Bangladesh: Unidentified miscreants vandalise Hindu temple, loot gold ornaments
Jul 12, 2023, at 11:28 pm
Dhaka: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's Lalmonihat Sadar area on Wednesday, media reports said.
Jul 12, 2023, at 11:16 pm
A senior leader of the ruling Awami League of Bangladesh claimed that BNP has secret ties with Israel and its intelligence agency.
Pakistan: Emergency declared in Khuzdar after diarrhoea outbreak
Jul 12, 2023, at 11:01 pm
The Balochistan government in Pakistan has declared a health emergency in the Aranji area of tehsil Wadh of Khuzdar district after the outbreak of acute diarrhoea in the region, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban officials flog four people in Kabul over alleged crimes
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:39 pm
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan's Supreme Court has announced that four people, including a woman, were publicly flogged for allegedly being accused of committing “immorality” in the Paghman district.
Pakistan: Fire erupts in Lahore home, 10 die
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:28 pm
At least ten members of a family died as a fire erupted in their residence in Pakistan's Lahore city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:25 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called for the Government of Bangladesh to end all harassment against representatives of the human rights organisation, Odhikar, and to ensure respect for due process in legal proceedings.
South Korea offers Japan, AUS, NZ collective security after North's launch
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:14 pm
Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged the country's three NATO allies in the Asia-Pacific (AP4) to set a collective security arrangement following a new missile launch by North Korea.
Pakistan: 4 soldiers die as terrorists attack Zhob garrison in northern Balochistan
Jul 12, 2023, at 09:45 pm
Islamabad: At least four Pakistani Army soldiers died while five others were injured as suspected terrorists launched a “dastardly attack” on the Zhob garrison in northern Balochistan region of Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Report shows prevalence of drug supply in Karachi schools, restaurants
Jul 11, 2023, at 10:51 pm
A report received by Sindh Inspector-General of Police, Ghulam Nabi Memon, has shown widespread supply of drugs in schools and restaurants across the port city has been exposed, media reports said.
Pakistan: Firing on car of minister's nephew leaves two dead
Jul 11, 2023, at 10:06 pm
Quetta: At least two persons, including a Levies official, were killed and a child was injured when unknown armed men opened fire on the vehicle of a nephew of Pakistani minister Sardar Israr Tareen on Monday night, media reports said.
China: Five killed, 2 missing in fireworks explosion
Jul 11, 2023, at 09:48 pm
Beijing: Five people were confirmed dead and two others still missing following a fireworks explosion on early Tuesday in Liling, a county-level city under the administration of Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan Province.
Taliban leaders suspend Sweden's activities in Afghan after Quran burning
Jul 11, 2023, at 08:49 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have suspended Swedish activities in Afghanistan starting Tuesday after the controversial Quran burning demonstration in Stockholm, a spokesperson for the Afghan culture committee said.
Nepal chopper crash: 5 Mexican nationals, pilot die
Jul 11, 2023, at 07:57 pm
Kathmandu: At least six people, including five Mexicans, died in a helicopter crash in Nepal on Tuesday.
Pakistan authorities says Islamic State was behind recent attacks on clerics, minorities
Jul 11, 2023, at 03:33 pm
Peshawar: Pakistan's counter-terrorism department has claimed that the terrorist group Islamic State was behind the recent targeted attacks against religious scholars and members of minority groups in the provincial capital, media reports said.
China: 2 die following landslide
Jul 11, 2023, at 03:21 pm
Wuhan: Two people were killed and seven are missing after a landslide hit a highway construction site in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, local authorities said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Road mishap in Takhar leaves 1 person dead
Jul 11, 2023, at 02:37 pm
A minibus crashed into a ravine in Afghanistan's Takhar on Monday which left at least one person dead and 18 others hurt, media reports said.
Pakistan: Four terrorists arrested in Hangu
Jul 10, 2023, at 11:55 pm
Hangu: The police have claimed to have arrested four alleged terrorists, including a notorious commander, during a drug raid on a hideout of a proscribed militant organization in the mountainous areas of Pakistan's Hangu region.
Pakistan PM,COAS join hands to deal with food security, other issues
Jul 10, 2023, at 11:49 pm
Pakistan's military and civil leaders on Friday joined hands to tackle issues like food insecurity, malnutrition, and soaring import costs.
Pakistan: Khyber clerics ban music, dancing by transgender persons at weddings
Jul 10, 2023, at 10:58 pm
Landi Kotal: Local tribal clerics in Pakistan have taken law into their hands and imposed a ban on playing music and dancing by transgender persons during weddings in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Oil tanker catches fire on highway, three die
Jul 10, 2023, at 10:31 pm
Makranl At least three people died as an oil tanker, which was carrying diesel, turned upside down on Makran Coastal Highway in Pakistan on Sunday.
Unknown attackers gun down tribal elder in Quetta
Jul 10, 2023, at 08:23 pm
Quetta: Unknown attackers shot dead a tribal elder in Pakistan's Quetta city on Saturday, media reports said.
China: Six die in knife attack in Lianjiang
Jul 10, 2023, at 08:16 pm
Lianjiang: At least six people died and one person was injured in a knife attack outside a kindergarten in China's Lianjiang city, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gas cylinder explosion causes building to collapse in Punjab, 6 dies
Jul 10, 2023, at 03:01 am
At least six people died and 10 others were hurt as a three-story building located on the Grand Trunk Road in Pakistan's Punjab region collapsed due to a gas cylinder explosion on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Man arrested os suspicion of killing neighbour in Jhenaidah
Jul 09, 2023, at 10:04 pm
A man was arrested in Bangladesh's Jhenaidah region on suspicion of murdering his neighbour.
Pakistan: Gas cylinder in passenger bus explodes, seven die
Jul 09, 2023, at 08:01 pm
At least seven passengers died when a gas cylinder installed in a passenger bus exploded in Sargodha city of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
7 killed, 14 injured in passenger van fire in Pakistan's Punjab
Jul 09, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: At least seven people were burnt to death and 14 others injured after a passenger van caught fire in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police officials said Sunday.
Pakistan: Drone carrying drugs crashes in Lahore
Jul 09, 2023, at 12:28 am
A drone, which was carrying drugs worth millions of rupees, crashed in Lahore's Halloki area on Friday.
Pakistan: 67 die in rain-related accidents
Jul 08, 2023, at 11:34 pm
Islamabad: Sixty-seven people died and 125 others injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan since the start of the pre-monsoon season in the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan said on Saturday.
Man, who helped US forces in Afghanistan, shot dead in Washington
Jul 08, 2023, at 10:48 pm
A former Afghan interpreter, who immigrated with his family to America in 2021 to escape the Taliban, was shot dead in Washington recently, media reports said.
Urumqi Massacre: Bangladesh demonstrates against China
Jul 08, 2023, at 12:15 am
Dhaka: Protesters demonstrated in different corners of Bangladesh on Wednesday to commemorate the Urumqi Massacre and express solidarity with the victims and their families.