US State Department memo: Wuhan lab was not operating safely
Jul 19, 2020, at 06:00 am
Washington: The US State Department has released two partially redacted versions of unclassified memos written by American officials who had visited Wuhan Institute of Virology and expressed concerns over the safety protocols and practices followed by the laboratory in 2018, media reports said.
Pakistan politician demands to know status of ex-TTP spokesman and terrorist Ehsanullah Ehsan
Jul 19, 2020, at 05:52 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has sought to find out the status of former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman and terrorist Ehsanullah Ehsan, who this year escaped from captivity.
Building collapse in PoK leaves 15 hurt
Jul 19, 2020, at 04:42 am
Islamabad/UNI: A three-storey wedding hall building collapsed during renovations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Mirpur district, injured at least 15 labourers and leaving dozens more trapped, official said.
Jul 19, 2020, at 12:01 am
Frankfurt: A Sindhi leader has written an open letter to world leaders and human rights organisations and accused Pakistani army generals of their involvement in religious terrorism from Kabul to Kashmir since 1947.
Establish inquiry commission to investigate human rights violations in PoK: Activist tells UNHRC
Jul 18, 2020, at 11:52 pm
Geneva: Activist Sajjad Raja has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to create a Commission of Inquiry to probe the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of the south Asian country.
Bangladesh: Couple detained for allegedly torturing domestic help
Jul 18, 2020, at 11:44 pm
Dhaka: A couple have been detained by the police from Bangladesh capital Dhaka on allegations of torturing their domestic help.
Jul 18, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Birmingham: A memorandum has been submitted by the Kashmiri community and United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Birmingham to the Pakistan consulate here, where they have protested against the proposed 14th Amendment Bill in the Interim Constitution of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Chinese authorities forcefully relocated over 50 Tibetans, claims Tibet Watch report
Jul 18, 2020, at 12:50 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities forcefully relocated around 59 Tibetans from 13 different households in eastern Tibet on June 24, Free Tibet’s research partner, Tibet Watch has said.
Tibetan govt-in exile hails US move to bar Chinese officials who restrict access to Tibet
Jul 18, 2020, at 12:35 am
Dharamshala: The Tibetan government-in-exile has appreciated the US government's move of imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act.
Ex- Dhaka University VC Emajuddin Ahmed passes away
Jul 17, 2020, at 09:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Eminent educationist, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser professor Emajuddin Ahmed breathed his last at a city hospital on Friday morning, he was 86-year-old.
Shamima Begum can return to United Kingdom to fight for citizenship, Court of Appeal rules
Jul 17, 2020, at 02:33 pm
London/UNI: The British Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that Shamima Begum, one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Bangladesh: Covid-19 death toll touches nearly 2,500-mark
Jul 16, 2020, at 10:31 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has recorded 39 fresh fatalities from novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the country's death toll around 2,500.
Bangladesh records 33 new COVID-19 deaths
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 33 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
At least 15 Taliban militants killed in airstrike in Afghan kandahar province - Police
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:43 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least 15 Taliban militants were killed and 10 others were injured in an airstrike by the Afghan air forces in Kandahar province, local police said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 test scam: Regent Hospital owner Mohammad Shahed arrested in Bangladesh
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Rapid Action Battalion arrested Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed in Satkhira near Bangladesh’s border with India in the early hour on Wednesday.
South China Sea: Philippines calls on China to comply with a 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling
Jul 15, 2020, at 04:36 pm
Manila: As China continues its aggressive stance against its neighbours at a time when the world is witnessing COVID-19 outbreak, the Philippines has publicly called on China to comply with the 2016 arbitral ruling which said China has no 'historic rights over the waters of South China Sea'.
Bangladesh COVID-19 test scam: Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed arrested
Jul 15, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed in connection with his role in the COVID-19 test scam.
Activists protest outside Pakistani Embassy in Kathmandu against atrocities committed against Hindus
Jul 15, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Kathmandu: Protesting against the atrocities committed against the Hindu community in the south Asian country, members of the Hindu Civic Society in Nepal demonstrated in front of the Pakistani Embassy in Kathmandu recently.
China using corrupt leaders to make inroads into economically weaker nations like Nepal: Reports
Jul 15, 2020, at 03:41 pm
A report has suggested that China makes inroads into economically weaker nations by using its corrupt leaders.
Another doctor dies due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Jul 14, 2020, at 10:07 pm
Dhaka: The COVID-19 infection continues to tighten its killer hands in Bangladesh as the infection claimed the life of Gynaecologist Dr Irin Jaman of Chattogram Ma O Shishu Hospital on Tuesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast leaves five people killed
Jul 14, 2020, at 09:49 pm
Kabul: A blast rocked Afghanistan's Surobi district on Tuesday which left at least five people killed and eleven others hurt, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 33 people die due to COVID-19
Jul 14, 2020, at 09:31 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 33 new deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 2424.