Sri Lankan court rejects legal challenge over presidential candidate's citizenship
Oct 05, 2019, at 10:02 am
Colombo (Xinhua/UNI) A Sri Lankan court on Friday dismissed a legal case challenging presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Sri Lankan citizenship, thereby allowing him to contest the upcoming presidential polls.
Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi loses cool when asked about nations backing them on Kashmir
Oct 04, 2019, at 11:18 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has recently lost his cool when he was asked on a television show about the names of 58 nations which his Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed to have been backing them at the United Nations Human Rights Commission, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Police arrest leader of banned terror outfit HuJi who had met Osama Bin Laden
Oct 04, 2019, at 09:34 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Police have arrested a leader of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh or HuJI-B, media reports said.
Taliban delegation to visit Islamabad on Wednesday amid stalled peace talks: Spokesman
Oct 02, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Kabul, Oct 2 (Sputnik/UNI) A high-level Taliban delegation is due to visit Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday as part of its tour that includes Russia, China and Iran after the group's peace talks with the United States broke off last month, a Taliban spokesman said.
Five IS militants killed in drone strikes in E Afghanistan
Oct 02, 2019, at 04:34 pm
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Oct 2 (Xinhua) At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial government said Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Roadside bomb explosion leaves eight people wounded or killed
Oct 02, 2019, at 04:05 pm
Kabul: At least eight civilians, including a woman, were killed or wounded as a roadside bomb explosion hit Kapisa province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
South Africa: About 400 Bangladeshis murdered in 4 years
Oct 02, 2019, at 03:51 pm
Dhaka, Oct 2 (UNI) According to a recent report, more than 400 Bangladeshis have been murdered in South Africa over the past four years because of business and personal disputes within the community.
Kabul Police arrest man for murdering his father
Oct 02, 2019, at 09:22 am
Kabul: The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his own father in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.
Oct 01, 2019, at 04:28 pm
New York: Just two days ago, some three million Afghans faced the threat of terrorism and headed to the polls, to “vote not just for a president, but also for democracy,” Hamdulla Mohib, Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser told the UN General Assembly on Monday, adding that no matter the outcome of the elections, “peace is and will remain the Government’s priority.”
Pakistan: 2 killed in Loralai explosion
Oct 01, 2019, at 09:18 am
Islamabad: An explosion occurred close to a police vehicle here in Loralai area of Pakistan and left two people, including a suspected bomber, killed, media reports said on Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the conduct of presidential elections in Afghanistan on 28 September and commended all Afghans “who exercised their democratic voice and upheld their right to vote, braving security concerns”.
Bangladesh will be poverty-free by 2030: FM AHM Mustafa Kamal
Sep 29, 2019, at 05:51 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday said the country is going to be poverty-free by 2030.
Afghanistan: Prominent Taliban leader Mawlavi Abdul Hanan killed in Ghazni airstrike
Sep 29, 2019, at 04:54 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan government on Sunday confirmed that a prominent Taliban leader was killed during an airstrike conducted in the country's south-eastern Ghazni province, media reports said.
Pakistan: Man arrested for sexually assaulting daughter-in-law
Sep 29, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Karachi: Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter-in-law in Karachi city of Pakistan, media reports said.
Balochistan: Blast leaves three people killed, 12 injured
Sep 28, 2019, at 11:09 pm
Islamabad: At least three people, including a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), were killed as an explosion hit Pakistan's Chaman area in Balochistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two people killed as explosion rocks Balochistan
Sep 28, 2019, at 07:02 pm
Islamabad: At least two people were killed as an explosion rocked Balochistan's Chaman area in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Child killed, nine civilians injured in missile attacks in southern Afghanistan
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:42 pm
Kabul, September 28 (Sputnik/UNI) Missile attacks in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan resulted in the death of a child, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday, adding that nine people were also injured in the attacks.
Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina's 73rh birthday celebrated across nationÂ
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:26 pm
Dhaka, Sep 28 (UNI) Bangladesh on Saturday celebrated the 73rd birthday of it's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, albeit in her absence.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's plane makes emergency landing in NY after developing technical fault
Sep 28, 2019, at 04:59 pm
New York: The plane, which was carrying Pakistan PM Imran Khan and the delegation, was rerouted to New York City after it developed technical fault, media reports said on Saturday.
Imran Khan makes goof-up at UNGA, refers to Modi as Indian 'President'
Sep 28, 2019, at 12:21 pm
New York: Embarrassing himself in front of the global leaders, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called Narendra Modi as India's "President" during his address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here on Friday.
Despite grappling with Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh is ‘development miracle’
Sep 28, 2019, at 08:20 am
New York: Despite global turbulence and economic uncertainty, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh told the General Assembly on Friday evening that her country has often been cited as a “development miracle”.
‘No place for violence, intimidation or fraud’ in Afghan elections: UN chief
Sep 28, 2019, at 06:42 am
New York: All key actors in Afghanistan must “uphold their responsibility to support a peaceful, credible, transparent and inclusive electoral process”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Friday, the day before presidential elections are due to be held in the country, adding that “there is no place for violence, intimidation or fraud”.
Modi meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on UNGA sidelines
Sep 28, 2019, at 01:48 am
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina here on the margins of the High Level Segment of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday and expressed their zero tolerance to terrorism and violent extremism.
There will be bloodbath in Kashmir after curfew is lifted: Imran Khan at UNGA
Sep 28, 2019, at 12:31 am
New York, Sep 27 (UNI/IBNS) Attacking India and the Modi government on expected lines, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday slammed the removal of special status of Jammu and Kashmir (read abrogation of Article 370) by New Delhi and continued lockdown in the region while warning of a bloodbath once the curfew is lifted in the troubled spot. The beleagured Pakistan Prime Minister fired on all cylinders to internationalise the Kashmir issue and even painted the spectre of a nuclear war.
Sep 27, 2019, at 06:18 pm
New York: At a time when PM Imran Khan is expected to deliver his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, several activists at the receiving end of atrocities by Pakistani Army and its spy agency ISI, including those seeking freedom of Sindh and Balochistan regions, have raised their voices against the South Asian nation and its government.
Bangladesh: Minor raped, one person arrested
Sep 27, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in country's Tangail area, media reports said.
Pakistan: 75 hurt due to aftershocks in quake-hit area
Sep 27, 2019, at 09:37 am
Islamabad: Days after Pakistan was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake this week, several aftershocks rocked the cities of Mirpur and Jhelum on Thursday and left 75 people injured, media reports said.
Imran Khan joins hands with Turkey, Malaysia for Islamic TV channel
Sep 26, 2019, at 02:43 pm
New York, Sept 26 (UNI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that he would join hands with Turkey and Malaysia to launch a new English language Islamic television channel.
Sep 26, 2019, at 01:25 pm
Islamabad: Amid fighting with India over Kashmir, Pakistan has last month urged United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to allow global terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed to withdraw money to support his four-member family, media reports said. The United Nations has also reportedly approved the request by Pakistan.
Afghanistan: Journalist, three other civilians killed in explosion
Sep 25, 2019, at 03:24 pm
Kabul, Sept 25 (IBNS): An explosion hit Kandahar province of Afghanistan and killed at least four people which included a journalist, media reports said on Wednesday.