Islamabad, Feb 2 : At least 15 people were killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday when a passenger van overturned in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The van was on its...

Kabul, Feb 2 : Targeted killings across Afghanistan in the month of January claimed the lives of more than 50 people, triggering concerns among civilians of the war-torn country, according...

Islamabad, Feb 2 : The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key accused in the 2002 kidnap and murder case of...

Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 2 : A day after seizing control of the country, the military in Myanmar on Tuesday released a majority of the detained regional and state Chief...

Washington, Feb 2 : NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as the space agency’s acting chief of...

Dhaka, Feb 2 : The Bangladesh government has signed a 500 million dollar financing agreement with the World Bank to help upgrade a highway and enhance connection of rural roads...

United Nations, Feb 2 : UN Security Council (UNSC) members will be briefed on Tuesday on the situation in Myanmar where the military has staged a coup after detaining top...

Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 1 : Myanmar’s de facto leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has asked people to protest against the coup staged by the military on...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Feb 1 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the former governments of Ziaur Rahman, Hussain Muhammad Ershad and Khaleda Zia have destroyed many documents...

Dubai, Feb 1 : A Dubai court has sentenced an Indian businessman to two years in prison for offering a 200,000-dirham (54,448) bribe to the police, a media report said...

Islamabad, Feb 1 : A flight steward of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reportedly gone missing in Canada, it was reported on Monday. Citing sources, a Dawn news report...

Islamabad, Feb 1 : Pakistan on Monday received the first batch of China’s Sinopharm vaccine against the novel coronavirus. This batch, brought to Islamabad aboard a special Pakistan Air Force...

Yangon, Feb 1 : The Myanmar military staged a coup on Monday and seized control of the country after detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top...

Islamabad, Feb 1 : More than 40 countries are expected to participate in a multinational maritime exercise to be hosted by the Pakistani Navy, an official said here. The exercise...

New Delhi/Naypyidaw, Feb 1 : India on Monday expressed “deep concern” over the military coup in Myanmar which has been placed under a state of emergency for one year, urging...

Yangon, Feb 1 : The military in Myanmar on Monday seized control of the country after it detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other...

Yangon, Feb 1 : The Myanmar military on Monday detained government leaders including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint after which the government declared a...

Kathmandu, Jan 31 : China will be sending 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to Nepal, ten days after India sent one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine there, marking the launch...

New Delhi, Jan 31 : Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States Abida Hussain has revealed that Osama bin Laden had supported and funded former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “Yes,...

Kabul, Jan 31 : The European Unions (EU) special envoy to Afghanistan, Ronald Kobia, has called for an immediate end to violence in the war-torn country, followed by a ceasefire....

Islamabad, Jan 31 : Pakistan has secured 17 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the novel coronavirus, out of which 35-40 per cent or 6 to 6.8 million doses...

Washington, Jan 31 : Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives, has sought a larger Covid-19 relief package with full access to immigrants...

Kabul, Jan 31 : A Taliban militant group’s acting provincial governor for Kabul province has been arrested, the Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS), the country’s national intelligence agency, confirmed...

Islamabad, Jan 31 : A Pakistani anti-terrorism official was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Peshawar city, according to security officials. The officials said the gunman opened fire on...

Yangon, Jan 31 : Myanmar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has further extended the suspension of international commercial flights until the end of February. The Ministry on Saturday announced the...

Kabul, Jan 31 : At least 12 people were killed in blasts across Afghanistan, officials have confirmed. In a deadly car bomb which hit a military base in Shirzad district,...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 30 : Pakistan has once again warned the UN and the global community of what it claimed as Indian false flag operations to “justify its aggression”...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 30 : The Pakistan Supreme Court will hear a petition on February 1 filed by the Sindh government against the recent order to release all the...

Kabul, Jan 30 : Taliban violence has “increased” in Afghanistan despite signing of the landmark peace deal with the US last year, security agencies have said, adding that the group...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 30 : In a sensational observation which will have far reaching ramifications particularly in the highly volatile nuclear armed South Asian neighbourhood, Pakistan has said that...

