Ten outstanding Bangladeshi students to receive online training offered by Huawei
Sep 04, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka/Xinhua: Huawei, the world's leading ICT solutions provider will offer an online training program to 10 outstanding ICT talents from five renowned universities of Bangladesh.
Afghanistan: Near-record violence risks derailing imminent talks between Government and Taliban
Sep 04, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New York: The UN’s top official in Afghanistan has warned that with the formal launch of direct peace negotiations imminent, near-record violence in the country is creating an atmosphere of mistrust that risks derailing long-sought talks between the Government and the Taliban.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill religious scholar in Paktia
Sep 04, 2020, at 02:42 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed religious scholar and Quran memorizer Mawlawi Mohajer in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Facebook removes several Pakistani accounts over 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour'
Sep 04, 2020, at 12:58 am
San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it has removed 453 Facebook accounts, 103 Pages, 78 Groups and 107 Instagram accounts operated from Pakistan for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'.
Pakistan Christian man accused of blasphemy arrested
Sep 04, 2020, at 12:38 am
Islamabad: Pakistan continues to persecute its religious minorities with a Christian man arrested in the northwestern city of Nowshera under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws being the latest victim, media reports said.
China cries foul over India's second digital strike on Beijing post-Ladakh faceoff
Sep 03, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China has cried foul over the Indian government's banning of 118 mobile apps including the very popular PUBG following the fresh attempt by the neighbour to change the status-quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), media reports said.
CPEC: Maryam Nawaz asks Asim Bajwa to face allegations
Sep 03, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Islamabad: Reflecting the internal conflict within the political paradigm of Pakistan, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz has asked China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Chairman and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa to face the allegations against him.
Tibet govt-in exile slams Chinese president Xi Jinping's call to ‘sinicize’ Tibetan Buddhism
Sep 03, 2020, at 03:59 am
Beijing: Tibet’s India-based exile government has slammed Chinese President Xi Jinping's call to "sinicize" the Tibetan people's Buddhist religion.
COVID-19-hit China now faces a food crisis after massive floods
Sep 02, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Beijing: Already hammered by COVID-19 pandemic, China might soon be fighting against another challenge- the food crisis- owing to the massive flood it experienced in recent times.
Taiwan presents changed passport cover to avoid confusion with Chinese one - State Media
Sep 02, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: The Taiwanese government on Wednesday presented a new design of its passport to ensure it reflects the difference between it and China, the state-owned Central News Agency reported.
Bangladesh: Three killed in Chattogram container depot blast
Sep 02, 2020, at 09:38 pm
Dhaka: An explosion of a fuel tank at a private container depot in the Laldiar Char area of Patenga in Bangladesh's Chattogram area left at least three people killed, media reports said.
New York: People protest outside Pakistan Consulate over forceful abductions
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New York: A large number of people on Sunday gathered outside the Pakistan consulate in New York to demonstrate against the forceful abductions of people from the minority communities in Pakistan by its Army and Intelligence wing.
Anti-Pakistan protest: Sindhi Baloch Forum members demonstrate outside UK Parliament
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:06 am
London: Members of the Sindhi Baloch Forum demonstrated outside the UK Parliament against the Pakistan government over the issue of enforced disappearance.
They shall pay a heavy price: China warns Czech speaker Milos Vystrcil as he visits Taiwan
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:37 am
Beijing: The visit of a 90-member delegation led by Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil to Taiwan has angered China as Beijing said the group will pay a heavy price for their 'short-sighted behaviors and political opportunism'.
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:27 am
London: Protesters gathered outside the residence of British PM Boris Johnson to demonstrate against Pakistan on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Pakistan to further historic, fraternal ties with Saudi Arabia: FM
Sep 01, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan is determined to further build up deep-rooted historic and fraternal ties with Saudi Arabia, according to a statement released by the Pakistani foreign ministry on Tuesday.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh government lifts bar on public movement
Sep 01, 2020, at 03:03 pm
Dhaka: Amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the Bangladesh government has lifted restrictions on movement and activities for the public starting Tuesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 3 security officials killed in Taliban attack in Paktia
Sep 01, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Paktia: At least three security officials were killed as Taliban militants attacked a public protection forces unit compound in Gardez city of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Tuesday, media reports said.
Chinese language imposition: Mongolians demonstrate against China in Tokyo
Sep 01, 2020, at 04:29 am
Tokyo: A large number of Mongolians assembled in front of the Chinese embassy Japanese city of Tokyo and protested against President Xi Jinping-led administration on Aug 28.
I will stand for justice for my dad: Daughter of US man killed at Pakistan blasphemy trial
Sep 01, 2020, at 03:40 am
Washington: Daughter of the US national, who was shot dead in a Pakistan court, has revealed she has received 'nasty threats' but was not deterred by them.
Nepal: records 899 new cases of COVID-19, tally stands at 39,460
Sep 01, 2020, at 01:56 am
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal's Health Ministry on Monday reported 899 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country, taking the national tally to 39,460.
Pakistan-China nexus needs to be broken to solve Kashmir issue: self-exiled Uyghur leader
Aug 31, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Washington: A self-exiled Uyghur leader has said only when the nexus between China and Pakistan could be broken the Kashmir issue can be solved.
Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold bilateral talks
Aug 31, 2020, at 04:31 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistani and Afghan officials will hold talks in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday to review bilateral cooperation in various fields including security and economy, Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Aug 31, 2020, at 04:25 am
Washington: A Chinese national and researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles has been arrested on federal charges of destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation after he was observed throwing a damaged hard drive into a dumpster outside his apartment, the Justice Department announced today.
Specially-abled persons in Gilgit-Baltistan suffering due to bureaucratic hurdles
Aug 31, 2020, at 04:22 am
Gilgit: Specially-abled persons in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan are facing troubles in getting education and job quota due to bureaucratic hurdles, media reports said.
Bangladesh crime: Youth stabbed to death in Dhaka
Aug 31, 2020, at 12:53 am
Dhaka: A youth was stabbed to death by unknown men in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves one person killed
Aug 30, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Kabul: A blast in Kabul city of Afghanistan left one person dead and another wounded, media reports said on Sunday.
Death toll in Pakistan's torrential rains rises to 134
Aug 30, 2020, at 02:33 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: The death toll in torrential rains that had been lashing Pakistan in separate spells since June, has risen to 134, the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report.
Bangladesh: Veteran journalist Rahat Khan passes away
Aug 30, 2020, at 05:13 am
Dhaka/UNI: Veteran journalist and litterateur in Bangladesh Rahat Khan died of old age complications at his Eskatan Garden residence in the city on Friday night.
Pakistan: Three JuD members convicted on charges of terror financing
Aug 29, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Islamabad/UNI: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has convicted three leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in a terror financing related case registered by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).