Bangladesh President Hamid, PM Hasina pay homage to Language Heroes on Mother Language Day
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:25 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.
Pakistan, Afghanistan border forces exchange fire at Torkham border crossing
Feb 21, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani and Afghanistan border forces exchanged gunfire at a key crossing in Northwestern Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals cheated via online Chinese app
Feb 21, 2023, at 04:28 am
Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladeshi people were cheated in the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh by opening an account number with a minimum of Tk 2000 in the hope that they will get dollars if they buy movie tickets on a Chinese app, media reports said.
Bhutan: Ka Ja Throm marketplace opens in Phuentshogling, aims to revive economy
Feb 20, 2023, at 09:12 pm
Phuentshogling: Phuentshogling, a popular tourist destination in Bhutan, recently witnessed the opening of a Ka Ja Throm, a refined marketplace, which aims to revive the economy of the region.
Japan, Bhutan plan to partner to produce sake
Feb 20, 2023, at 09:01 pm
Tokyo: Japanese Sake manufacturing company Tsuchida Sake Brewery is planning to set up a production plant in Bhutan.
Pakistan: 14 die as bus falls into ravine in Kallar Kahar
Feb 20, 2023, at 08:52 pm
Kallar Kahar: At least 14 people, including women and children, died as a bus in which they were travelling fell in a ravine in Pakistan's Kallar Kahar town on Sunday.
Pakistan: Security forces arrest suspected woman suicide bomber in Quetta
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Quetta: Pakistani security forces arrested a suspected woman suicide bomber in Quetta city of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: One dies as fire breaks out at residential building in Gulshan
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:24 pm
Dhaka: At least one person died and 10 others were hurt when a fire broke out at a residential building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday.
Bhutan: 157 students participate in national competition on CodeMonkey
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:49 am
Thimpu: Bhutan's Education and Skills Development Ministry recently conducted an online national coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who have taken various CodeMonkey courses in schools.
Sri Lankan Crisis: Experts, locals express doubt feasibility of Chinese-built Port City Colombo
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:42 am
Colombo: Experts in Sri Lanka are doubting the feasibility of the Port City Colombo (PCC), a vast new Chinese-built reclaimed commercial zone in the capital city, especially at a time when the country witnessed its worst economic crisis.
Pakistani private school imposes ban on students speaking Pashto
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:27 am
Peshawar: A Peshawar-based private school has banned students from speaking Pashto language in their premises.
Afghanistan: 500 youths join national army
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:54 am
Jalalabad: A total of 500 Afghan youths joined the Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the country's Defense Ministry released here Saturday.
Taliban to turn former U.S. military bases into economic zones: Reports
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:42 am
Kabul: Taliban militia has decided to change former U.S. military bases into "economic zones" to bolster economic activities, the Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Court awards life imprisonment to madrasa teacher for raping minor
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:34 am
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life in prison on charges of raping a minor.
Pakistan: PIA announces discount for students traveling to China
Feb 19, 2023, at 11:33 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will give a 27-percent discount to students traveling to China to pursue academic degrees, an official with the PIA has said.
'Pakistan sent repackaged Turkish flood aid as earthquake relief material,' journalist reveals
Feb 19, 2023, at 06:46 pm
Pakistan is facing a major embarrassment globally over the relief material it sent to Turkey after the recent devastating earthquakes that left over 40,000 people dead.
500 Afghan men join national army
Feb 19, 2023, at 07:54 am
Jalalabad (Afghanistan): A total of 500 Afghan youths joined Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, a statement of the country's Defense Ministry said here on Saturday.
Dhaka University removes 'protesting' Tagore sculpture
Feb 18, 2023, at 07:02 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The Dhaka University has removed a protesting sculpture of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, which was installed in protest of an alleged censorship in the country, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban flogs 11 people, including women, in Faizabad
Feb 18, 2023, at 03:13 pm
Kabul: The supreme court of the Taliban said that eleven people, including two women, were publicly flogged at a sports ground in Afghanistan's Faizabad city on Friday, media reports said.
Feb 18, 2023, at 06:09 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The office of Karachi police chief in the southern Pakistani city's Sharea Faisal region, which came under attack on Friday evening, has been cleared. Three terrorists have been killed in the combat operations, said reports.
Pakistan: Gunmen attack Karachi police compound, heavy exchange of fire underway
Feb 18, 2023, at 03:45 am
Karachi/IBNS: Gunmen Friday attacked the office of the Karachi police chief in the southern Pakistani city. An operation with the police force is currently underway, said reports.
Pakistan: TTP terrorists attack CTD personnel
Feb 17, 2023, at 08:46 pm
Mianwali: Suspected terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday exchanged fire with Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department’s team in Mianwali region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Armed forces raid private TV network in Kabul
Feb 17, 2023, at 03:36 pm
Kabul: A group of armed men stomped into the compound of Tamaddon TV network in Afghanistan capital city Kabul and harassed the employees of the media organization, media reports said.
Pakistan: Explosion rocks Jaffar Express, woman dies
Feb 17, 2023, at 03:12 pm
Islamabad: A woman died as an explosion hit Jaffar Express on Thursday morning near Chichawatni region of Pakistan which left at least one woman dead.
Pakistan: Protest held against enforced disappearances in Karachi
Feb 17, 2023, at 05:20 am
Karachi: The family members of Baloch missing persons staged protest in Karachi on Wednesday (Feb 15) against the growing wave of enforced disappearances of Baloch children, women, students, and youth.
CPEC cannot be run against the will of people of Balochistan: Pak Assembly Member
Feb 17, 2023, at 05:12 am
Quetta: Aslam Bhutani, Member of Pakistan Assembly, speaking in a joint session of the Pakistan assembly said that the people of Balochistan are being humiliated in the name of CPEC.
Medicine supply to Balochistan's only cancer hospital halted
Feb 17, 2023, at 04:50 am
Quetta: Medicine supply to CENAR Cancer Hospital in Balochistan’s Quetta has been stopped by the Pak administration for the last two months.
Afghanistan ambassador calls on Koshiyari, seeks help in continuing women's education
Feb 16, 2023, at 12:54 am
Mumbai: The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to India Farid Mamundzay on Wednesday called on Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan Mumbai.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans people from celebrating Valentine's Day
Feb 16, 2023, at 12:24 am
Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan had banned people in the country from celebrating Valentine's Day which was observed globally on Tuesday.
Chinese embassy in Pakistan temporarily shuts down consular section over 'technical issues'
Feb 15, 2023, at 10:36 pm
Beijing/Islamabad: China has announced it will temporarily shut down consular section of its embassy in Pakistan due to "technical issues", media reports said on Wednesday.