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...
Read More..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...
Read More..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,...
Read More..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...
Read More..By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 8 : An Indian flag was seen amid a sea of American and Trump flags in a footage, as well as images, of the violent...
Read More..Agartala, Jan 7 : To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War victory, the BSF as part of its year-long programme would organise a 70-day long cycle...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 7 : Pakistan on Thursday urged neighbouring Afghanistan to take action against terrorists after a soldier was killed in firing from across the border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. An...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 7 : Pakistan has welcomed the resumption of the second round of the Afghan peace talks in Qatar between representatives of the Kabul government and the Taliban, which...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 7 : The Pakistan Army said on Thursday that a soldier was killed in firing from across the Afghan border. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)...
Read More..New Delhi, Jan 6 : The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is using nomads in Ladakh to transgress into Indian territory while the Indian Army has restricted its own nomads...
Read More..Kathmandu, Jan 6 : Amid political turmoil in Himalayan nation following the dissolution of the House of Representatives, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali is visiting New Delhi on January 14...
Read More..Kabul, Jan 5 : The negotiating team of the Afghan government left for Qatar on Tuesday where they will resume the second round of the peace talks with the Taliban....
Read More..Quetta, Jan 5 : Members of the Hazara minority community have refused to end their sit-in in Quetta against the killing of 11 coal miners in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, while...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 5 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the the 11-party PDM opposition alliance poses no threat to his government. Addressing the meeting of his spokespersons...
Read More..Washington, Jan 5 : Indian-American Republican Niraj Antani, who was elected to the Ohio state Senate from the 6th District, has been sworn in as a Senator, the media reported....
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 5 : US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a trip to Pakistan ahead of the resumption of the peace talks between representatives of...
Read More..New Delhi, Jan 5 : Maldives has stepped forward to co-champion the Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Group on sustainable coastal fisheries alongside the current champion country, Kiribati, the Commonwealth Secretariat...
Read More..Colombo, Jan 5 : The Colombo Port City and the Hambantota Port will attract foreign investments to Sri Lanka and boost growth in 2021, the governor of the Central Bank...
Read More..Abu Dhabi, Jan 4 : An Indian expat won 20 million dirhams ($5,445,169) in the Big Ticket raffle held in Abu Dhabi, the media reported. Abdussalam NV, originally from Kerala...
Read More..Quetta, Jan 4 : Protests were staged in Quetta against the killing of 11 coal miners in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, the media reported on Monday. On Sunday, at least 11...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 4 : The Pakistan government on Monday announced its decision to reopen educational institutions across the country in a phased manner from January 18. Addressing a media briefing...
Read More..Kabul, Jan 4 : A Taliban intelligence operative has been arrested in Afghanistan’s Balkh province, army spokesman said on Monday. Azizullah, who worked for the Taliban group and whose task...
Read More..Yangon, Jan 4 : Myanmar President U Win Myint on Monday called for a constitution which is the foundation of the establishment of the future democratic federal union complying with...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 4 : Bangladesh Foreign Minister Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that the countries, including Russia and China, which voted against a resolution recently adopted by...
Read More..Kathmandu, Jan 4 : Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka ‘Prachanda’, will embark on a visit to India on Monday for his wifes treatment....
Read More..Colombo, Jan 4 : Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has said that an estimated 68,000 overseas nationals were awaiting repatriation due to the global coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Sunday,...
Read More..By Sumi Khan,Dhaka, Jan 4 : Calling on police to give utmost priority to fundamental rights, human rights and the rule of law while discharging their professional duties, Bangladesh Prime...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 3 : Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and its twin city Rawalpindi are in a state of shock, after a 22-year-old student was shot dead by trigger-happy policemen,...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 3 : Pakistan’s iron fisted Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has declared he would summarily lock up “within 72 hours” anyone who used derogatory remarks...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 3 : Eleven workers at a coal mine were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, officials said on Sunday. The gunmen abducted the workers late...
Read More..Kabul, Jan 3 : At least 60 militants have been killed and several others injured in clashes and airstrikes in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province, the army said on Sunday. On...
Read More..Dubai, Jan 2 : A Dubai-based Indian expat has broken the world record for the largest ‘Pop up Greetings Card’ record, the media reported on Saturday. Ramkumar Sarangapani is currently...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 2 : The incumbent Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan will not resign on January 31 as demanded by the 11-party PDM opposition alliance, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi...
Read More..Islamabad, Jan 2 : The Pakistan government is mulling the reopening of educational institutions across the country in a phased manner from January 25, a media report said. The Express...
