Sri Lanka to hold largest ever military exercise
Apr 03, 2019, at 05:38 pm
Colombo, Apr 3 (Xinhua/UNI) The Sri Lanka Army on Wednesday said it would hold the largest ever military exercise in July to coincide with 10 years since the end of the island's 30-year civil conflict between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. In a statement, the army said the month-long military exercise will begin on July 1, with the participation of over 5,000 soldiers.
Thirty five unconscious following ice factory gas leakage in Pakistan's Punjab
Apr 03, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Islamabad, Apr 3 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 35 people, including children, were left unconscious on Wednesday after ammonia gas leaked from an ice factory in Sargodha district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local media reported.
Dhaka: Bodies of two students found in hotel room
Apr 03, 2019, at 04:02 pm
Dhaka, Apr 3 (IBNS): Bodies of two students have been recovered from Hotel Samrat on Dhaka’s Green Road in Bangladesh, media reports said on Wednesday.
Apr 03, 2019, at 08:06 am
Islamabad: Amnesty International has urged the government of Pakistan to take all measures to ensure an end to the practice of enforced disappearances that have long been a stain on the south Asian country's 'human rights record'.
Afghanistan: Airstrike kills Taliban leader in charge of media activities
Apr 02, 2019, at 03:22 pm
Kabul, Apr 2 (IBNS): In an airstrike conducted in Afghanistan's southern Helmand provinc, at least five Taliban militants including a local leader of the group who was in charge of media activities ave been killed, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 70 people arrested as police conduct raid in Parjatan Corporation bar in Narayanganj
Apr 02, 2019, at 02:59 pm
Dhaka, Apr 2 (IBNS): The police have arrested 70 people while conducting a raid in Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation’s Mary Anderson Floating Restaurant and Bar in Narayanganj, media reports said.
Over 31 killed by rainstorm in Southern Nepal
Apr 01, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Kathmandu, Apr 1 (UNI) A a severe rainstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal on Sunday has killed more than 31 people. The officials said on Monday that the storm has injured more than 400 persons.
At least 5 die in floods in Iran
Apr 01, 2019, at 09:52 am
Tehran, Apr 1 (Xinhua/UNI) At least five people were killed in the fresh floods that swept Iran's western Lorestan province on Sunday, Tasnim news agency reported.
Storm kills at least 25, injures 400 others in Nepal
Apr 01, 2019, at 09:49 am
Kathmandu, Apr 1 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 25 people were killed and 400 others injured when a storm devastated villages in two districts of Nepal on Sunday evening, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli confirmed.
Afghanistan: Separate airstrikes leave 17 Taliban terrorists killed, wounded
Apr 01, 2019, at 09:19 am
Kabul, Apr 1 (IBNS): In separate airstrikes conducted by the coalition forces in Nad-e-Ali and Nahr-e-Saraj districts of Helmand province of Afghanistan, at least 17 suspected Taliban terrorists were left killed or injured , media reports said on Monday.
Taliban captures district in Northwestern Afghanistan : Reports
Mar 30, 2019, at 06:59 pm
Moscow, Mar 30 (Sputnik) The Taliban militants captured late on Friday the Arghanj Khwa district of the Badakhshan province in northwestern Afghanistan, local media reported Saturday citing an official.
Banani high-rise fire: Death toll touches 26
Mar 30, 2019, at 05:51 pm
Dhaka, Mar 30 (IBNS): The death toll in the fire incident which broke out in a building in Bangladesh's Banani area of Dhaka city has touched 26, media reports said.
Airstrike in Afghanistan kills ISIS-K commander Sardar Wali
Mar 30, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Kabul, Mar 30 (IBNS): An airstrike conducted by security forces in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sardar Wali killed, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Key Taliban group member killed
Mar 29, 2019, at 03:53 pm
Kabul, Mar 29 (IBNS): A key Taliban group member has been killed during an operation conducted by security forces in Afghanistan in the country's southeastern Ghazni province, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh high-rise fire: Minister describes death of 25 victims as 'murders'
Mar 29, 2019, at 03:38 pm
Dhaka, Mar 29 (IBNS): Bangladesh Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Friday called the death of 25 people in the Banani building fire incident as 'murder'.
