Bangladesh: Dhaka witnesses demonstrations over attack on Hindu temples, pandals
Oct 18, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Dhaka: Teachers and students from Dhaka University and other institutions joined to block Shahbagh intersection in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka on Monday to protest against the ongoing attacks on Hindu temples and Durga Puja venues in different parts of the country.
Bangladesh witnessing alarming rise in meth trade, law enforcement agencies put on alert
Oct 18, 2021, at 09:56 pm
Dhaka: Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies are alert as there has been a spike in trade and use of highly addictive drug methamphetamine.
Antony Blinken discusses Afghanistan with Qatar’s Foreign Minister
Oct 18, 2021, at 08:24 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, thanking Qatar for helping with evacuations from Kabul, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price says.
Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalized with sepsis 'discharged'
Oct 18, 2021, at 04:00 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Former US President Bill Clinton, who had been hospitalized in California for sepsis, was discharged, physician Alpesh Amin, the medical director of the University of California's Irvine Medical Center, said.
Saudi airports lift COVID curbs, start operating at full capacity, says Aviation Body
Oct 18, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Riyadh/UNI/Sputnik: Airports in Saudi Arabia will operate at full capacity without any coronavirus-related restrictions starting Sunday, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said.
Bangladesh: Mob burns down 20 Hindu homes in Rangpur
Oct 18, 2021, at 02:54 pm
Rangpur: As many as 20 Hindu homes were set on fire by a mob in Bangladesh's Rangpur area on Sunday over a post on the social media that allegedly dishonoured religion, media reports said.
US: One dead in Grambling State University shooting, school says operating as normal now
Oct 18, 2021, at 02:33 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The Grambling State University, located in Louisiana, is now operating as normal following a shooting at a homecoming event that left one dead.
Oct 18, 2021, at 02:10 pm
Karachi: Pakistan's key opposition leader and PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday slammed PM Imran Khan and said he is trying to turn all institutions of the country into his party's Tiger Force.
Afghanistan: E-ID card back in Kabul
Oct 18, 2021, at 03:30 am
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Authorities in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, have resumed the electronic national identity card issuance service, the local television channel Tolonews reported Sunday.
Bangladesh: One person die as explosion rocks Chattogram house
Oct 17, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Chattogram: At least one person died and three others were hurt as an explosion rocked a house in Bangladesh's Chattogram city on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Cop hurt as fire breaks out in Karachi factory
Oct 17, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Karachi: A policeman was hurt as a fire broke out in a firecrackers factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday, media reports said.
ISIS warns Shi’ite Muslims will be targeted everywhere
Oct 17, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: Terror group Islamic State has said Shi’ite Muslims will be targeted everywhere by them.
Oct 17, 2021, at 10:04 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said he is hopeful that those involved in the vandalization of Durga Puja pandal in Cumilla area, which triggered violence and destruction of pandals and Hindu temples across the country, will be arrested.
Eight killed, over 20 injured in traffic accident in Peru
Oct 17, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Lima/UNI/Xinhua: Eight people were killed and more than 20 others were injured after a bus collided with two vehicles on Saturday in the southern department of Arequipa, Peru, local media reported.
Turkey asks Taliban delegation to form inclusive govt in Afghanistan
Oct 17, 2021, at 02:50 am
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has asked a delegation of Afghanistan's Taliban regime to form an inclusive government in the country.
Oct 17, 2021, at 02:35 am
Dhaka/Noakhali: Bangladesh minister Tazul Islam has asked the local public representatives to be alert and stand strong against those who would seek to destroy communal harmony in the country.
Taliban hold PIA country manager hostage for 2 hours in Kabul
Oct 17, 2021, at 02:29 am
Kabul: Taliban insurgents had held Pakistan International Airline (PIA) country manager as a hostage for two hours on Thursday, media reports said.
PPP slams Imran Khan govt over electricity tariff hike
Oct 17, 2021, at 12:47 am
Pakistan Peoples Party has slammed PM Imran Khan-led government for increasing electricity tariff up to 40 per cent over the last three years.
Pakistani govt hikes power tariff by Rs1.39 per unit
Oct 17, 2021, at 12:24 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has hiked power tariff by Rs1.39 per unit to fulfill the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand to stay in its programme.
Pakistan: Imran Khan govt drops petrol price bomb on citizens
Oct 17, 2021, at 12:22 am
Islamabad:Pakistan's Imran Khan-led government on Saturday hiked prices of petroleum products with petrol now becoming expensive in the nation by Rs10.49 for the next fortnight.
Afghanistan: Islamic State-Khorasan claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque blasts
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Islamic State-Khorasan has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings at a Shiite mosque in Kandahar that killed 62 worshippers and left 75 others injured, many of them critically, during Friday prayers.
Afghanistan: Islamic State terror group claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque blasts
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the blasts in a Shite mosque in Kandahar province on Friday which left over 60 people dead.
British MP killing: Police term incident as 'terrorist incident'
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:37 pm
London: Police have termed the killing of British Conservative MP David Amess as a 'terrorist incident'.
UN condemns 'despicable' suicide attack at mosque in southern Afghanistan
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:22 pm
New York: The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in the city of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, which killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more.
Displaced in northeast Nigeria ‘knocking on door of starvation’: WFP
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:15 pm
New York: Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of starvation”, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Rising poverty a ‘moral indictment of our times’: Guterres
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New York: For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is on the rise, the UN chief said in his message released on Friday, marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on 17 October.
Afghanistan: Reuniting families on the run should be priority, urges UNHCR
Oct 16, 2021, at 10:57 pm
New York: The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced across the region, as the humanitarian crisis in their homeland worsens.
International Day honours rural women’s critical role in feeding the world
Oct 16, 2021, at 10:51 pm
New York: Although rural women and girls have an essential role in food systems, they still do not have equal power with men, therefore earn less, and experience higher levels of food insecurity, according to UN Women, the agency supporting countries to reach gender equality.
Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions could ‘unravel steady but fragile progress’
Oct 16, 2021, at 10:35 pm
New York: Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding trust among communities” in Kosovo and Serbia.
Hong Kong court jails 7 activists over illegal protest: Reports
Oct 16, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Hong Kong/UNI/Sputnik: A district court judge in Hong Kong sentenced seven protesters to up to 12 months in jail on Saturday for their role in last year’s rally against China's new national security law, media said.