Read More..Kabul, Jan 2 : The Afghan Supreme Court has sentenced Mohammad Adil, the mastermind of the November 2020 Kabul University attack that claimed the lives of 22 people, to death....
Read More..Kabul, Jan 2 : A chief negotiator of the Afghan government has said that the issue of targeted killings will be discussed when the next phase of the peace talks...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerLondon, Jan 1 : Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB), an institution accused and blamed by political leadership for taking political maneuvering of the government and using it to...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerPeshawar (Pakistan), Jan 1 : After angry mob in Pakistans Khyber Pukhtunkhwa provinces Karak district, attacked and vandalized the shrine of a Hindu saint in Terri area of...
Read More..Lucknow, Jan 1 : An inquiry has been ordered after a 65-year-old Pakistani woman was found running the affairs of a village panchayat as its interim head in Etah district....
Read More..Karak, Jan 1 : Police arrested 31 people including district leaders of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) here on Thursday for vandalising and demolishing the shrine of a Hindu saint in Teri...
Read More..By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Dec 31 : For the first time, the Indian Army has appointed a major general rank officer to look into the human rights issue and...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 31 : Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said former premier Nawaz Sharif’s passport would be cancelled on February 16, 2021, the media reported on Thursday. “Let me...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 31 : An aide to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was “critically injured” in an IED blast in Kabul on Thursday, while his driver was killed, according to a...
Read More..By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Dec 31 : Afghanistans President Ashraf Ghani has asserted that his country is confronting a fierce psychological war, where repeated attacks on journalists and civil society...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 31 : Pakistan has decided to pre-book a Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm for emergency use for healthcare workers, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 31 : Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly Asad Qaisar has invited Afghan businessmen to take part in economic activities under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Speaking to Afghan...
Read More..Yangon, Dec 31 : Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to extend temporary entry restrictions for all visitors until the end of January. The Ministry issued an announcement on...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 31 : As economies around the globe have remained under intense pressure owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Pakistani economy is showing encouraging signs of a promising recovery...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 31 : The shrine of a Hindu saint has been vandalized by an aggressive mob in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The incident took place in Teri area...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 30 : With Pakistan’s Sindh High Court (SHC) ordering release of the militants accused of murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl, after overturning their conviction and sentencing,...
Read More..Chandigarh, Dec 30 : In a joint operation, the BSF and Punjab Police seized 7.31 kg heroin and three Chinese .30 bore Norinco pistols in the Dera Baba Nanak sector...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 30 : A Bangladeshi film director has been reportedly charged after a rape victim interrogation scene in his new film angered the police force. The first half of...
Read More..Dubai, Dec 30 : A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat has been jailed in Dubai for six months after he was charged for forging his employer’s signature at least...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 30 : Pakistan’s coronavirus fatalities have crossed the 10,000-mark in the past 24 hours after 55 more infected patients succumbed to the disease, taking the overall death toll...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 30 : The Afghan Parliament on Wednesday rejected the 2021 fiscal year’s budget, citing “serious problems”. The exclusion of 1,131 provincial projects, the allocation of Afs13 billion ($166...
Read More..Colombo, Dec 30 : The World Health Organization (WHO) has assured that a Covid-19 vaccine could be made available for Sri Lanka by March 2021, as health authorities in the...
Read More..By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Dec 30 : China is continuing to mount an all-out, if not desperate, effort to salvage lost ground in Nepal, by now trying to forge a...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 30 : The plight of thousands of girls from religious minorities who are forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan each year has once again...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 30 : With an increasing gas crisis in the country, Pakistan will be buying an all-time high priced Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for February 2021. The...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 30 : A Indian man was killed in an alleged gunfight with members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) just days after the conclusion of the...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 30 : After reports emerged about Pakistans ally and all-weather friend China, asking Islamabad to provide guarantees if it intends to avail the $6 billion package;...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 30 : Fourteen people, including two security personnel, were injured in a grenade attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. On Tuesday, a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps was...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 30 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has highlighted the importance of joint efforts with Uzbekistan to promote regional connectivity for economic growth and development of the region....
Read More..By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 30 : A federal court has permanently shut down a US-based computer scam that preyed on elderly Americans using call centre operators in India resulting...
Read More..New Delhi, Dec 29 : Indian Air Force chief R.K.S.Bhadauria on Tuesday said that Pakistan is becoming a pawn in Chinese policy and Beijing could use it to enter Afghanistan...