Kabul, Jan 30 : Eight Afghan soldiers were killed as a car bomb went off next to a military base in Nangarhar province on Saturday, according to authorities. “The terrorists...

Karachi, Jan 30 : Karachi has witnessed a sharp spike in the Covid-19 positivity rate in the last one week, the Sindh province’s Health Ministry said. In a statement on...

Kathmandu, Jan 30 : In a major favour to New Delhi, a meeting chaired by Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli vening awarded a hydropower project to Indias Satluj Jal...

Chandigarh, Jan 30 : A day after violence by a group of miscreants at Singhu on Delhi-Haryana border, British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi on Saturday warned that “if...

Islamabad, Jan 30 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the country is expected to get help from China in its efforts to improve the agriculture sector under the...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 29 : Underscoring the importance of 2021 in the context of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation, the 50th year of bilateral diplomatic ties as well...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Jan 29 : New Delhis prestigious St Stephens college has invited applications from Bangladeshi students to join the three-year bachelors programme taught at the premium education...

By Aarti Tikoo SinghNew Delhi/Naypyitaw, Jan 29 : Just two months after Aung Sun Suu Kyis National League for Democracy (NLD) swept the general elections in Myanmar, the largest country...

By Hamza AmeerCharsadda (Pakistan) Jan 29 : In a move that has raised eyebrows of many, a university in Pakistan has planned to slap a ban on female students and...

Sitamarhi (Bihar), Jan 29 : A smuggler dealing allegedly in human bones has been arrested by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from Sitamarhi district in Bihar along the Indo-Nepal border....

Washington, Jan 29 : In its first address to the media under the Joe Biden administration, the Pentagon has claimed that the Taliban was jeopardising the landmark agreement it signed...

By Hamza AmeerLahore, Jan 29 : The Pakistan government has decided to renovate several holy sites belonging to minorities across the country, in a bid to further strengthen its case...

Islamabad, Jan 29 : Starting from February, Pakistan will stop issuing manual visasand has asked non-resident nationals and others interested in travelling to the country to apply online for e-visas....

Colombo, Jan 29 : Sri Lankan health authorities will on Friday begin the inoculation of 250,000 frontline health workers against the novel coronavirus after Covid-19 vaccines donated by India arrived...

Yangon, Jan 29 : The Myanmar military has announced a further extension of the suspension period of its operations against armed groups until February 28. The initial suspension of military...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 29 : Expressing outrage at the Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to affirm the acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key accused in the 2002...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 28 : Pakistan will kick start its Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country from next week with the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) unveiling a...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 28 : Pakistan’s Defence Ministry has taken a stand against a request, put in by former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General General Retd.Asad Durrani, to remove...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 28 : The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday rejected an appeal filed by the Sindh provincial government against the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision to...

Kabul, Jan 28 : In its latest report, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has revealed that more than 8,500 civilians were killed and wounded due to the war...

Islamabad, Jan 28 : Vaccination against the novel coronavirus in Pakistan is set to begin across the country from next week, a Minister has revealed. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday...

Islamabad, Jan 28 : The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key accused in the 2002 kidnap and murder of American journalist...

Beijing, Jan 28 : China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu held talks with Asad Qaiser, Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, via video link. Noting that this year marks the 70th anniversary...

Male, Jan 28 : The Maldives’ Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced that a curfew will be re-imposed in the capital region of Greater Male due to a spike in...

New York, Jan 28 : An Indian-origin paediatrician suffering from terminal cancer took another doctor as hostage and after several hours of a stand-off with the police, killed his victim...

Dhaka, Jan 27 : Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 528 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally to 533,444, while the country’s death toll stood at 8,072 with 17 fresh fatalities, the...

By Hamza AmeerPeshawar, Jan 27 : After an amendment was proposed in the Provincial Assembly of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), calling for permission by the relevant authorities to film the...

