Ex-Defence Chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Sri Lanka presidential poll
Nov 17, 2019, at 03:28 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former Defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday won the Presidential election, according to the preliminary results from the country’s Election Commission.
Afghanistan: Takhar’s district police chief killed in Taliban ambush
Nov 15, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Kabul/IBNS: In a Taliban ambush, the Takhar’s district police chief has been killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Death toll in Kabul blast touches 12
Nov 15, 2019, at 09:32 am
Kabul/IBNS: The death toll in the car bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city has touched 12, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh: 8 bogies of Rangpur Express derail, 20 hurt
Nov 15, 2019, at 09:12 am
Dhaka/IBNS: At least 20 people were hurt when eight bogies of Rangpur Express train derailed and two bogies caught fire in Bangladesh's Sirajganj area on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Nepal: Brazilian national arrested with cocaine from Tribhuvan International Airport
Nov 13, 2019, at 04:54 pm
Kathmandu/IBNS: The Narcotics Control Bureau with the support of Airport Customs Office in Nepal arrested a Brazilian national with 2.1 kilograms cocaine from capital city Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh Abrar murder case: Charge sheet submitted against 25 people
Nov 13, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh officials on Wednesday submitted a charge sheet against 25 accused in connection with the murder case of Buet student Abrar Fahad.
Afghanistan: Car bomb blast in Kabul leaves 7 people killed
Nov 13, 2019, at 04:31 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A car bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city left at least seven people killed and 10 others injured, media reports said.
Afghanistan government to release Anas Haqqani and two other senior Taliban leaders
Nov 12, 2019, at 04:32 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday confirmed the release of Anas Haqqani from Bagram prison, media reports said.
Bangladesh President leaves for four-day official Nepal visit
Nov 12, 2019, at 04:30 pm
Kathmandu/IBNS/UNI: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid will reach Kathmandu on Tuesday on a four-day official visit during which he will meet his Nepal counterpart Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Dhaka: Woman dies after being run over by bus
Nov 12, 2019, at 04:28 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: A woman was killed in Bangladesh capital Dhaka after she was run over by a bus on Tuesday, media reports said.
Death toll from Cyclone Bulbul in Bangladesh rises to 26 - Reports
Nov 12, 2019, at 10:10 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The death toll from the powerful Cyclone Bulbul in Bangladesh has risen to 26, local newspaper Daily Star reported on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Two trains collide head-on, 15 dead
Nov 12, 2019, at 09:37 am
Dhaka/IBNS: At least 15 people died as two intercity trains collided head-on in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria area of Bangladesh on Tuesday, media reports said.
ISIS terrorists surrender to security forces in Afghanistan
Nov 11, 2019, at 05:58 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A group of Islamic State terrorists, which included foreign nationals, surrendered to the security forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan: 4 Pakistani militants blown up by own bomb
Nov 11, 2019, at 05:37 pm
Kabul/IBNS: An improvised explosive device explosion in Afghanistan's Paktiya province left four Pakistani terrorists killed, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: Cyclone Bulbul claims 13 lives
Nov 11, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The death toll after cyclone Bulbul hit southern Bangladesh has touched 13, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: Cyclone Bulbul kills 4, injures 9Â
Nov 10, 2019, at 05:29 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Four people were killed and nine others injured after powerful Cyclone 'Bulbul' made landfall in Bangladesh on Sunday morning.
Cyclone Bulbul: 150 fishermen missing in Bangladesh
Nov 10, 2019, at 01:13 pm
Dhaka: At least 150 fishermen in Bhola, Barguna and Patuakhali in Bangladesh were missing till last night as cyclone Bulbul was likely to cross the Sundarbans in Satkhira along the Bangladesh-India border on Saturday midnight with a wind speed between 100 and 120 kmph. Many places, including the capital, received rain throughout the day.
Congratulating Sikhs, PM Imran Khan says Kartarpur Corridor is Pakistan's symbol of peace
Nov 09, 2019, at 07:53 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday congratulated the Sikh community residing on both the sides and the world over on the opening of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor and said that the historic act is a testimony to Pakistan's commitment to regional peace.
Bangladesh gearing up for severe cyclone Bulbul
Nov 09, 2019, at 07:28 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh braced for very severe cyclonic storm "Bulbul" which is likely to cross West Bengal-Khulna coast near the Sundarbans by this midnight Saturday.
Afghanistan: Remote-controlled bomb defused in Kabul city
Nov 09, 2019, at 07:32 am
Kabul/IBNS: The Afghanistan security forces have defused a remote-controlled bomb in Kabul city on Friday, media reports said.
Taliban terrorists kill Afghanistan scholar Aziz Ahmad Panjshiri
Nov 08, 2019, at 09:31 am
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected Taliban terrorists have killed a scholar from Afghanistan while he was travelling from Baghlan to northern Kunduz province, media reports said.
Afghanistan: ISIS fighters disguised as women arrested
Nov 08, 2019, at 09:20 am
Kabul/IBNS: Security forces in Afghanistan have arrested four ISIS Khurasan militants who had disguised as women and were attempting to escape the operations in Nangarhar province in the country, media report said on Thursday.
Bangladesh: M Morshed Khan quits BNP
Nov 06, 2019, at 05:09 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Citing personal reasons, former foreign minister of Bangladesh M Morshed Khan has quit Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) party.
Afghanistan: Explosion in Kapisa kills 1 soldier
Nov 06, 2019, at 04:44 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least one Afghanistan soldier was killed as an explosion hit Kapisa area of the country on Tuesday, media reports said.
China, Pakistan agrees on further cooperation over CPEC
Nov 06, 2019, at 08:47 am
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: China and Pakistan have agreed here to further their cooperation in different fields under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the ninth Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting of CPEC.
Narayanganj building collapse: Body of missing boy recovered
Nov 05, 2019, at 04:28 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Fire service workers in Bangladesh have recovered the body of a missing boy from the debris of the four-storey under-construction building that collapsed inNarayanganj area two days ago, media reports said.
Roadside bomb kills 1 soldier, wounds 3 in Afghan eastern Khost city
Nov 05, 2019, at 04:02 pm
Khost, Afghanistan, Nov 5 (Xinhua/UNI) One soldier was killed and three others sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck a military vehicle of national army in Khost city of eastern Khost province on Tuesday, an army spokesman in the province said.
Afghanistan: Roadside mine blast leaves 8 killed in Baghlan
Nov 04, 2019, at 05:16 pm
Baghlan/IBNS: A roadside mine blast in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Monday left at least eight people killed, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Three electrocuted in Barguna
Nov 04, 2019, at 04:24 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Three persons of a family were electrocuted in Bangladesh's Barguna area on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Rocket attack damages two houses in Landi Kotal, TTP claims responsibility
Nov 04, 2019, at 10:04 am
Landi Kotal/Pakistan/IBNS: At last two houses were partially damaged as two rockets fired from a nearby hilltop landed at the army camp in Landi Kotal area of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.