Read More..New York, Dec 29 : US President-elect Joe Biden has named Aisha Shah, a former staffer in his campaign, as the partnerships manager for his White House Office of Digital...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 29 : Narendra Kumar Sinha has testified against his brother, the former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Kumar Sinha in a case that involves the embezzlement...
Read More..Dubai, Dec 29 : The Consulate General of India in Dubai announced that it will host a monthly breakfast for expat workers at their accommodations as part of a new...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 29 : Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that targeted killings of journalists and civil society activists were “an attack on a generation” and an attempt to further...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 29 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday reiterated that Prime Minister Imran Khan will not resign at the behest of the 11-party opposition alliance, the...
Read More..Karachi, Dec 29 : Health authorities in Pakistan’s Sindh province announced on Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant found in the UK has been identified in three samples taken from...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 29 : Pakistan President Arif Alvi has backed calls for a national dialogue on electoral reforms, but made it clear that Prime Minister Imran Khan will decide when...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 29 : As the fight for the ownership and brand of Basmati rice between New Delhi and Islamabad continue in the European Union (EU), interestingly the...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 29 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that a railway project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will boost the country’s exports by improving connectivity. “With the...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 28 : Pakistan’s largest religious party Jamat-e-Islami (JI) has come out with serious criticism of the government and opposition political parties, stating that all parties are...
Read More..Colombo, Dec 28 : Sri Lanka on Monday kicked-off a pilot program to welcome tourists into the island country by re-opening a southern airport, as its international airports have remained...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 28 : At least seven people were killed and several others injured on Monday when an overspeeding passenger van lost control and fell into a deep gorge in...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 28 : In the wake of a series of violent attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Monday said that the government will double the...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 28 : Concerned over the recent political crisis in Nepal following the dissolution of the House of Representatives, a high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) delegation arrived in Kathmandu...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 28 : Pakistan has expressed concerns about the spike in violence in Afghanistan and assured help in enhancing security, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The statement issued...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 27 : Residents in 24 municipalities across Bangladesh will go to the polls on Monday to cast their ballots in the first phase of the country’s municipal elections...
Read More..Karachi, Dec 27 : Pakistan’s Sindh province will not release the four men accused of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl 18 years ago, a media report said on...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 27 : Nepal health officials and experts have warned of a further spread of the novel coronavirus as protests have erupted across the Himalayan nation after the House...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 27 : A Pakistan Army helicopter crashed in the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region, leaving four people dead, a military statement said on Sunday. The helicopter crashed on Saturday...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 27 : Two people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion near a football ground in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, an official said on Sunday. The explosion...
Read More..Colombo, Dec 27 : Sri Lanka’s overall coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 40,000 mark after 500 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, the Health...
Read More..Yangon, Dec 27 : Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports has announced the lifting of stay-at-home order in some townships across regions and states as they have witnessed lesser daily...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 26 : Tense relations and the never-ending rivalry between Pakistan and India has reflected in a daily joint parade at the border openings for decades, where...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 26 : The Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan is confronted with yet another setback in the Riko Diq case as the high court in the British...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 26 : Four people, including two police officers, were killed and four others wounded in separate explosions in Kabul, marking the latest in a series of bomb attacks...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 26 : Kabul has once again exposed Islamabads double standards on playing a peacemaker in Afghan conflict by severely condemning the presence of Taliban fighters...
Read More..By Rajnish SinghNew Delhi, Dec 26 : Indian and Bangladesh border guarding forces will jointly engage in “streamlining mechanism” in the upcoming year to curb trans-border crimes — a major...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 26 : Two police officers were killed and three others injured on Saturday in separate explosions in Kabul, marking the latest in a series of bomb attacks in...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 26 : In the last 24 hours, Bangladesh reported 1,163 new coronavirus cases and 20 fatalities, which increased the overall infection tally and death toll to 507,265 and...
Read More..By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Dec 25 : The Indian government has given its domestic intelligence, internal security and counter-intelligence agency — the Intelligence Bureau (IB) — a bigger role...
Read More..By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Dec 25 : Japan wants Germany to send a warship to East Asia in the new year as it drums up support from like-minded nations against...
Read More..Abu Dhabi, Dec 25 : Indian expats from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, who are currently stranded in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic-induced travel restrictions,...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 25 : The decision of Pakistans Sindh High Court (SHC) to strike down the preventive detention of the suspected kidnappers and killers of American journalist Daniel...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 25 : The presence of Taliban leaders and their fighters in Pakistan is a “clear violation of Afghanistans national sovereignty” and will challenge the war-torn country’s peace process,...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 25 : A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) who mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, to more than...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 25 : Christians in Pakistan celebrated Christmas on Friday, with special prayers held across the country. Both President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan felicitated the Christian...
