No more excuses; Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries
Mar 06, 2023, at 03:08 pm
New York: World leaders are gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a major UN conference seeking to accelerate sustainable development where international assistance is most needed to unlock the full potential of the world’s most vulnerable countries and help put them on the path towards prosperity.
Ground-breaking exhibit on slavery gives new generation 'hope for humanity'
Mar 06, 2023, at 02:37 pm
New York: A grain of rice, a golden collar, and a three-metre-long heavy wooden brace to trap ankles and necks shape part of a unique, interactive exhibit on slavery that just opened at UN Headquarters.
Bangladesh: Miscreants chop off Islamic speaker's tongue
Mar 06, 2023, at 02:11 pm
Dhaka: A group of unidentified miscreants attacked an Islamic speaker and even chopped off his tongue in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria area on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Thousands left homeless after fire breaks out at Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar
Mar 06, 2023, at 04:34 am
Cox's Bazar: As many as 2,000 shanties were gutted as a fire broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh, leaving a large number of people homeless, media reports said on Sunday.
Britain's first female Sikh Member of Parliament receives threatening e-mail, security heightened
Mar 06, 2023, at 03:56 am
London: Britain's first female Sikh Member of Parliament, Preet Kaur Gill, said her security has been beefed up after receiving an e-mail warning.
Pakistan: PTI chief Imran comes down hard on ‘institutions’ amid his arrest controversy
Mar 06, 2023, at 03:24 am
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday came down hard on the “state institutions” amid the arrest controversy in the Toshakhana case registered against him.
Greece: Athens witnesses protest after deadly train crash
Mar 06, 2023, at 02:54 am
Athens: At least 10,000 people are protesting in the Greek capital Athens to demand a proper investigation into this week's deadly train crash, an RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.
Peru: Authorities say attacks on police station, military base leave 27 injured
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:32 am
Lima: Several hundred protesters have attacked a police station, a military base and a courthouse in southeast Peru, injuring at least 27 people, including seven civilians, the Peruvian Defense Ministry and the Ministry of the Interior said on Sunday.
China to increase defence budget by 7.2 pct
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:24 am
Beijing: China on Sunday announced the draft budget where the country said it will increase the annual defence budget by 7.2 percent.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, no injury
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:08 am
Authorities have brought the fire, which broke out at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya region in Bangladesh, under control, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 2 die as blast rocks Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mar 05, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad: Two people were killed, and three others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police sources said.
Bangladesh: Explosion rocks Dhaka's Science Lab, three die
Mar 05, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Dhaka: At least three people died and dozens of others were injured as an explosion occurred at a building in Dhaka's Science Lab area on Sunday morning, media reports said.
Pakistan: Container-Truck collision in DI Khan leaves five people dead
Mar 05, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Islamabad: Two children were among five people who died on Saturday when a truck collided with a container near Mughal Kot police station in Dera Ismail Khan region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:32 am
Sarajevo: Pro-democracy protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' was recently played during a sports event in Bosnia and Herzegovina, instead of China's official 'March of the Volunteers' anthem.
China: Health experts issue alert as seasonal influenza cases spike
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:28 am
Beijing: The recent COVID-19 surge is slowly waning in China but the country is currently witnessing a spike in seasonal influenza cases.
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:16 am
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) recently took responsibility for the attack on Pakistani security forces and communication towers in Mastung and Panjgur areas, media reports said.
China demands US stops all military contact with Taiwan: Defense Ministry
Mar 05, 2023, at 01:09 am
Beijing: China demands that the United States stop all military contact with Taiwan and stop arms sales to the island, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said.
Newly announced prison terms in Belarus signal ‘ongoing repression’
Mar 05, 2023, at 12:39 am
New York: A fresh round of prison sentences announced on Friday in Belarus signal "ongoing repression" in the country, where almost 1,500 people are detained on politically motivated charges, the UN human rights agency says.
State Bank of Pakistan massively hikes interest rate by 300bps
Mar 05, 2023, at 12:09 am
The State Bank of Pakistan has moved up key interest rates by a massive 300 basis points (bps), the highest figure touched since 1996.
Bhutan's Health Ministry launches initiative to screen hearing impairments
Mar 04, 2023, at 11:17 pm
The Bhutanese Health Ministry is all set to carry out hearing screening for the country’s entire population and plans to provide hearing aids to those with partial hearing impairments, media reports said.
Haiti: Surge in gun trafficking fuels spike in gang violence
Mar 04, 2023, at 11:03 pm
New York: Increasingly sophisticated and high-calibre firearms and ammunition are being trafficked into Haiti, fuelling an ongoing surge of gang violence that has plagued residents for months, according to a new UN assessment released on Thursday.
Myanmar: Tatmadaw army’s ‘scorched earth’ policy in spotlight
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:52 pm
New York: Two years since a military coup in Myanmar, the UN rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday that the generals’ “scorched earth” policy had left thousands of civilians dead, 80 per cent of townships impacted by fighting and the army “stretched so thin” on the ground, that it resorts to airstrikes.
Stone-masonry houses in Bhutan are earthquake-prone: Study
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:28 pm
Thimpu: A recent study has unveiled that a Bhutanese house built with stone slabs is more susceptible to earthquakes compared to mud-rammed and concrete buildings, media reports said.
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:16 pm
Bhutan, the Himalayan Nation known for its scenic beauty, now has a batch of monks with a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies.
Terrorist killed in operation in North-West Pakistan: military
Mar 04, 2023, at 10:00 pm
Islamabad: A terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said.
Terrorist killed in operation in NW Pakistan: Military
Mar 04, 2023, at 06:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: A terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said.
Security forces kill terrorist during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan
Mar 04, 2023, at 02:16 pm
North Waziristan: Security forces killed a terrorist during an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district’s Mir Ali general area on Friday, media reports said.
Indonesia: Fire breaks out at fuel storage station in Jakarta, 16 die
Mar 04, 2023, at 01:54 pm
Jakarta: A fire broke out at a fuel storage station in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta which left at least 16 people dead, media reports said on Saturday.
Inflation spikes in Pakistan, experts feel families will need to make choices, sacrifices
Mar 04, 2023, at 01:42 pm
Islamabad: Consumers are facing tough times in Pakistan, a nation battered by the economic crisis, as inflation spiked to touch a record figure last month, media reports said.
Crimes against humanity likely committed in Nicaragua, says independent rights probe
Mar 03, 2023, at 11:11 pm
New York: Crimes against humanity in Nicaragua that have held the population there “hostage”, have likely been committed by pro-Government groups and sanctioned at the highest level since 2018, UN-appointed independent rights investigators said on Thursday.