Sep 11, 2024, at 09:50 pm
Police have arrested a person in Bangladesh's Rajshahi region after he was found illegally occupying the residence of a Hindu community member and even damaging the idol, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Former PM Sheikh Hasina sued over death of Jatiyatabadi activist during violent protests
Sep 10, 2024, at 09:56 pm
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India last month, and 134 others were sued over the death of Jatiyatabadi activist Sramik Dal during a violent mass movement in the country recently which led to the ouster of the ex-Awami League government.
Pakistan: 13 people, including six cops, injured after explosion rocks South Waziristan
Sep 10, 2024, at 09:18 pm
At least six police personnel and seven civilians were hurt after an explosion rocked Pakistan's Wana region in South Waziristan district on Monday.
Sep 10, 2024, at 12:00 am
The trial date for three Pakistani people, who are accused of murdering a 10-year-old girl in Surrey, has been set by a UK court on October 7.
Three die in two separate terror attacks in Pakistan
Sep 09, 2024, at 05:31 am
Two separate terror incidents in Wana and Lucky Marwat area of Pakistan have left at least three people, including two head constables, dead, media reports said.
Sep 09, 2024, at 04:54 am
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a rights organisation,has condemned an alleged continuing campaign of 'threats, disinformation and smear tactics' by China against its staff, leadership and scholars.
Drastic measures would be taken if someone vandalises Durga Puja pandals: Interim government adviser
Sep 09, 2024, at 02:09 am
An Interim government adviser on Sunday warned 'drastic measures' would be taken if someone tries to vandalise Durga Puja marquee or prevent people from celebrating the Hindu festival in Bangladesh.
Taiwan detects 19 PLA aircraft, seven naval vessels around its territory
Sep 08, 2024, at 01:20 am
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence has said 19 Chinese military aircraft, seven naval vessels and two official ships were detected around its territory recently.
Sep 08, 2024, at 01:03 am
Bangladesh's Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain on Saturday confirmed his government is not planning to change the national anthem of the country.
Pakistan: Case filed against three for 'raping' school teacher
Sep 08, 2024, at 12:11 am
Kot Addu city police in Pakistan have registered a case against a man and two of his accomplices for allegedly raping a woman schoolteacher and even depriving her of Rs5 million on the pretext of arranging US visas for her and her family.
Local journalist gunned down in Pakistan's Mastung
Sep 07, 2024, at 01:09 am
Unknown gunmen shot dead a local journalist who was working with a news agency in Pakistan's Mastung region on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Unidentified armed men kidnap cop in Bannu
Sep 07, 2024, at 01:02 am
Unidentified armed men kidnapped a cop from his home in Pakistan's Bannu region, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Police officer shot down by unknown gunmen in Quetta
Sep 05, 2024, at 12:10 am
A police officer was killed after unknown gunmen shot at his car in Quetta City in Pakistan on Tuesday.
Tibetans-in-exile mark 64th anniversary of 'Democracy Day' in Dharamshala
Sep 04, 2024, at 11:52 pm
Tibetans-in-exile recently marked the 64th anniversary of ‘Democracy Day’ in Dharamshala to mark the day of establishing democracy for Tibetans.
Sep 04, 2024, at 11:33 pm
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has criticised Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and said the sentiment on the ground is 'anti-India, anti-women and anti-democracy'.
Sep 04, 2024, at 04:10 pm
A 40-year-old Pakistani female school teacher was shot dead in front of her father for allegedly refusing a marriage proposal.
Pakistan: PESCO employees threaten strike over brutal killings of colleague
Sep 04, 2024, at 12:59 am
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) employees recently announced a complete strike in Swabi on September 2 to protest the brutal killing of a colleague.
China: 11 die after bus rams crowd of students in Shandong Province
Sep 03, 2024, at 09:52 pm
A bus ran into a crowd of students in China's Shandong Province on Tuesday which left at least 11 people dead and 13 others injured, media reports said.
Sep 03, 2024, at 03:55 pm
Chinese envoy Yao Wen visited the Jamaat-e-Islami office in Dhaka and described the outfit as a well-organised political party.
Pakistan: Karachi mall opening turns chaotic, unruly mob damage, loot goods
Sep 03, 2024, at 12:29 am
The opening of the Dream Bazaar Mall in Pakistan's Karachi city recently turned into a nightmare with an unruly mob rushing inside the commercial building, vandalising it and even looting goods with police remaining absent from the scene.
Sep 02, 2024, at 12:23 am
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to 'settle accounts' with Hamas leaders after six bodies of hostages were recovered from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
Pakistan: Man gets lifer for desecrating Quran
Sep 01, 2024, at 12:39 am
A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for desecrating the Quran in 2021 within the remits of the Korangi police station in Karachi.
Human rights body claims China subjects Tibetan people to inhuman treatment
Sep 01, 2024, at 12:12 am
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has said China is still subjecting Tibtean people to inhuman treatment due to their religious beliefs and cultural identities.
East Turkistan Government in Exile claims China conducted 47 nuclear tests between 1964 and 1996
Aug 31, 2024, at 11:24 pm
The East Turkistan Government in Exile has said the Chinese government conducted 47 nuclear tests in East Turkistan between 1964 and 1996 which resulted in the deaths of approximately 750,000 East Turkistanis and left 1.2 million more suffering from leukemia, cancer, and fetal damage.
Aug 30, 2024, at 03:05 pm
The interim government in Bangladesh has decided to scrap the law which ensures additional security for the family members of country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by considering it a 'discriminatory policy'.
Pakistan: Four government employees kidnapped at gunpoint in DI Khan
Aug 29, 2024, at 10:28 pm
Four Pakistani government employees were kidnapped at gunpoint from Kulachi tehsil of DI Khan district, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Rawalpindi registers 17 dengue cases in past 24 hours
Aug 29, 2024, at 10:08 pm
Rawalpindi has reported 17 dengue cases in the past 24 hours, struggling to contain the disease in the rainy season.
Aug 28, 2024, at 11:14 pm
The body of a Bangladeshi TV journalist has been recovered from Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka city, media reports said.
Aug 28, 2024, at 08:11 pm
A Pakistani industrialist's wife was caught on camera appearing unremorseful after allegedly killing two people after hitting them with her car in Karachi city has triggered anger in the country.
OHCHR demands immediate revocation of new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women
Aug 28, 2024, at 03:41 pm
A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked.