SA, Qatar groups should stop financing Muslim extremists in SL'
May 07, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Colombo, May 7 (UNI) General Secretary of the SLFP and former minister Dayasiri Jayasekara has made an appeal to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to not let extremist groups in their countries to finance Muslim fundamentalists in Sri Lanka like National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), who carried out the Easter Sunday carnage.
Sri Lanka: 'All blast suspects killed or arrested'
May 07, 2019, at 02:58 pm
Colombo, May 7 (UNI): Sri Lanka's security authorities have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left 257 people dead, according to the police chief.
Terror group behind Sri Lanka blasts possessed LKR 140 million cash and assets worth LKR 7 billion
May 07, 2019, at 11:10 am
Colombo, May 7 (IBNS): In a new revelation from the investigation, police have found that the ISIS-linked Sri Lankan extremist group National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ) responsible for carrying out the Sri Lankan blasts possessed 140 million in cash and assets worth Rs. 7 billion, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Airstrike kills Taliban’s deputy commander for Uruzgan province
May 07, 2019, at 08:46 am
Kabul, May 7 (IBNS): The deputy commander of Taliban for southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan was killed during an airstrike in the country on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan : 14 militants killed in clashes
May 06, 2019, at 05:33 pm
Kabul, May 6 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 14 Taliban militants have been killed and nine others injured in clashes in two Afghan provinces, authorities said on Monday.
35 militants join reconciliation process in E. Afghanistan
May 06, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, May 6 (Xinhua) Up to 35 militants, including 13 Islamic State (IS) fighters, have joined peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, provincial government said Monday.
3 children killed in landmine explosion in W Afghanistan
May 06, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Kabul, May 6 (Xinhua/UNI) Three children have been killed and two others wounded in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, the government said on Monday.
Security further beefed outside Sri Lanka's capital following violent clashes
May 06, 2019, at 04:15 pm
Colombo, May 6 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka's police on Monday said security has been further beefed up in Negombo on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo following violent clashes which erupted on Sunday night.
Sri Lanka police grant time to hand over illegal weapons
May 06, 2019, at 03:43 pm
Colombo, May 6 (Xinhua/UNI) Sri Lankan police on Monday said a time period had been granted to the public to surrender illegal weapons after several swords, knives and sharp daggers were found from homes and places of worship during raids conducted in recent weeks.
Nepal: Girl dances for 126 hours, sets new world record
May 06, 2019, at 03:33 pm
Kathmandu, May 6 (UNI) Nepal teenage dancing sensation Bandana Nepal set a new Guinness World Record on ‘Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual’ by dancing continuously for 126 hours.
Easter Day Blasts: Sri Lanka temporarily lifts ban on social media
May 06, 2019, at 03:31 pm
Colombo, May 6 (IBNS): The Sri Lankan government has lifted the ban on the social media temporarily, reports said.
Several killed, 45 injured in Taliban attack on police station in Afghan province
May 05, 2019, at 05:37 pm
Pul-e-Khumri, May 5 (Xinhua/UNI) Several people were killed and 45 others injured after Taliban attacked a provincial police station in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Sunday, sources said.
Sri Lanka expels 600 foreigners including 200 Islamic clerics
May 05, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Colombo, May 5 (UNI) Sri Lankan Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said on Sunday that the government has expelled over 600 foreign nationals, including around 200 Islamic clerics, since the Easter suicide bombings blamed on a local jihadi group.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan pays tribute to Tipu Sultan on death anniversary
May 05, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Islamabad, May 5 (IBNS): Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Saturday paid tributes to 18th century ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan on his death anniversary.
Bangladesh: Bullet-ridden body of a man recovered
May 05, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Dhaka, May 5 (IBNS): Body of a bullet-ridden body of a man named in 16 cases from Satkhira have been recovered by the police in Bangladesh, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Man dies in alleged shootout with RAB
May 05, 2019, at 03:38 pm
Dhaka, May 5 (IBNS): During an alleged shoot out with Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion in Chittagong area of the country, one person was kill ,media reports said.
