Sri Lanka declares a 10-day State Emergency to curb spread of communal tension
Mar 06, 2018, at 10:03 pm
Colombo, Mar 6 (IBNS): Faced with clashes between two hostile religious groups, the Sri Lanka government, on Tuesday, announced State Emergency emergency to curb the violence from spreading, media reports said.
Four Pakistani nationals among 31 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Mar 06, 2018, at 06:00 pm
Kabul, Mar 6 (IBNS): At least 31 insurgents were killed in various parts of Afghanistan in anti-terrorism operations conducted by the Afghan forces on Monday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi visiting Nepal
Mar 06, 2018, at 01:35 am
Kathmandu, Mar 5 (IBNS): Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is currently on a two-day visit to Nepal.
Sheikh Hasina visits hospital to meet Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Mar 05, 2018, at 10:09 pm
Dhaka, Mar 5 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday visited a hospital in Dhaka to meet knife-attack victim writer Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.
Afghanistan: 70 Taliban insurgents ready to join peace process, say Herat officials
Mar 05, 2018, at 04:12 pm
Kabul, Mar 5 (IBNS): At least 70 Taliban militants are ready to lay down their arms and join the peace process, according to officials in Afghanistan's Herat province.
Afghanistan: Two key ISIS members arrested
Mar 05, 2018, at 03:18 pm
Kabul, Mar 4 (IBNS): Two Islamic State militants, who were suspected to be involved in planning attacks on Imam Zaman mosque and some other areas of Afghanistan capital Kabul city, have been arrested, media reports said on Sunday.
Hindu Dalit woman elected to Pakistan Senate
Mar 04, 2018, at 11:46 pm
Islamabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): Creating history, a Hindu Dalit woman has become a senator in Muslim-majority Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Car mishap kills four person in Chakwal
Mar 04, 2018, at 10:39 pm
Chakwal, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least four people were killed when a car in which they were traveling overturned on the motorway in Chakwal area of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Three children die after vaccination in Nawabshah
Mar 04, 2018, at 10:28 pm
Islamabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least three Pakistani children died after undergoing routine immunisation vaccines in Nawabshah area of the country, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least four Taliban militants killed in Helmand
Mar 04, 2018, at 07:21 pm
Kabul, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least four Taliban militants have been killed in an operation launched by Afghan forces in the country's Helmand province, local media reports said.
Bangladeshi writer Prof Zafar Iqbal stabbed in university campus, attacker detained
Mar 04, 2018, at 05:09 am
Dhaka, Mar 3 (IBNS): Shocking the nation, popular Bangladeshi science writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was attacked by an unknown youth on Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) campus in Sylhet on Saturday.
Afghanistan: At least 28 militants killed in anti-terrorism drive
Mar 03, 2018, at 03:56 pm
Kabul, Mar 3 (IBNS): At least 28 insurgents have been killed in anti-terrorism drive in Afghanistan carried out by the national forces, the Ministry of Defence said.
Afghanistan: Three killed, 22 injured in Kabul explosion
Mar 02, 2018, at 11:36 pm
Kabul, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least three people died in a car bomb explosion which rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Friday morning, reports said.
BNP distributes leaflets to press for Khaleda Zia's release from prison
Mar 01, 2018, at 10:06 pm
Dhaka, Mar 1 (IBNS): Khaleda Zia's party BNP on Thursday commenced countrywide leafleting campaign in a bid to press for the release of jailed ex-Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Nepal PM KP Oli greets people on Holi
Mar 01, 2018, at 09:53 pm
Kathmandu, Mar 1 (IBNS): Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of Holi.
Afghanistan: Five militants killed in Helmand raid, German fighter among three arrested
Mar 01, 2018, at 06:27 pm
Kabul, Mar 1 (IBNS): At least five militants were killed in a raid jointly conducted by Afghan and foreign troops in Helmand province of the country, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: Four thieves arrested in Kabul
Mar 01, 2018, at 04:48 pm
Kabul, Mar 1 (IBNS): The police on Thursday said they have arrested four armed thieves from Afghanistan's Kabul city on Wednesday, media reports said.
UN mission welcomes Afghan Government’s proposal for peace talks with Taliban
Mar 01, 2018, at 02:46 pm
New York, Mar 1 (JEN): The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday welcomed the Government’s renewed call for unconditional peace talks with the Taliban and expressed strong support for its vision for peace.
Ghani extends amnesty for Taliban, says ready to open a new chapter with Pakistan
Mar 01, 2018, at 12:20 am
Kabul, Feb 28 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced on Wednesday that Taliban will be amnestied if the militants give up weapons and return to civilian life, while officially opening the peace process in Kabul.
Feb 28, 2018, at 02:45 pm
New York, Feb 28 (JEN): Against the backdrop of the fast approaching wet season in Bangladesh, United Nations relief agencies are working flat out to strengthen vital infrastructure and boost resilience among hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in rudimentary shelters as well as for local communities hosting them.
Pakistan: Lifter collapses at Islamabad airport, 5 injured
Feb 27, 2018, at 10:45 pm
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IBNS): An ambo-lifter, which is used for carrying patients who can't walk, collapsed at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Tuesday, leaving at least five people injured, media reports said.
ISIS attack repulsed in North of Afghanistan, 9 militants killed, 13 wounded
Feb 27, 2018, at 06:41 pm
Afghanistan, Feb 27 (IBNS) : A major attack by the militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria /ISIS) terrorist group was repulsed in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, leaving 22 militants dead or wounded.
Syria: US-led airstrikes kill 25 civilians
Feb 26, 2018, at 11:27 pm
Damascus, Feb 26 (IBNS): At least 25 civilians were killed as airstrikes by the US-led anti-terror coalition hit Deir al-Zour area in Syria, a monitor group reported on Monday.
Lorry-Bus accident in Bangladesh kills 8, injured 30
Feb 26, 2018, at 10:08 pm
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IBNS): A bus crashed into a lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Bangladesh's Sonargaon area which left at least eight people killed on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan : Fourteen militants killed in Helmand and Farah airstrikes
Feb 26, 2018, at 06:42 pm
Kabul, Feb 26 (IBNS) : At least 14 militants were killed in a series of airstrikes in southern Helmand and western Farah provinces of Afghanistan.
Impact of Afghanistan’s fourth consecutive year of war on civilians 'far too high' – UN report
Feb 26, 2018, at 02:28 pm
New York, Feb 26 (JEN): More than 10,000 civilians have lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017, according to the latest report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documenting the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan.
England: Leicester explosion, fire leaves six people injured
Feb 26, 2018, at 02:27 pm
Leicester, Feb 26 (IBNS): A suspected explosion and subsequent fire left at least six people hurt in England's Leicester on Sunday, media reports said.
Former Senator from Kabul killed by gunmen in Afghanistan
Feb 26, 2018, at 12:30 am
Kabul, Feb 25 (IBNS): Rafiullah Gull Afghan, a former senator from Kabul, was killed as gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in the city on Saturday, media reports said.
Motorbike-bomb blast in Afghanistan kills 3
Feb 25, 2018, at 10:30 pm
Kabul, Feb 25 (IBNS): A motorbike-bomb blast in the Yahyakhel district of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province left at least three people killed on Sunday, media reports said.
Suicide blast in Kabul leaves 3 killed, 6 injured
Feb 24, 2018, at 11:17 pm
Kabul, Feb 24 (IBNS): At least three people were killed as a suicide blast rocked Shash Darak area of Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.