Read More..By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Dec 25 : Another Indo-Canadian man has been arrested and charged in connection with Indian call centre scams targeting Canadians. Abhinav Bector, 25, of Brampton, Toronto, has...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 25 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the army personnel to stand by the people of the nation and improve their livelihoods. Hasina...
Read More..By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Dec 24 : Turkey is going all out to woo Bangladesh.After inaugurating a plush embassy campus at Ankara, Turkey has now evinced interest in selling weapons...
Read More..Agartala, Dec 24 : Three persons kidnapped from Tripura by members of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have been released after 17 days of captivity in adjoining...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 24 : A British government report has revealed that illegal money from Pakistan has continued to make its way into the UK and vice-versa, without any...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 24 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that there can be no talks with India under the current deteriorating situation between the two...
Read More..By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Dec 24 : Chinas plan to construct a 2000-km high-tech border fence on its southern border has riled Myanmar.China argues that the fence will curb coronavirus...
Read More..Abu Dhabi, Dec 24 : A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian boy has created a Guinness World Record for identifying the most aeroplane tails in a minute, a media report...
Read More..By Ahmed Ali FayyazNew Delhi, Dec 24 : In the results declared on Tuesday, the Kashmiris have experienced arguably their cleanest ever democratic process, after the Assembly elections of 1977,...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 24 : Pakistan’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has announced that the federal government will soon make a decision about the availability of a vaccine against the...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 24 : As the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is all set to split into two factions, Chinese Ambassador to the Himalayan nation Hou Yanqi held talks with...
Read More..Yangon, Dec 24 : The Myanmar peace process is expected to move forward in 2021 after the general elections held in November this year gave the ruling National League for...
Read More..New York, Dec 24 : The National Basketball Association (NBA) League of the US has got its first-ever full time Indian-origin referee in Suyash Mehta. In an official announcement made...
Read More..Karachi, Dec 24 : The Dhabeji Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to be developed under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Sindh province will generate $1 billion investment...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 23 : Nepal Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli has been removed as the parliamentary leader of Nepal Communist Party amid an internal turbulence within the Himalayan nation’s ruling party...
Read More..By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Dec 23 : An alleged killing of human rights activist Karima Baloch in Canada’s Toronto has stirred up debates across the globe with activists demanding...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 23 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the PTI government has to take its performance to much higher levels in the remaining time of its five-year...
Read More..By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Dec 22 : Gautam Raghavan, who was named by US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday as the Deputy Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, is...
Read More..Chandigarh, Dec 22 : Less than 48 hours after recovery of 11 Arges 84 hand grenades, Punjab Police on Tuesday recovered an AK-47 rifle and a magazine with 30 cartridges,...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 22 : Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has warned of imminent threats to the lives of at least 20 prominent politicians, majority of whom are part...
Read More..By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Dec 22 : The Imran Khan government in Pakistan appears to be bracing for a taste of its own medicine with outright uproar from those now in...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 22 : The 51st round of the Director-General level border coordination meeting between India’s Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) was underway on...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 22 : The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country’s opposition parties, has said that it was ready for the second phase of its...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 22 : As the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is on the verge of a collapse, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday organised a separate gathering of...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 22 : At least five people were killed and two others injured in a blast in Kabul on Tuesday, police said. According to police spokesman Ferdaus Faramarz, the...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 22 : Bangladesh’s cabinet has decided to vaccinate at least 45 million people before May or June 2021 against the novel coronavirus, it was announced. After a meeting...
Read More..BY VISHAL GULATIDharamsala, Dec 22 : In a historic achievement for the Tibetan government-in-exile, the US Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) of 2020...
Read More..New Delhi/Toronto, Dec 22 : A prominent Baloch activist, Karima Baloch, who took on the Pakistan Army over human rights abuses in Balochistan, was found dead in mysterious circumstances in...
Read More..Jammu, Dec 22 : Pakistan continued ceasefire violation on the line of control (LoC) on the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Defence...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 22 : The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have achieved major progress despite grave economic and health challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Chairman of the CPEC...
Read More..Dubai, Dec 21 : An unemployed Indian expat from Kerala, who lost his job in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, won $1 million at the Dubai Duty Free (DDF)...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 21 : Seven people, including a highway police chief, were killed in two improvised bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Monday, according to authorities. In Parwan province, five police...