Afghanistan: Coordinated attack hits Police Headquarters in Baghlan province
May 05, 2019, at 03:16 pm
Kabul, May 5 (IBNS): A number of armed militants launched a coordinated attack on the police headquarters in Afghanistan's Pul-e-Khumri city on Sunday, media reports said.
Police rescue 20 under-aged boys and girls from Kathmandu
May 04, 2019, at 11:03 pm
Kathmandu, May 4 (IBNS): Police in Nepal have rescued 20 under-aged boys and girls from various clubs and dance bars of Kathmandu city, media reports said on Saturday.
Taliban commander kills the wife, son of an Afghan soldier
May 04, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Kabul, May 5 (IBNS): After inviting the wife and son of an Afghan soldier to his wedding ceremony, a Taliban commander killed them in the country's South-eastern Paktia province, media reports said.
3 police, 14 militants killed in clashes in S. Afghanistan
May 04, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Kandhar, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) About three police officers and 14 militants were killed in checkpoint clashes in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, provincial police chief said.
K P Sharma Oli to visit Vietnam, Cambodia next week
May 04, 2019, at 03:13 pm
Kathmandu, May 4 (UNI) Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will visit Vietnam and Cambodia from May 9 to 15.
Pakistan Supreme Court rejects ex- PM Nawaz Sharif’s petition for bail extension
May 03, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Islamabad,May 3 (IBNS): The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday rejected country's former PM Nawaz Sharif's petition which demanded for an extension in the bail granted to him on medical grounds in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, media reports said.
At least 30 militants, 7 security forces killed in clash in Afghanistan
May 03, 2019, at 04:37 pm
Pul-e-Khumri, May 3 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 30 militants have been killed as Taliban offensive to overrun Burka district in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province was repulsed on Friday, provincial government spokesman Mahmoud Haqmal said.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina asks to take precautionary measures for cyclone Fani
May 03, 2019, at 02:39 pm
Dhaka, May 3 (UNI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has asked the authorities concerned to take all precautionary measures in view of the cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ that could hit the coastal belts of Bangladesh on Friday afternoon.
Supreme Court dismisses ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's plea seeking bail extension
May 03, 2019, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad, May 3 (UNI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Nawaz Sharif's plea seeking extension in his bail on medical grounds.
Taliban militants blow up oldest shrines in Afghanistan's Ghazni city
May 03, 2019, at 08:15 am
Kabul, May 3 (IBNS): Suspected terrorists belonging to the Taliban group have blown up one of the oldest shrines in Ghazni city in Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
May 02, 2019, at 01:36 pm
Islamabad, May 2 (IBNS): In a strong reprimand against 'persecution of religious minorities' in Muslim-majority Pakistan, the European Parliament has warned that it would suspend all subsidies and trade preferences to the country in case it failed to take measures to "dismantle" its "discriminatory system”.
Zakir Naik's Peace TV taken off air in Sri Lanka following attacks
May 01, 2019, at 07:40 pm
Colombo, May 1 (IBNS): Two major cable networks in Sri Lanka have taken Zakir Naik's Peace TV off air in the wake of the April 21 attacks in the island nation that killed more than 250 people, Colombo Gazette reported citing sources.
Leaders among 42 Taliban militants killed in E. Afghanistan airstrikes
May 01, 2019, at 06:31 pm
Ghazni, Afghanistan, May 1 (Xinhua) More than 40 militants loyal to the Taliban group, including three of their local commanders, have been killed, following a spate of joint Afghan and foreign coalition forces operations in the country's eastern Ghazni province, an official said Wednesday.
Afghan forces kill eight militants in northern Sari Pul province
May 01, 2019, at 06:27 pm
Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan, May 1 (Xinhua) A total of eight militants have been killed and seven others sustained injuries as clash flared up in Sangcharak district of Afghanistan's northern Sari Pul province on Tuesday, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Wednesday.