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 27 : Malaysia has begun a phase 3 clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Institute of Medical Biology of the Chinese Academy of...

Manila, Jan 27 : Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte named Army chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), presidential...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 27 : Pakistan has received GI (geographical indicator) tag for its Basmati rice, which will help its case against India in the European Union (EU), where...

Kabul, Jan 27 : Three people were killed and 13 others injured in Afghanistan’s twin bomb explosions, the latest in a string of attacks in the militancy-hit country, authorities said...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 27 : After arriving home from Toronto to Turbat in a coffin, Karima Baloch has finally been laid to rest.The funeral of the 37-year-old Baloch...

Dubai, Jan 27 : The International Federation of the Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (IFIICC) is planning to boost India’s strong historical ties with the UAE and Israel as it expects...

Yangon, Jan 27 : Myanmar on Wednesday launched a Covid-19 vaccination programme across the country. The drive started with the medical staff who are working in the frontline across the...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Jan 26 : President Joe Biden appointed two Indian Americans, Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur, to the leadership team of the US mission to the UN...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 26 : Pakistan has asked the global watchdog on money laundering and terror financing, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove the country from the...

Kathmandu, Jan 26 : A team of 10 Nepali climbers who recently became the first to scale K2, the second highest peak of the world, during the winter season, received...

Kabul, Jan 26 : Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that a new chapter has opened in the relations between Washington and Kabul, adding that the US sees the South Asian...

Islamabad, Jan 26 : The Pakistan opposition backed out from a scheduled meeting with the Imran Khan-led government, which was expected to lower the current rife between the two sides,...

Abu Dhabi, Jan 26 : In the wake of the raging coronavirus pandemic, India’s 72nd Republic Day celebrations in the country’s missions across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday...

Colombo, Jan 26 : Sri Lankan authorities reopened schools in the Western Province for senior grades after they were closed in October 2020 due to a resurgence of the Covid-19...

Colombo, Jan 25 : Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation will conduct an island-wide elephant census this year after a decade to determine the exact number of the animals in...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 25 : Pakistan and India engaged in a heated debate, filled with accusations against each other, over deteriorating minority rights in each others countries at the...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 25 : Despite Pakistans repeated objections over Indias intentions to construct a power project on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi has decided...

Islamabad, Jan 25 : The Pakistan Army has announced that five terrorists of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group were killed during a security operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province....

Dubail, Jan 25 : A new Hindu temple in Dubai, the foundation stone of which was laid last August amidst the pandemic, will open its doors to worshippers by Diwali...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 24 : Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami on Sunday termed the celebration of Netaji’s birth anniversary in the country as “very touching” as he...

Kathmandu, Jan 24 : Discord and division continue inside the Nepal Communist Party, which has not split formally but has virtually fallen apart after Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli unilaterally decided...

Islamabad, Jan 24 : The Pakistan government has approved Russias Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for “emergency use authorisation” (EUA) and also gave a go-ahead to a local pharmaceutical company for...

Islamabad, Jan 24 : The Pakistan government is developing a comprehensive roadmap aimed at making 5G internet services commercially available to consumers in 2022-23, a media report said on Sunday....

Kabul, Jan 24 : Three civilians were injured as a blast struck a vehicle in Kabul on Sunday, a police spokesman said. “The blast occurred at 8.12 a.m.local time in...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 24 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the evacuation of a 150-year-old heritage building in Chittagong which was once the law chamber of freedom...

Kabul, Jan 24 : In the war-torn Afghanistan, fighting continues as more than 50 rebels mostly militants have been killed in the past 24 hours amid progress in the ongoing...

Colombo, Jan 24 : Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India is expected to arrive in the island nation...

Colombo, Jan 24 : Sri Lankan Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Health Ministry officials confirmed. The 56-year-old Minister had undergone a Rapid Antigen Test...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 24 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that nobody will remain homeless in the country, which is celebrating the golden jubilee of its...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 23 : India has flown the first lot of coronavirus vaccines to Africa, after having shipped these to friendly South Asian neighbours when a Royal...

