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Days after massive earthquake kills 157, another one hits Nepal today; tremors felt in Delhi | Mizoram votes tomorrow to elect 40-member Assembly | Rajasthan Polls 2023: Ashok Gehlot files nomination from Sardarpura seat | Delhi's air quality remains in 'severe' category, Arvind Kejriwal calls emergency meeting | Karnataka: Police arrest driver of govt officer who was found dead | Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar's record with stunning CWC23 ton on birthday | World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli's record ton spearheads India's charge at Eden Gardens | 'Enough is enough': Ex-UK Faith Advisor calls for pro-Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh's arrest over 'Air India' threat | Congress leaders are upsetting MPs as they try to set their sons' political future: PM Modi in Madhya Pradesh | Injured Hardik Pandya to miss remainder of Cricket World Cup 2023

Bangladesh: Three family members fund dead in Barishal

Dec 07, 2019, at 04:46 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Police have recovered bodies of three members of a family from  Barishal’s Banaripara area in Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.

RAB arrest two suspected terrorists from Dhaka 

Dec 06, 2019, at 04:32 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on Thursday arrested two members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from the country's capital city Dhaka, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Father sent to jail for raping teenage daughter

Dec 06, 2019, at 09:44 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladeshi court on Thursday sent a man to jail for allegedly raping his daughter, media reports said on Friday.

Jalalabad: Japanese national with honorary Afghanistan citizenship killed

Dec 04, 2019, at 04:28 pm

Kabul/IBNS: A Japanese national with honorary Afghan citizenship died following an attack on him in Afghanistan's eastern Jalalabad city, media reports said on Wednesday.

UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto meets Afghanistan security agencies over killing of its staff in Kabul

Dec 04, 2019, at 03:36 pm

Kabul/IBNS: UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto led a delegation recently to meet with Afghanistan’s security agencies chaired by President Ashraf Ghani concerning last week’s incident in Kabul which resulted in the killing a UN staff member.

Pakistan to widen cooperation with Sri Lanka

Dec 03, 2019, at 05:32 pm

Colombo/UNI: Pakistan is seeking to widen the scope of cooperation with Sri Lanka to include defence, trade and investment, tourism, and multi-industry capacity building.

Bangladesh government is denying Rohingya children education: Human Rights Watch

Dec 03, 2019, at 04:10 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: The government Bangladesh is blocking aid groups from providing any meaningful education to Rohingya children in refugee camps and banning the children from attending schools outside the camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday.

Pervez Musharraf undergoing treatment in Dubai hospital

Dec 03, 2019, at 03:47 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is unwell and he is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dubai city, media reports said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Terrorists attack security forces vehicle in Kabul, 2 killed

Dec 03, 2019, at 03:21 pm

Kabul/IBNS: At least two security personnel were killed and three were hurt when gunmen attacked an Afghan security forces vehicle in Pul-e-Charkhi area in Kabul city, media reports said on Tuesday.

Kartarpur of concern: Pakistani boy, Indian girl use holy shrine complex to meet; Pak sends back girl

Dec 03, 2019, at 10:38 am

Islamabad/IBNS:  Kartarpur Corridor opening is bringing new concerns for the Sikh community when it was reported that an Indian girl who used the visit to meet a Pakistani boy she had befriended on social media has gone missing in Pakistan. The boy and the girl had tried to use the holy shrine complex to meet each other recently. 

Pakistan's PTI leader, once sacked for anti-Hindu remarks, returns as minister once again in Punjab

Dec 03, 2019, at 10:33 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Revealing the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government's double standards, Fayyaz ul Hasan Chohan of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf  (PTI, who had once triggered controversy for his comments against Hindu community, has been inducted in the Punjab government's cabinet on the same portfolio of the provincial information minister.

Afghan Army kills 5 Taliban militants, including Senior Red Unit Commander : spokesman

Dec 02, 2019, at 06:03 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Five Taliban militants, including Qari Shafiq, senior commander of the movement's special forces, the Red Unit, were killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army's 207th Corps, Abdul Hadi Jamal, told Sputnik on Monday.

