Pastor, family members targeted in Pakistan
Jun 01, 2020, at 07:21 pm
Islamabad: A pastor and his family were beaten up and forced to leave the area in Pakistan's Rahim Yar Khan city recently, media reports said.
Kabul: Blast leaves three people wounded
Jun 01, 2020, at 05:19 pm
Kabul/IBNS: An explosion in Kabul city, which occurred close to a hospital, on Monday left at least three people wounded, media reports said.
Libya: Case filed over killing of 26 Bangladesh nationals
Jun 01, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Dhaka/UNI: A case has been filed with Bhairab Police Station in Kishoreganj of Bangladesh over the killings of its 26 nationals in Libya.
Unknown gunmen kill head of Kapisa Traffic Dept
Jun 01, 2020, at 04:24 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown gunmen shot dead Sayed Munir, head of Kapisa's traffic department, in Afghanistan on MOnday, media reports said.
ISIS Khorasan claims repsonsibility for Kabul bombing that left one journalist killed
Jun 01, 2020, at 04:23 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The ISIS Khorasan, the offshoot of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has claimed responsibility for the bombing incident in Kabul which left two TV station employees dead, media reports said.
Coronavirus cases near 50,000 in Bangladesh, death toll 672
Jun 01, 2020, at 04:18 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 2,381 new coronavirus cases on Monday, dipping from Sunday's high of 2,545.
nCov: 22 more die, 2381 fresh cases in Bangladesh
Jun 01, 2020, at 04:12 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh reached 49,534 on Monday with 2,381 new cases being detected in the last 24 hours.
May 31, 2020, at 07:56 pm
Glasgow: Glasgow-based human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has said Pakistan is using its non-state actors as its proxies in the Valley of Kashmir to stir disturbance.
Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves journalist killed
May 31, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Kabul/IBNS: One journalist and a studio technician were killed as an IED hit a vehicle of Khurshid TV channel in PD4 of Kabul city on Saturday.
Baloch People's Congress condemns Pakistan's 1998 nuclear tests conducted in Chagai
May 30, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Baloch People's Congress on Saturday condemned the nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in Chagai district of Balochistan in 1998 that left people of the region suffer miserably from the repercussions.
US lawmaker introduces bill to recognise Tibet as separate and independent nation
May 30, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Washington: Putting pressure on China, US lawmaker Scott Perry has introduced a bill to recognise Tibet as a separate and independent nation.
Pakistani embassy in Zimbabwe in human trafficking row, sours relations
May 30, 2020, at 08:40 pm
Harare: Triggering a major row, a Pakistani diplomat in Zimbabwe has been alleged to be involved in human trafficking episodes.
Pakistan's state minister tested positive of COVID-19
May 30, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan's State Minister for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi has been tested positive for the COVID-19, the minister confirmed in his twitter post on Saturday.
Afghanistan reports highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases, 14,525 in total
May 30, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Saturday reported 866 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase since the outbreak of the pandemic in February, the country's Ministry of Public Health confirmed.
Bangladesh asks Libya to take action against killers 26 Bangladeshis
May 30, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Saturday asked Libya to take stringent punitive actions against perpetrators of the massacre of its nationals alongside compensation for the victims a day after alleged hostage takers killed 26 Bangladeshis and wounded 11 others.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records 28 new deaths
May 30, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh saw a further rise in Coronavirus cases with the detection of 1764 fresh cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 44,608 in the .
More ‘can and must be done’ to eradicate caste-based discrimination in Nepal
May 30, 2020, at 09:18 am
New York/IBNS: Shocked over the killing last weekend of five men in Nepal, who had planned to escort home one of their girlfriends from a higher caste, the UN human rights chief on Friday stressed that ending caste-based discrimination is “fundamental” to the overall sustainable development vision of leaving no one behind.
Bangladesh reports highest daily rise of 2,523 COVID-19 cases
May 29, 2020, at 08:39 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Friday confirmed 2,523 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single day rise since the start of the pandemic in the country on March 8, bringing the total to 42,844.
Bangladesh witnesses highest single-day spike of 2523 COVID cases
May 29, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Dhaka/uni: Bangladesh on Friday recorded the biggest daily jump of 2523 cases of Novel Coronavirus, taking the country's total infections to 42,844.
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USCIRF condemns arrest of Ahmadi Muslim woman on blasphemy charges in Pakistan
May 29, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Washington/IBNS: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the arrest of Ramzan Bibi, a 55-year-old Ahmadi Muslim woman in Cheleki, Pakistan, on blasphemy charges.
Afghanistan: Seven Afghan Local Army soldiers die in Taliban attack
May 28, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Kabul/IBNS: In an attack by Taliban militants, seven soldiers of Afghan Local Army forces lost their lives in country's northern Parwan province, media reports said.
Hindu, Christian homes destroyed in Pakistan's Bahwalpur, HRCP condemns
May 28, 2020, at 03:53 pm
Islamabad: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned the attack and destruction of the houses of Christian and Hindu communities in the nation's Bahawalpur region.
May 28, 2020, at 03:24 pm
Glasgow: Referring to the poor economic condition of Pakistan and growing conflict between Imran Khan and the country's Army, Glasgow-based human rights activist Dr. Amjad Ayub Mirza has said the future of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief as the PM of the country is in danger.
Seven policemen killed in W Afghan attack as Taliban resumes fighting
May 28, 2020, at 12:24 pm
Farah/Xinhua/UNI: At least seven policemen were killed and three others wounded in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan's western Farah province Wednesday night, the first major attack after a brief ceasefire ended, local police confirmed Thursday.
Bangladesh may end general holiday to prevent COVID-19 spread soonÂ
May 27, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government is likely to end the ongoing nationwide general holiday to prevent spread of COVID-19 and allow all offices and businesses to resume operation on June 1, media reports said.
Pakistan: Christian woman Asia Bibi's brother-in-law killedÂ
May 27, 2020, at 03:09 pm
Sheikhupura/IBNS: Brother-in-law of Christian woman Asia Bibi, who was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court, was killed in the country's Sheikhupura city on Monday, media reports said.
May 27, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Paris: Speakers like prominent human rights activists from Balochistan and western analysts have accused Pakistan Army of being responsible for enforced disappearances, torture and killing of intellectuals, students and political activists in the country's resource-rich province in a recent virtual conference by a Paris-based rights group of the Baloch.
'Europe must protect dissident journalists fleeing Pakistan to seek refuge'
May 27, 2020, at 09:10 am
The death of a Pakistani journalist in Sweden has raised concerns that these scribes, who have fled Pakistan over safety issues, are now being targeted by their own country in European nations.
Sudden increase in corona cases is deeply unsettling: Shehbaz Sharif
May 26, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said if a strategy was in place at the time of the imposition of lockdown or when the decision was taken to lift it then the number of Coronavirus cases in the country would not have increased at a rapid speed.
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Kabul urges Taliban to extend 3-day ceasefire to facilitate prisoner release
May 26, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Afghan government urges the Taliban to extend the ceasefire announced on occasion of the Eid al-Fitr holiday to facilitate the mutual prisoner release, the National Security Council spokesman said on Tuesday.