IMF approves 4.7 bln USD loans for Bangladesh
Jan 31, 2023, at 10:26 pm
Dhaka: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved 3.3 billion U.S. dollars under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreements as well as 1.4 billion dollars under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) for Bangladesh.
Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:34 pm
New York: A UN-led group of humanitarians are hoping that the Taliban will allow Afghan women to again work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the ground following last month’s ban, four senior aid officials told journalists in New York on Monday.
Afghanistan: ISIS-Khorasan increases its attacks on Chinese projects
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:18 pm
Kabul: Islamic State-Khorasan and other terror outlets have started targeting Chinese projects in Afghanistan in recent times, a key Kabul-based news agency has said.
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:00 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for Member States to urge the military leadership in Myanmar to respect the will and needs of its own people, as risks to regional stability grow.
Antonio Guterres strongly condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:51 pm
New York: The UN chief and top officials have strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, that left at least 59 dead and 150 injured.
Pakistan: Death toll in mosque suicide blast rises to 88
Jan 31, 2023, at 06:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The death toll in a suicide bomb blast that hit a mosque on Monday in Pakistan's northwest provincial capital of Peshawar rose to 88, an official told media persons on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Death toll hits 72 in Peshawar mosque blast
Jan 31, 2023, at 03:17 pm
Peshawar: The death toll due to the bomb blast inside a mosque at the Police Lines compound in Pakistan's Peshawar city has touched 72, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan operations: Four alleged terrorists killed
Jan 31, 2023, at 02:54 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: At least four alleged terrorists were killed and one surrendered to the police during intelligence-based operations in Swabi and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
61 killed, 150 injured in Taliban suicide attack at Pakistan mosque
Jan 31, 2023, at 06:47 am
Peshawar/IBNS: At least 61 people died and 150 others were injured as a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque packed with worshippers in the high-security zone in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Peshawar mosque blast leaves 32 dead, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility
Jan 31, 2023, at 12:37 am
Peshawar: At least 32 people died as a blast occurred inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan Rupee continues its downslide
Jan 30, 2023, at 11:26 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Rupee once again depreciated by another Rs7.03, closing at Rs269.63 per dollar in the interbank market on Monday, as per data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
Pakistan: Blast inside Peshawar mosque leaves 28 dead, 150 injured
Jan 30, 2023, at 10:00 pm
Peshawar: At least 28 people died as a blast took place inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday.
Chinese authority detain Tibetan writer for contacting people in exile: Report
Jan 30, 2023, at 09:52 pm
Lasha: Chinese authorities in Tibet have detained a Tibetan writer and former teacher for allegedly contacting exiles outside the country, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Blast in Peshawar mosque leaves 18 dead
Jan 30, 2023, at 09:15 pm
Peshawar: At least 18 people died and 90 others were hurt as a bomb blast occurred inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday.
Pakistan: 50 hurt as blast rocks Peshawar mosque
Jan 30, 2023, at 08:12 pm
Peshawar: At least 50 people were injured as a blast rocked a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Imran Khan to run for 33 seats in crucial Pakistan polls
Jan 30, 2023, at 02:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan will contest in all the 33 seats in the upcoming National Assembly by-elections set to take place on March 16.
Pakistan: Security forces bust suicide bombers network
Jan 30, 2023, at 04:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces reportedly busted a network of suicide bombers, local media reported Saturday.
Pakistan govt hikes petrol-diesel prices by record Rs 35 per litre each amid economic crisis
Jan 30, 2023, at 01:27 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Sunday announced hiking the price of petrol and diesel by record Rs 35 per litre, adding more trouble for people in the nation which is facing an economic crisis.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from taking university entrance examinations
Jan 30, 2023, at 12:17 am
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have issued a new decree by which they banned female students from taking university entrance exams this year in all public and private universities, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 10 madrasa students die as boat capsizes in KP
Jan 29, 2023, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad: At least 10 children died when the boat in which they were travelling capsized in Tanda Dam lake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bus falls into ravine in Balochistan, 41 die
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:57 pm
Islamabad: At least 41 people died when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan's Lasbela area on Sunday morning, media reports said.
China resumes issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:14 pm
Beijing: China has resumed issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens after halting the procedure earlier in January, the Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Sunday.
Boat capsize: 16 kids rescued, 9 missing in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:08 pm
Islamabad: Sixteen children were rescued after a boat capsized in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said.
At least 40 killed as bus falls into ravine in Pakistan's Balochistan
Jan 29, 2023, at 06:31 pm
Islamabad/UNI: At least 40 people were killed on Sunday morning after a passenger bus fell in a ditch in the Lasbela district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, government authorities said.
Digitizing land records in India and Pakistan reduces conflict, delays and corruption
Jan 29, 2023, at 01:26 am
For Ramesh Gowda, a farmer in the southern province of Karnataka in India, acquiring and maintaining a small piece of land was not easy a few years back. He recalls how he struggled for a year to obtain a land title from the local record keepers.Computerisation seems to be bringing back a smile.
Myanmar: Car crash leaves five people dead
Jan 29, 2023, at 12:39 am
Yangon: At least five people died when a passenger bus collided with a probox car on Friday evening in southern Myanmar, according to a traffic policeman.
Pakistan witnessing 2.37m tonnes wheat shortage: Minister
Jan 29, 2023, at 12:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema has said the country is enduring a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons (MMT) during the current year.
Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk
Jan 28, 2023, at 09:50 pm
New York: Nearly two years on from Myanmar’s brutal military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis, undergoing a wholesale regression in human rights, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
Allah is responsible for Pakistan's development, prosperity: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
Jan 28, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said Allah (Islamic deity) is responsible for the country's development and prosperity.
Philippines 'vigilantly monitors' alleged harassment by China in South China Sea
Jan 28, 2023, at 04:15 am
Manila: The Philippines government has said it is 'vigilantly monitoring' the developments in the South China Sea and also probing the recent incident where a China Coast Guard ship allegedly harassed local fishermen near a Filipino-occupied shoal, media reports said.