Read More..Quetta, Dec 21 : The Pakistan Army confirmed on Monday that a soldier was killed during a clash with terrorists in Balochistan province. In a statement, the Army said that...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 21 : With the sudden dissolution of the House of Representatives of Nepal’s Federal Parliament by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Himalayan nation has now entered a...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 21 : Over the last three days, at least 28 civilians lost their lives in bomb blasts across Afghanistan, while 47 others were injured, according to officials. In...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 20 : In a bid to stop border killings, Border Guard Bangladesh Director General, Major General Md Shafeenul Islam on Sunday called on residents of frontier...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 20 : Bangladesh’s Chief of Army Staff, Gen Aziz Ahmed, on Sunday warned that all those conspiring to tarnish the force’s image would be brought to...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 20 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that to ensure proper and developed training of air force cadets, seven K-8W jet trainer aircraft...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 20 : Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday dissolved the House of Representatives as recommended by Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli earlier in the day, setting the stage...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 20 : Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have soared past $42 billion amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the central bank’s latest data revealed on Sunday. According to the provisional...
Read More..By Rajnish SinghNew Delhi, Dec 20 : Border related issues, better coordination and streamlining of mechanisms on how to jointly curb various trans-border crimes are six key issues in the...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 20 : The Pakistan Supreme Court announced that a decision will be taken on a letter in which Omar Sheikh, the key accused in the 2002 murder of...
Read More..Thimphu, Dec 20 : Thimphu, the capitalof Bhutan, went into a complete lockdown on Sunday after a 25-year-old woman, who visited a flu clinic at the National Referral Hospital in...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 20 : At least nine people killed and 15 others injured after an explosion rocked Kabul on Sunday, police in the Afghan capital confirmed. The explosion took place...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 20 : Police in Bangladesh have arrested three members of the ruling Awami League’s youth front, Juba League, over their involvement in the vandalism of a...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 20 : The deepening divide between the Pakistani military Generals and the top politicians of the country has been acknowledged by Imran Khan, himself dubbed...
Read More..By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Dec 20 : Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” has been rejected for Oscar nomination in the best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards....
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 20 : Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday recommended dissolution of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament at an emergency Cabinet meeting. The recommendation...
Read More..Kathmandu, Dec 20 : In a first, the Nepal government has decided to issue licenses for mountaineering guides to climb the Himalayan mountains. To date, based on the recommendation of...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 19 : At least 12 people were killed when a train collided into a bus on Saturday morning at a rail crossing in Bangladesh’s Joypurhat district. Senior police...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 19 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has admitted a petition filed against the recently enforced social media rules in Pakistan, for regular hearing, it was reported on...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 19 : Asad Umar, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, joining a list of top politicians...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 19 : Multiple rockets were fired at the Bagram Airfield, a major US airbase in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, on Saturday, officials said, adding that there were no immediate...
Read More..Washington, Dec 19 : US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has appointed Indian-American Vedant Patel as the Assistant President Secretary. The announcement was made by the Biden-Harris transition team on...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 19 : Four rockets were fired at the Bagram Airfield, a major US airbase in Afghanistan, on Saturday, officials said. The rockets were fired from the Qalandarkhil area...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modis gesture of writing a letter to Pakistans former PM Nawaz Sharif condoling the death of his mother has shown...
Read More..Srinagar, Dec 18 : Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 18 : At least 30 militants were killed in an airstrike targeting a gathering of Taliban fighters Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Friday, a government official said. “A group...
Read More..Colombo, Dec 18 : Sri Lanka has been endorsed as the Vice Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers from 2021 to 2023 and will take...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 18 : A report has claimed that the US Department of Defence has failed to keep track of surveillance systems, controls for laser-guided bombs, night-vision devices and other...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 18 : Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has invited the Taliban to Kandahar province to engage in a discussion for bringing peace to the war-torn country, the media reported....
Read More..Islamabad/Dubai, Dec 18 : Visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, during...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 18 : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to immediately hold bypolls in eight constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, which have been pending in the...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 18 : The top UN envoy for Afghanistan told the Security Council that peace in the war-torn country will be achieved only by making the process inclusive from...
Read More..New Delhi, Dec 18 : More than 62 million South Asian people will be forced to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050, a new study revealed...
Read More..Washington, Dec 18 : US Army General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met Taliban negotiators this week in Qatar amid the ongoing American troops pullout from...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 18 : It was a moment of happiness and a day to cheer for many residing on the Bangladesh side of the Indo-Bangla border as the...