Bangladesh building fire: Death toll touches 25
Mar 29, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Dhaka, Mar 29 (IBNS): The death toll in the massive fire, which broke out at a high-rise building in Bangladesh capital Dhaka's upscale Banani area on Thursday, has touched 25, media reports said on Friday.
Fire breaks out at Dhaka highrise, people trapped inside
Mar 28, 2019, at 03:10 pm
Dhaka, Mar 28 (Xinhua): A massive fire broke out in a high-rise commercial building in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka's upmarket Banani on Thursday afternoon, leaving unknown number of people trapped, fire service personnel said.
Hindu minor girl abducted in Pakistan
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:11 pm
Islamabad, Mar 27 (IBNS): A minor Hindu girl was allegedly kidnapped in Jam Khan Pitafi village of Pakistan, her father has said.
BSF seizes cattle, other items worth Rs 49 lakh in Meghalaya while being smuggled to Bangladesh
Mar 27, 2019, at 12:01 pm
Guwahati, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Border Security Force (BSF) have seized cattle and contraband drugs worth Rs 49 lakh along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya within a week.
Four suicide bombers killed in operation in SW Pakistan
Mar 27, 2019, at 10:03 am
Islamabad, Mar 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Pakistani security officials said on Tuesday that four terrorists were killed by detonating their explosives after security forces conducted an operation in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local media reported.
Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif granted bail on medical ground for six weeks
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:25 pm
Islamabad, Mar 26 (IBNS): Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif was granted bail by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday for six weeks to obtain medical treatment within the country.
Bangladesh: Security forces arrest president of Jatiyatabadi Cyber Dal
Mar 25, 2019, at 03:49 pm
Dhaka, Mar 25 (IBNS): Bangladesh security forces have claimed they have arrested a man who is the president of the Jatiyatabadi Cyber Dal on charge of making derogatory remark about the Liberation War and spreading anti-state propaganda through social media, as per local media reports on Monday.
Afghanistan: Kunduz airstrike kills 13 civilians
Mar 25, 2019, at 03:25 pm
Kabul, Mar 25 (IBNS): An airstrike conducted by international military forces on the night of Friday to Saturday in Kunduz in support of pro-Government forces on the ground killed 13 civilians and injured three more, according to preliminary findings of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Mar 25, 2019, at 09:00 am
Islamabad, Mar 25 (IBNS): Amid reports that two minor Hindu girls were allegedly kidnapped and forcefully converted to Islam, six people have been arrested after Pakistan PM Imran Khan directed to investigate the matter, media reports said on Monday.
Myanmar: 16 killed, 48 hurt in warehouse explosion
Mar 24, 2019, at 08:33 pm
Yangon, Mar 24 (Xinhua): At least 16 people were killed and 48 others injured in a warehouse explosion in Myanmar's eastern Shan state Nyi Rang, external relation officer of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Lashio said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill burqa-clad terrorist
Mar 24, 2019, at 04:46 pm
Kabul, Mar 24 (IBNS): A burqa-clad suspected terrorist was killed by Afghanistan security forces in northern Faryab province of the country, media reports said.
11 militants killed in separate incidents in eastern Afghanistan
Mar 24, 2019, at 01:53 pm
Ghazni, Afghanistan, Mar 24 (Xinhua): At least 11 militants have been killed, eight wounded and seven others arrested following separate clashes in two eastern Afghan provinces, authorities said Sunday.
Afghan lawmaker shot dead in southern province
Mar 23, 2019, at 07:30 pm
Kandhar, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua/UNI) An Afghan lawmaker was shot dead in Kandahar city, capital of southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, in a latest targeted killing in the country, local police confirmed.
Wall inside Pakistan school collapses, six killed
Mar 23, 2019, at 07:03 pm
Islamabad, Mar 23 (IBNS): The wall inside a school in Pakistan's Gujranwala on Saturday left five children and one woman killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast targets Farmer’s Day Ceremony in Helmand, 3 killed
Mar 23, 2019, at 06:09 pm
Kabul, Mar 23 (IBNS): A blast targeted a Farmer’s Day ceremony at a local stadium in southern city of Lashkargah in Helmand area of Afghanistan and left at least three people killed on Saturday, media reports said.