Bangladesh: Former home minister Sahara Khatun dies, Sheikh Hasina mourns
Jul 10, 2020, at 02:33 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh's former home minister Sahara Khatun, who was undergoing treatment in a Thailand hospital, died on Friday.
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:41 pm
A major Pakistani newspaper has appreciated the country's Election Commission's decision to mandate each province to have at least one woman district election commissioner.
Fake Licence: EU states asked to bar Pakistan pilots from work
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:15 pm
Islamabad: Amid Pakistan government claims that 40 per cent of the pilots in the country have fake flying licences, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Tuesday ordered the member states to bar pilots from the South Asian country from working.
Spain: Police apprehend 2 persons for smuggling dual-use equipment to Pakistani military companies
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Madrid: The Spanish Police have apprehended two people on charges of smuggling dual-use equipment and technology to Pakistani military companies, media reports said.
Pakistan: Journalist Daniel Pearl murder case convict Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh may soon walk free
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:43 pm
Islamabad: In what could be a win for terrorists in Pakistan, the key convict in journalist Daniel Pearl muder case Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh may walk free soon.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's COVID-19 handing has been indecisive: NSA member Tilak Devasher
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:32 pm
National Security Advisory Board Member Tilak Devasher has said Pakistan PM Imran Khan's dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak has been 'indecisive and tentative'.
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Three Taliban militants are dead and four others have sustained wounds in clashes with Afghan security forces in south-central Uruzgan province, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Bangladesh records 46 COVID-19 deaths 3,489 test positive in past 24 hrs
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 2,197 with 46 more people succumbing to the contagion in the last 24 hours.
'Communist China terrorist': Tibetan cycle rally against Beijing cheers for India
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Geneva/IBNS: In more support for New Delhi and booes for Beijing, several Tibetians held a cycle rally against China calling the country's Communist Party "terrorist" besides cheering for India before the UN complex in Geneva in Switzerland.
Afghanistan: Security forces thwart suicide attack attempt
Jul 08, 2020, at 08:44 am
Kabul: The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) thwarted have thwarted the attempt made by terrorists to conduct suicide attack in Afghanistan capital Kabul city.
Pakistan: Lack of PPEs force doctors to tender resignation in Punjab amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 07, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Islamabad: The frontline health workers seem to be receiving blows in Pakistan where 50 doctors tendered their resignations due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPEs), an essential for them combating COVID-19.
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Pakistan-born Canadian author Tarek Fatah has said it is time for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene and stop the slaughter and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of Balochistan.
Afghanistan: Police Commander killed in suicide attack
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Police Commander of Kuz Kunar district in the eastern state of Nangarhar in the terrorism-affected country of Afghanistan was killed on Tuesday, when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in the district market.
Bangladesh witnesses 55 more COVID-19 deaths, surpasses FranceÂ
Jul 07, 2020, at 04:14 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh witnessed the deaths of 55 people in the past 24 hours due to COVID-19, officials said.
Bangladesh: Road mishap kills 6 in Dinajpur
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Dhaka: At least six people died as a BRTC bus has ploughed into a small passenger vehicle on the Dinajpur-Thakurgaon highway, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 2 Rohingya 'drug peddlers' killed in Cox's Bazar gunfight
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:20 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Two suspected Rohingya drug traders were killed in a gunfight with Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in Nanirbari area of Abrang village under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Monday, BGB said.
Pakistani officials negotiating to receive $2Bln debt relief from G20 Countries – Reports
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Pakistani officials have reached tentative agreements with the majority of its G20 creditors as the country looks to receive just over $2 billion in debt relief, the country’s The News portal reports, citing a Finance Division official.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan's special assistant on health tests positive for COVID-19
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Special Assistant to Pakistani Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza confirmed on Monday that he had quarantined himself at home after being tested positive for COVID-19.
China makes new territorial claims in eastern Bhutan
Jul 06, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: China has asserted a new claim in the eastern border with Bhutan while Global Environment Facility (GEF), in an online meeting, requested to develop Sakteng wildlife sanctuary in Bhutan's Trashigang district, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Local mosque imam rapes teen
Jul 06, 2020, at 09:33 am
Dhaka: A minor became pregnant after an imam of a local mosque allegedly raped her at Chandra in Chandpur’s Sadar upazila.
Afghanistan: Roadside mine blast kills three cops in Herat
Jul 05, 2020, at 05:07 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A roadside mine blast in the Kohistan district of Afghanistan's Herat region on Saturday left at least three policemen killed, media reports said on Sunday.
Five Taliban militants killed during clashes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province: Police
Jul 05, 2020, at 03:28 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Five Taliban insurgents have been killed and eight others suffered injuries during armed clashes with security forces in the Afghan province of Kandahar, a local police spokesman told Sputnik on Sunday.
Ex-minister TM Gius Uddin dies of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Jul 04, 2020, at 06:44 pm
Dhaka/UNI: TM Gius Uddin, former Minister and Shariatpur district unit BNP former president, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday night with COVID-19.
Afghanistan: Police foil militants bid to detonate remote-controlled bomb in Kabul
Jul 04, 2020, at 04:11 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Kabul police have foiled terrorists' bid to detonate a remote-controlled bomb in the Afghanistan capital city, media reports said.
Pentagon lauds India for supporting Afghanistan-led peace process in the war-ravaged nation
Jul 04, 2020, at 11:01 am
Washington: The US Department of Defence has appreciated India's role in Afghanistan and described it as the 'largest donor' of the south Asian war-ravaged nation.
Nepal’s official document reveals Chinese encroachment in seven districts
Jul 04, 2020, at 09:31 am
Kathmandu: Reflecting the aggressive stance followed by China, a document released by the Survey Department of the Ministry of Agriculture in Nepal has shown by 2017 Beijing has encroached 36 hectares of the country’s territory at 10 places along the northern border.
Baloch poet rejects literary award from Pakistan govt due to state’s oppressive policies
Jul 04, 2020, at 09:04 am
Islamabad/IBNS: A Baloch poet has rejected an academic award from Pakistan citing the Imran Khan government’s policies ‘inflicted’ on Balochistan that have ‘subjugated’ the populace.
Jul 04, 2020, at 08:43 am
Quetta: Pakistan's Balochistan region is not only seeing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases but also continuous raids and alleged abductions by Pakistan's Armed forces, media reports said.
Death toll of Pakistan's train-van collision rises to 22
Jul 04, 2020, at 08:37 am
Islamabad/Xinhua: Death toll of the collision between a train and a passenger van in Pakistan's eastern city of Sheikhupura has risen to 22 on Friday night, Quratul Ain, spokesperson of Pakistan Railways said.
20 Sikh Yatrees returning from Nankana Sahib killed in bus-train collision in Pakistan's Sheikhupura
Jul 03, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: At least 20 people, mostly Sikh pilgrims, were killed in a collision between a train and a bus near Sheikhupura on Friday afternoon, officials said, reported media.