Read More..By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Dec 17 : As 2020 draws to a close, Vietnam is going to be one of the few countries which will successfully beat the economic downturn...
Read More..New Delhi, Dec 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday acknowledged the threat of terrorism to both the countries and reiterated their commitment...
Read More..New Delhi, Dec 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday acknowledged the threat of terrorism to both the countries and reiterated their commitment...
Read More..Dubai, Dec 17 : A Dubai-based Indian man stabbed a colleague 11 times in a fit of rage after his company failed to send him home, a media report said....
Read More..Kabul, Dec 17 : Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council of National Reconciliation, has said that a debate to decide the location of the next round of the peace...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 17 : In a phone call with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on all sides in the war-torn country for a reduction in...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 17 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday embarked on a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for talks on bilateral matters, according to...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 17 : Water sharing and management of trans-boundary rivers will dominate the Indo-Bangladesh Summit on Thursday led by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 16 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sought to reassure every religious community that the country equally belongs to people of all faiths as...
Read More..Hyderabad, Dec 16 : Bhutan Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said on Wednesday that he is a surgeon first and forever and that politics is only a passing phase in...
Read More..Jammu, Dec 16 : Pakistan violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district on Wednesday evening, a defence official said. Defence Ministry spokesman, Colonel Devender...
Read More..By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 16 : The US Congress has expressed concern over China’s “aggression” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India and declared as “baseless” the...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 16 : Ministers from Imran Khans cabinet in Pakistan continue with their rant against India in spite of being mocked on various social media platforms....
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 16 : The people of Bangladesh on Wednesday celebrated the 50th Victory Day.On December 16, 1971, Lt.Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, the Chief Martial Law Administrator...
Read More..New York, Dec 16 : An Indian origin man has been killed in an accident involving airport equipment in Chicago, according to news reports. Jijo George, 35, whose family is...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 15 : US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said “it is imperative” that the peace talks between the negotiating teams of the Kabul government and...
Read More..By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 15 : Just as Lahore was getting ready on Sunday for the sixth power show of the 11-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) opposition alliance at...
Read More..Washington, Dec 15 : NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) have selected three astronauts, including Indian-American Raja Chari, to serve as crew members for SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 15 : The Pakistan Supreme Court was informed that the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has cleared 110 pilots out of the 141 whose licences had...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 15 : A senior Afghan official and his assistant were killed in a bomb blast in Kabul on Tuesday, an Interior Affairs Ministry official has confirmed. “Mahbubullah Muhibi...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 15 : Vladimir Norov, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), said the coronavirus pandemic, despite its enormous damage to public health and global economy, had brought new...
Read More..Islamabad, Dec 15 : Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province foiled a terror plot to attack the Islamabad Stock Exchange and other important government installations in the capital and arrested three...
Read More..By Aarti Tikoo SinghNew Delhi/Canberra: ‘India’ figured over 100 times in cryptic codewords in the leaked database of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) employees embedded in some of the biggest...
Read More..By D.C.PathakThe stir led by the agriculturists of Punjab against the recently enacted triple laws that were intended to reform the rural economy and enhance the income of farmers, predictably...
Read More..By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Dec 14 : In a decision that will have huge geopolitical implications, India and Bangladesh have decided to resume trans-border railway connectivity between Haldibari in West...
Read More..Kabul, Dec 14 : The negotiating team of Afghan government will return to Kabul on Monday from Doha, after calling for a 23-day break in their three-month peace talks with...
Read More..Lahore, Dec 14 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the PDM opposition alliance’s final power show in Lahore, during which he accused his successor Imran Khan for the...
Read More..By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 14 : After 49 years of the Liberation War, the Bangladesh government has approved a primary list of 1,222 martyred intellectuals who made sacrifices for the...
Read More..By Hitesh TikooSrinagar, Dec 14 : Two Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) terrorists were killed during an encounter that took place in Poonch district.One terrorist was captured by the...
Read More..Yangon, Dec 14 : Myanmar authorities have announcement the extension of preventive measures against the coronavirus pandemic until December 31. The Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Covid-19...
Read More..Rawalpindi, Dec 14 : At least 25 people were injured after a blast hit a market area in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi city, police said. According to city police officer Mohammad Ahsan...
Read More..Dhaka, Dec 13 : Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A.K.Abdul Momen on Sunday said the “month of victory” will come up in a big way at the coming India-Bangladesh Prime Ministers...
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