Sri Lanka aims to increase investments from key markets including China

Dec 02, 2019, at 09:44 am

Colombo/Xinhua/UNI: Sri Lanka's new government will aim to increase investments from China and a few other leading markets next year in order to boost the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) sector and the economy of the island country, State Minister of Investment Promotion Keheliya Rambukwella was quoted in local media reports as saying here Monday

Bangladesh: Four members of banned terrorist outfit arrested in Dhaka

Dec 01, 2019, at 10:10 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh security officials have arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Dhaka city, media reports said.

Pakistan: 14-yr-old Christian girl "abducted and converted" to Islam, but girl says it happened with consent

Dec 01, 2019, at 08:47 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: In a repetition of what had happened to Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur, now a Pakistani Christian girl, who was identified as Huma Masih, has been allegedly abducted and then converted to Islam. However, the girl on a video message said she went with the man with her consent and converted though she being a minor the marriage is a violation of law. 

ISIS claims responsibility for London stabbing; judgement on Pak-origin attacker had spoken of his madrassa radicalisation

Dec 01, 2019, at 06:30 pm

London/IBNS: The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the London Bridge stabbing attack incident which left two people dead on Friday even as more information coming to fore showed that the attacker, a Pakistani origin man, had been radicalised in madrassa to prepare for acts of terrorism in Kashmir and the United Kingdom (UK).

Newborn among 8 killed in airstrike in Afghanistan’s Khost province

Dec 01, 2019, at 10:48 am

Kabul/UNI: Eight people, including a newborn, were killed when an airstrike was carried out on a car in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province.

Pakistan: JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, others to be indicted in terror financing case next month

Nov 30, 2019, at 11:11 pm

Islamabad/IBNS:  An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday announced that Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed will be indicted on Dec 7, media reports said.

London Bridge attacker is a Pakistani origin man who once wanted to build terror training camp in Kashmir

Nov 30, 2019, at 05:44 pm

London/IBNS: The man, who carried out the stabbing incident in London on Friday killing two people, was of Pakistan origin and once wanted to establish Sharia Law. He even had planned to build a terror training camp in Kashmir.

Bangladesh: Ansar member shot dead by unknown men 

Nov 30, 2019, at 05:11 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Unknown men shot dead an Ansar member in Bangladesh's Jeshore area on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Army Commander killed in explosion

Nov 30, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Kabul/IBNS: A roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's  Helmand province on Saturday left Brig. Gen. Zahirgul Muqbil, an army regiment commander of Afghan border forces, killed, media reports said.  

Pakistan: Lahore rickshaw blast leaves 10 hurt 

Nov 29, 2019, at 06:00 pm

Lahore/IBNS: At least 10 people were hurt as an explosion occurred in a rickshaw in Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Security forces arrest 3 Allahr Dal militants

Nov 29, 2019, at 03:40 pm

Dhaka/IBNS:  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials have arrested three alleged members of banned militant organization Allahr Dal from Bangladesh's  Chuadanga district, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Premature car bomb explosion leaves 13 hurt

Nov 29, 2019, at 03:32 pm

Kabul/IBNS: At least 13 people were hurt as a Taliban planted car bomb went off prematurely in a residential area in northern Sar-e Pul province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Kabul Police EOD team defuse bomb planted close to a school

Nov 29, 2019, at 09:30 am

Kabul/IBNS:  The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team defused an improvised explosive device that was planted by suspected terrorists in Afghanistan capital city Kabul, media reports said.

Dhaka cafe attack: Anti-terrorism court sentences seven to death

Nov 27, 2019, at 04:27 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: An Anti-terrorism tribunal court in Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded death sentence to seven convicts in the 2016 Dhaka cafe attack which had claimed 22 lives, media reports said.

Kabul crime: Police arrest 21 people

Nov 27, 2019, at 03:27 pm

Kabul/IBNS: The Kabul Police have arrested 21 people from the Afghanistan capital city in connection with different criminal activities, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Court awards death sentence to three JMB men

Nov 26, 2019, at 09:04 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced to death three members of terror group JMB for killing an operative of the same group in 2012.

Bangladesh: Three JMB men arrested 

Nov 25, 2019, at 03:45 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh security officials have arrested three members of the banned terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: Taliban shadow district governor killed

Nov 25, 2019, at 03:29 pm

Kabul/IBNS: An airstrike in Faryab province of Afghanistan left   Mawlawi Abdul Ghafar, the Taliban-designated shadow district governor of Almar district, killed, media reports said.