Islamabad, Jan 23 : The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) confirmed that it has paid around 7 million o a jet company after a plane of the flag carrier was seized...

Jammu, Jan 23 : Ahead of the Republic Day, Border Security Force troopers have detected a key tunnel along the international border in Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir that...

Dubai, Jan 23 : A Dubai-based 14-year-old boy from Kerala has made a six-layered stencil portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a gift to him on the occasion...

Washington, Jan 23 : The White House said that the administation of US President Joe Biden would review the country’s agreement with the Taliban, which was signed in February 2020....

New Delhi, Jan 23 : This tripping over each other to pay homage to Subhas Bose is mere hypocrisy, says Ashish Ray, the London based author who wrote the book,...

New Delhi, Jan 22 : US Secretary of Defense nominee, Lt Gen Lloyd Austin (retd) has said that he would further operationalise India’s major “Major Defence Partner” status. During his...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 : Around 10,000 students from Kerala, studying medicine and allied courses in China, are facing an uncertain future as the Chinese government is not allowing them back...

Dubai, Jan 22 : A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat has won 200,000 dirhams (54,451) at the weekly Mahzooz draw in Dubai, the media reported. “I was very excited...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 22 : Throwing the gauntlet to China, parliamentarians in Denmark have proposed that Taiwan be included in the World Health Organisation (WHO).Members of six of...

Colombo, Jan 22 : Sri Lanka has completely reopened its borders to tourists and international arrivals, after flight operations were suspended 10 months ago in the wake of the coronavirus...

New Delhi, Jan 21 : Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE could be potentially out of the game in India with the government set to begin formulating an action plan...

Jammu, Jan 21 : An Indian Army NCO was killed in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan on the Line of Control at Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch...

By Atul Aneja, SPS Pannu & Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 21 : Ninety-two countries have approached India for Covid-19 vaccines, bolstering New Delhis credentials as the vaccine hub of the...

Colombo, Jan 21 : Sri Lanka’s overall coronavirus caseload surpassed the 55,000 mark on Thursday after over 700 people tested positive for the disease, the Health Ministry announced. According to...

Islamabad, Jan 21 : Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and five others injured in an IED blast in Balochistan province, intelligence sources said on Thursday. The incident took place in...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 21 : Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India arrived in Dhaka on Thursday as a gift from...

Kathmandu, Jan 21 : The Covid-19 vaccines that India has granted to Nepal arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday. Indian Ambassador to Nepal handed over the vaccines to Health Minister Hridesh...

Dubai, Jan 21 : Two daughters of an Indian couple who were murdered inside their home in Dubai, will testify at a court next month, the media reported. The two...

New Delhi, Jan 21 : According to the IANS C-Voter Tibet Poll, as many as 46 per cent of the respondents feel that on various world forums, enough has been...

New Delhi, Jan 21 : Majority of the respondents of the IANS C-Voter Tibet Poll back restoring Tibet’s status as a buffer zone in order to prevent border conflicts between...

Islamabad, Jan 21 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Islamabad greatly valued its relations with the European Union (EU), which are based on shared values and common...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : In a surprising revealation, 73.2 per cent of people said that they didn’t know exactly where the Tibetan Government in Exile is currently based, as...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Around 80 per cent of the Indians believe that the interventions by the Indian government can cap the human rights violations prevailing in Tibet, which...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Nearly 53 per cent of Indians feel that Tibet is relatively underreported in the Indian media and national discourse, as per the IANS C-Voter Tibet...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Almost 26 per cent people in India feel that the human rights situation in Tibet is very bad, while only 8.2 per cent feel that...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Almost 62 per cent people of India are willing to risk worsening ties with China on the issue human rights in Tibet as the brand...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Around two-third of Indians acknowledge Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as an important cultural and spiritual influencer here, according to the IANS C-Voter Tibet...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : An unprecedented 62 per cent of Indians support the idea of conferring the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna, on Tibetan spiritual leader...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Indians do not readily associate Tibet as China’s integral part, as per the IANS C-Voter Tibet Poll.The survey included a sample size of 3,000 people...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : There is significant confusion among Indians regarding the system of governance in Tibet, as per the IANS C-Voter Tibet Poll. A total 32.5 per cent...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Indians are willing to risk worsening ties with China on the issue of human rights in Tibet, as per the findings of the IANS C-Voter...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Nearly 80 per cent Indians support free Tibet, as per the IANS C-Voter Tibet Poll. This is significant and needs no further elaboration.It took just...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Almost half of India, mostly by virtue of misinformation or rather the lack of information, is not really sympathetic to the cause of Tibet, something...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : India and Singapore signed a strategic partnership agreement on Monday, under which both the countries’ navies will support and cooperate with each other for submarine...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Jan 20 : India is rapidly turning out to be the most crucial supplier of rice in the world.Supply of the staple cereal from other major...

Dhaka, Jan 20 : Bangladesh recorded 656 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of infections so far to 5,29,687, according to the latest data...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Jan 20 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan would be worried as the countrys debt to GDP ratio has soared to 107 per cent prompting many...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 20 : On the eve of her taking over as the path-breaking first vice president of Asian descent, Kamala Harris assured her fellow Americans from...

Kabul, Jan 19 : Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held a phone conversation during which they discussed the peace talks between the Kabul government...

Abu Dhabi, Jan 19 : Indian missions and organisations across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are prepping for scaled-down Republic Day celebrations this January 26 in the wake of the...

Islamabad, Jan 19 : The Pakistan Army has recovered the body of an American climber near K2, the second highest peak of the world, making the second death of a...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : As global pressure mounts on Pakistan to dismantle terror networks on its soil, India’s most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, operating from Karachi, has reportedly relocated...

Kabul, Jan 18 : Negotiators representing the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group met in Doha and discussed the agenda of the second round of peace talks, a top...

Kathmandu, Jan 18 : Nepal’s Health Ministry has confirmed the detection of cases of the new coronavirus variant, which was first discovered in the UK late last year. Three people...

Dubai, Jan 18 : A Dubai-based Indian woman has succumbed to her injuries after she was accidentally run over by her husband while he was trying to park his vehicle,...

Lahore, Jan 18 : Police in Lahore have launched an investigation into “279 unnatural deaths” in 2020, a first-of-its-kind initiative, a media report said on Monday. The Dawn news report...

Islamabad, Jan 18 : Eighteen crew members of a Pakistan International Airlines flight which was seized by Malaysian authorities over the non-payment of aircraft lease dues, are expected to arrive...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine by the Serum Institute of India are currently blocked until March or April, as India (along with China) look set...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 18 : The Bangladesh government has so far rolled out 23 bailout packages announced at different times since March 2020 to absorb the economic shock from...

Lucknow, Jan 18 : UP Minister Swaroop Shukla has called Mamata Banerjee an ‘Islamic terrorist’ and claimed the West Bengal Chief Minister will have to take refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh...

Patna, Jan 17 : In a bid to attract Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) of Bihar origin, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held talks through video conference with members of the Bihar-Jharkhand Association...

Kabul, Jan 17 : The Afghan Public Health Ministry on Sunday launched a nationwide campaign to administer polio vaccines to 9.9 million children under the age of five. The five-day...

Washington, Jan 17 : US President-elect Joe Biden has named Uzra Zeya, an Indian-American diplomat who quit her State Department job in protest against the outgoing administration’s alleged racial and...

Kabul, Jan 17 : Two female Afghan judges were killed in Kabul on Sunday when unidentified armed men opened fire at the vehicle they were travelling in, marking the latest...

Kathmandu, Jan 17 : Nepalese mountaineers created history by scaling K2, the second highest peak of the world, for the first time during the winter season, the company which organised...

