ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack

Mar 07, 2020, at 09:08 am

Kabul/IBNS: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in Kabul on Friday which claimed 27 lives.

Gas leakage at Karachi Chemical Factory, 70 hospitalised

Mar 06, 2020, at 11:28 pm

Karachi/UNI: Gas leakage at a chemical plant in Karachi's Port Qasim area has caused at least 70 casualties in Karachi's Port Qasim area.

Afghanistan: 27 killed as gunmen attack ceremony in Kabul

Mar 06, 2020, at 05:59 pm

Kabul/IBNS: An attack took place at a ceremony on Friday, which was marking the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, where Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other politicians were attending,  and left 27 people killed, media reports said.

Attack in western Kabul kills 23, injures 33, numbers may increase: hospital sources

Mar 06, 2020, at 04:20 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: At least 23 people have been killed and 33 injured in the deadly attack in Kabul targeting the ceremony attended by former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, sources at the Mohammed Ali Jinnah hospital told Sputnik.

Kabul attack leaves 2 dead, 18 injured: spokesman for Afghan Health Ministry

Mar 06, 2020, at 04:19 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI:  An attack in Kabul at a ceremony attended by top Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah left two dead and 18 injured, a spokesman for the Health Ministry told Sputnik on Friday.

‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe Afghanistan alleged war crimes

Mar 06, 2020, at 10:13 am

New York/IBNS: Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - and beyond its borders – linked to Afghan, Taliban and US troops, the International Criminal Court said on Thursday.

Pakistan: Karachi building collapse leaves 14 dead 

Mar 06, 2020, at 09:03 am

Karachi/IBNS: A five-storey residential building collapsed in Pakistan's Karachi city which left at least 14 people dead, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan ethnic groups stage protest in Geneva on UNHRC sidelines, Pashtun leader seeks India's help

Mar 04, 2020, at 06:35 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Voicing their discontent, human rights activists from Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and other communities have highlighted the atrocities perpetrated by the Pakistani military establishment on these group, with a pavilion displaying 'Stop Pashtun Torture' at Broken Chair in Geneva recently.

Bangladesh: Awami League activist hacked to death

Mar 04, 2020, at 04:38 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: An Awami League activist was hacked to death by unidentified person in Jashore’s Sharsha area in Bangladesh, media reports said.

Pakistani doctor who had helped identify Osama bin Laden on hunger strike in prison

Mar 04, 2020, at 11:00 am

Islamabad/IBNS: A Pakistani doctor, who had helped the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  to track and kill former  Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, is currently on a hunger strike in a prison where he is kept, media reports said.

Coronavirus Scare: US to provide USD 37mn for Bangladesh, 24 other nations

Mar 04, 2020, at 09:05 am

Washington/IBNS:  The U.S. Government on March 2 announced a commitment of USD 37 million in financing from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 25 countries, including Bangladesh, which are either affected by novel coronavirus COVID-19 or at high risk of its spread.

UN urges for USD 877 mln for Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh

Mar 03, 2020, at 05:01 pm

United Nations/UNI:  Launching a 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the UN refugee agency -- UNHCR -- on Tuesday appealed to raise US$877 million to cater to the needs of more than one million Rohingya refugees.

Coronavirus Scare: Sri Lanka to quarantine passengers from Italy, Iran, S Korea

Mar 03, 2020, at 04:57 pm

Colombo/UNI: Sri Lanka's Health Ministry on Tuesday said that all passengers arriving from Italy, Iran and South Korea would have to undergo a 14-day quarantine period to prevent the COVID-19 from entering the island country.

Bangladesh bans several Pakistani fairness creams for harmful substances

Mar 03, 2020, at 08:49 am

Dhaka/IBNS: After tests found harmful substances like mercury in exceeding level than what is permissible, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution or BSTI has banned eight Pakistani skin fairness creams, media reports said.

Road accident in SW Pakistan kills 6 and injures 12

Mar 02, 2020, at 05:34 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: A collision between a passenger van and a truck late Sunday night left six people dead and 12 others injured in Mastung district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local reports said on Monday.

Bangladesh: 37 Rohingyas rescued, 3 human traffickers held

Mar 02, 2020, at 04:27 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh police rescued 37 Rohingyas, including women and children, while they were trying to go to Malaysia illegally by sea from Reju Khal area in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar on Monday, media reports said.

Minority groups of Pakistan protest against atrocities of Army in Geneva

Mar 01, 2020, at 10:07 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Several minority groups from Pakistan protested against  Pakistani Army for its atrocities and put up banners and posters in Geneva city where the United Nations Human Rights Council session is going on.

No commitment to release Taliban prisoners: Ashraf Ghani

Mar 01, 2020, at 06:45 pm

Kabul/IBNS: A day after the Taliban group and the US signed a peace deal, Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners.

Over 30 more people die from Coronavirus in China, death toll at 2,870: Authorities

Mar 01, 2020, at 08:21 am

Beijing/Sputnik: Thirty-five people have died from the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll up to 2,870 the country’s National Health Commission informs.

Delhi violence will affect regional peace, cooperation, says Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Feb 29, 2020, at 10:46 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said Delhi violence would affect the regional peace, fraternity and cooperation.

Pakistan: Four killed, five injured in factory explosion

Feb 29, 2020, at 04:23 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Four laborers were killed in an accidental boiler explosion in a paper factory in Kasur district of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Saturday.

NATO Secretary General visits the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Feb 29, 2020, at 10:40 am

Kabul/IBNS: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, is currently visiting the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Hindu girl conversion in Pakistan: Indian community protest outside United Nations office in London

Feb 29, 2020, at 09:51 am

London/IBNS: Demanding justice for Hindu girl Mehak, who was allegedly forcefully converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, Indian expats in the United Kingdom demonstrated outside the United Nations office in London on Monday.

Dhaka building fire leaves one woman killed

Feb 28, 2020, at 04:12 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: A fire broke out at a residence in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area which left a woman killed, media reports said.

No breakthrough in Pakistan-U.S. trade ties during U.S. official's Pakistan visit: report

Feb 28, 2020, at 12:42 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan-U.S. trade talks during the visit of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to Pakistan have failed to make a longstanding impact to enhance the business ties between the two countries, local media quoted finance ministry sources as saying on Thursday.

Coronavirus reaches Afghanistan capital Kabul

Feb 28, 2020, at 09:49 am

Kabul/IBNS: With Coronavirus spreading across several nations in the world since its outbreak in China,  15 suspect cases of the disease infected people were reported from  Kabul, Baghlan, Herat, and Ghor provinces in Afghanistan, media reports said.

Police arrest 3 over weapons smuggling in eastern Afghan province

Feb 27, 2020, at 06:48 pm

Kabul/Xinhua: The Afghan National Police in Afghan eastern province of Nangarhar have arrested three people in connection to the smuggling of a large batch of weapons, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.

Motorcycle bomb explosion takes place in Afghan Capital: source

Feb 26, 2020, at 06:11 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: A motorcycle bomb explosion took place in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, a source told Sputnik.

Pakistan declares former PM Nawaz Sharif as ‘absconder’

Feb 26, 2020, at 06:07 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on Wednesday declared as an 'absconder' by the Pakistan government for not fulfilling his bail requirements.

All Afghans should unite for peace: Ghani

Feb 24, 2020, at 07:34 pm

Kabul,/Sputnik: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani who was re-elected recently has called on the Afghan people to unite to find peace, in a press statement delivered after a meeting with tribal leaders at the Presidential Palace on Monday.