By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Jan 16 : China has decided to build a road that will link the 800-kilometre Karakoram highway with Astore in Pakistan occupied Gilgit Baltistan, signalling Beijing...

Lhasa, Jan 16 : Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Saturday congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the launch of India’s “landmark” Covid-19 vaccination drive. “I would like to...

Washington, Jan 16 : Aftab Pureval, an Indian-American Democrat, has announced his candidature for the Mayor of the US city of Cincinnati in Ohio state. Taking to Twitter on Thursday,...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 16 : Christians in Pakistan continue to face extreme persecution in every area of their lives, an annual report on the global persecution of Christians...

Islamabad, Jan 16 : Pakistani President Arif Alvi said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will benefit Afghanistan and Central Asian countries by enhancing connectivity of the region. Presiding over...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Jan 16 : India has the world’s largest diaspora with about 18 million people born there now living abroad, according to John Wilmoth, the director of...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 15 : US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named health policy expert Vidur Sharma as the testing adviser on his Covid-19 Response Team. Sharma, the...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 15 : Countries around the world are becoming increasingly skeptical of the Chinese Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine, the efficacy rate of which has reportedly fallen...

Kathmandu, Jan 15 : Ahead of signing a major Covid vaccine deal with India, probably on Friday, Nepal’s Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has given permission for the emergency use...

Islamabad, Jan 15 : Pakistan Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Friday confirmed that grades 9-12 will resume from January 18 as planned, while primary classes will reopen nationwide from February...

Islamabad, Jan 15 : Malaysian authorities on Friday seized a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane at the Kuala Lumpur Airport over the non-payment of aircraft lease dues, a media report...

Dubai, Jan 15 : A 15-year-old Indian girl based in Dubai has launched a campaign via which she has helped collect more than 25 tonnes of e-waste for recycling in...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 15 : In a move being described as “a new frontier” in persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, Pakistan has demanded that two Ahmadi citizens of the...

Chandigarh, Jan 15 : A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur sector, the paramilitary force said on Friday....

New York, Jan 15 : An Indian-origin man has killed his daughter and mother-in-law after which he committed suicide in a New York state village, according to media reports quoting...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 14 : An expert on energy and climate change, Sonia Aggarwal, was named on Thursday by President-elect Joe Biden as the senior advisor for climate...

New Delhi, Jan 14 : A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reached Bangladesh to probe an alleged “love jihad” case involving Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and two...

Islamabad, Jan 14 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad to ensure that madrasa students do not attend any rallies staged by the PDM...

Islamabad, Jan 14 : Pakistan reported its biggest jump in novel coronavirus cases in nearly a month as infections in Sindh rose by 1,769 in the past 24 hours, official...

Colombo, Jan 14 : The total number of Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka has surpassed the 50,000-mark, after over 600 new patients tested positive in the last 24 hours, according...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 14 : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim of “Al Qaeda attacks” in Bangladesh has elicited an angry response from Dhaka. A Bangladesh government statement...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 14 : Bangladesh Armed Forces, which fought and bled together with their Indian counterparts 50 years ago, will participate in the Republic Day Parade in New...

Colombo, Jan 13 : Sri Lanka has detected the new strain of the Covid-19 virus after a British national who has arrived here recently tested positive for the new variant,...

Dubai, Jan 13 : Several Indians were among 27 workers injured in a collision between a bus and a trailer in the Jebel Ali Industrial area here on Wednesday, police...

New Delhi, Jan 12 : In a virtual meet of Police chiefs of India and Bangladesh emphasis was laid on enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation especially against global terror groups.As a step...

Ottawa, Jan 12 : Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Industry Minister and senior-most among the four ministers of Indian origin in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, suddenly resigned on Tuesday,...

Dubai, Jan 12 : Two Indian expats won 250g of gold each at the ongoing Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), according to a media report. The two expats won at the...

Islamabad, Jan 12 : Four people were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was struck by an avalanche in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Tuesday....

Islamabad, Jan 12 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday held talks with leader of Afghanistan’s Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami party Karim Khalili in Islamabad on the war-torn country’s peace...

Yangon, Jan 12 : Myanmar is set to convene its next Union Parliamentary session on February 5, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The Union Parliamentary session will be held, following...

By Atul AnejaColombo, Jan 12 : The destruction of a war memorial in Jaffna University, followed by a decision to restore it, has yet again exposed the uneasy relationship between...

Colombo, Jan 12 : Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka by February and citizens could receive the jab by mid or end of next month, a top government official...

Kabul, Jan 11 : The Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Monday that the military have discovered a car bomb and defused 32 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in two provinces....

Dubai, Jan 11 : Many Indian expats who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to airport closures while they were on their way to Saudi Arabia and...

Dhaka, Jan 11 : Four people were killed and 20 injured after a gas cylinder exploded on Monday inside a community kitchen in Gazipur on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 11 : Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who shone a bright literary light of evocativeness and imagery overcoming his blindness, has died here at the age...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 10 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday recalled killings, rape and genocide by the Pakistan Army and their auxiliaries in the 1971 Liberation War...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 10 : The Bangladesh government has cancelled freedom fighter certificates of 52 persons, including Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s fugitive killer Risaldar (suspended) Moslehuddin Khan, Minister for...

Kathmandu, Jan 10 : Ahead of crucial Nepal-India Foreign Minister level talks that are likely to focus on seeking long-term solution of the boundary dispute, Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli...

Kabul, Jan 10 : Afghan government figures have revealed that at least 18,000 families have been displaced due to conflicts in six provinces over the last month. In a statement...

Quetta, Jan 10 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Quetta where he met the families of the 11 coal miners who were killed by armed men in Balochistan’s Machh...

Kabul, Jan 10 : At least three people were killed and another person was injured in a blast in Kabul on Sunday, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said. The...

Islamabad, Jan 10 : A total of 2,899 people have tested positive of Covid-19 in Pakistan over the last 24 hours, taking the overall infection tally to 502,416, the National...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 10 : In a social media post, Sajib Wazed Joy, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son, warned the US and other western embassies in the country...

Islamabad, Jan 10 : Hundreds of millions of Pakistanis were left without power due to a technical fault in the country’s power distribution system, government officials said on Sunday. The...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 10 : A US federal prosecutor has charged three Sri Lankans at a Los Angeles court in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 9 : The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, A.K.Abdul Momen, on Saturday denied any knowledge of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka lifting all restrictions on visas...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 9 : Faced with an angry outburst not just from the Uyghur community but also prominent politicians, human rights activists and the United States Commission...

Karachi, Jan 9 : Eight people were injured when a fire erupted at a chemical factory in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Saturday, local reports said. Several people were...

Chandigarh, Jan 9 : British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has sent a letter, signed by over 100 MPs and Lords, to Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the ongoing...

Dubai, Jan 9 : The Indian Consulate in Dubai will on Saturday celebrate the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) Day Convention, in a virtual format due...

Kathmandu, Jan 8 : Nepal has stopped importing all kinds of poultry items from India after some states in the neighbouring country recently reported the outbreak of bird flu. The...

Kabul, Jan 8 : Taliban attacks on various parts of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province in the last few weeks have been “pushed back” and the group has suffered heavy casualties, a...

Islamabad, Jan 8 : Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been re-elected unopposed as Chairman of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for another four years, the media reported on Friday. In a...

Kathmandu, Jan 8 : Nepal has stopped importing all kinds of poultry items from India after some states in the neighbouring country recently reported the outbreak of bird flu. The...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 8 : Soon after the brutal murder of 11 coal miners of the Pakistans Hazara minority community, which drew international condemnation, human rights of Pashtuns...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 8 : The extraordinary situation that engulfed Washington after thousands of President Donald Trumps supporters, egged on by his speech, rioted in the US Capitol,...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 8 : US President-Elect Joe Biden’s pick to be associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, has recalled her experience of racial bigotry as a four-year-old while...