Bangladesh ranks 75 in Global Hunger Index
Oct 19, 2020, at 01:57 am
Dhaka/Xinhua: Bangladesh ranks 75th among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020, according to the new GHI report released on Sunday.
Former Bangladesh Minister dies of Covid
Oct 19, 2020, at 01:43 am
Dhaka/UNI: Former state minister for power and energy during the BNP-led four-party alliance, AKM Mosharraf Hossain died of coronavirus at a city hospital on Saturday night. He was 83.
Pakistan: Landslide forces bus to plunge into deep ravine, 16 dead
Oct 19, 2020, at 12:24 am
Skardu: At least 16 people died after a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in northern Pakistan following a landslide on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Car bomb blast in Ghor leaves 12 civilians killed
Oct 18, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Kabul: A car bomb blast occured close to police HQ in Afghanistan's Ghor city on Sunday which left at least 12 people killed, media reports said.
At least 1 killed, 3 injured as Thailand hit by flash floods due to tropical storm Nangka
Oct 18, 2020, at 08:48 pm
Bangkok/Xinhua:Twenty-five provinces in Thailand have been largely affected by flash floods and torrential rain water due to tropical storm Nangka over the weekend, causing at least one death and three injuries, according to Sunday's report of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM).
Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay invited to US State Dept for first time in six decades
Oct 17, 2020, at 11:48 pm
Lhasa: Lobsang Sangay, President of the Tibetan-government-in-exile, on Friday said he has been invited to the US State Department.
Bangladesh drops plan to develop deep-sea port at Sonadia island in which China was keen to invest
Oct 17, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has dropped the plan of developing a deep-sea port at Sonadia island in which China had keen interest in investing, said media reports.
12 Pakistani Armymen killed in attacks in Balochistan, N Waziristan
Oct 17, 2020, at 11:11 pm
Two separate attacks in Balochistan's Gwadar district and the North Waziristan tribal district on Thursday left at least 12 Pakistan Army personnel killed, media reports said.
Pakistan: Anti-graft body issues arrest warrant against ex-President Asif Ali Zardari
Oct 17, 2020, at 11:02 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued an arrest warrant against the country's former president Asif Ali Zardari over Rs 8 billion suspicious transaction in the fake accounts case, media reports said.
Pakistan: Opposition leaders vow to dislodge ‘selected’ Imran Khan's PTI govt
Oct 17, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The eleven-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Friday sounded the war drums in Gujranwala during a massive rally and vowed to dislodge PM Imran Khan's PTI government, which it called a 'selected government', within weeks, Dawn News reported on Saturday.
Right to education: Baloch students of Bahauddin Zakaria University march to Islamabad
Oct 17, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Islamabad: The Baloch Students Council, which began its protest against the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) 40 days ago, are participating in a protest march after the scholarship for Baloch students was cancelled.
Oct 17, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Tik Tok star Jannat Mirza recently announced she has decided to shift to Japan due to the 'low mentality' of Pakistanis.
Pakistan: Imran Khan defiant, says no NRO for opposition
Oct 17, 2020, at 10:08 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Taking on the Opposition, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday ruled out the possibility of giving the newly formed opposition alliance called Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) any kind of concession which political pundits believe will give him space to maneuver and possibly help him complete his tenure as prime minister.
Pakistan opposition rally: Maryam Nawaz departs for PDM rally
Oct 16, 2020, at 11:54 pm
Islamabad/UNI: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Friday departed for the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally in Gujranwala, saying she has dedicated herself on ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's mission for the people of Pakistan.
Opposition responsible for Pakistan's sorry state: Minister Shibli Faraz
Oct 16, 2020, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Friday held the country's opposition responsible of the current bad economic position, saying that government institutions collapsed over the last 40 to 50 years.
Pakistani schools teach children about hating Hindus, Jews: Baloch activist tells UN
Oct 16, 2020, at 06:09 pm
Geneva: Munir Mengal, the president of Baloch Voice Association, has alerted the United Nations that schools in Pakistan teach about hatred against Hindus and Jews to the students.
Japan unveils new submarine amid China's growing aggression
Oct 16, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Tokyo: Japan on Wednesday unveiled its new submarine amid growing aggressive stance by China in recent times.
Xi Jinping visits military base in Guangdong, asks troops to focus on 'preparing for war'
Oct 16, 2020, at 05:40 pm
Washington: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a military base in Guangdong and called on troops to "put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war".
Bangladesh government rejects Chinese COVID-19 trial
Oct 15, 2020, at 06:11 pm
Dhaka: The clinical trial in Bangladesh of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech has now become uncertain after the country's health ministry expressed unwillingness towards co-financing the initiative as requested by the Chinese drugmaker.
Pakistan: NAB to probe closure of Roosevelt Hotel
Oct 15, 2020, at 06:03 pm
Islamabad: Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) retired Justice Javed Iqbal on Tuesday tasked its Rawalpindi bureau office to investigate the reports about the closure of Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA’s) Roosevelt Hotel in US city of New York from Oct 31, Dawn News reported.
Pakistan is not a democracy but a stratocracy: Altaf Hussain
Oct 15, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Islamabad: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has slammed Pakistan and said the nation is not a "democracy but a stratocracy".
Pakistan sees bloody protests ahead of Maryam Nawaz meeting in Punjab
Oct 15, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Islamabad: Issues are simply not dying down for Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet as the South Asian country continues to witness massive protests one after the other while scenes of blood-spattered women protesters rolling on the streets from police crackdown in the latest action triggering outrages.
Gilgit-Baltistan: Massive protest demands release of political prisoners
Oct 15, 2020, at 03:37 am
Quetta: Demanding release of political prisoners, a massive protest was held in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently.
Maryam Nawaz challenges Pakistan PM Imran Khan, says the govt will go home before January
Oct 14, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) [PML(N)] vice president Maryam Nawaz has challenged PM Imran Khan and said his government will go home before January, a few days before the Opposition holds its first power show in a campaign aimed to oust the government.
Afghanistan: Blast hits Mehtarlam town leaves 2 killed
Oct 14, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Kabul: A magnetic bomb explosion on a police vehicle in Mehtarlam region of Afghanistan left two people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Thousands displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan
Oct 14, 2020, at 10:21 pm
New York: Thousands of people have been displaced and critical health services interrupted, after fighting erupted on 11 October in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the UN humanitarian office has reported.
Pakistan witnessing major rise in targeting religious minorities: Reports
Oct 14, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a major rise in the targeting of religious minorities under the draconian blasphemy law of the south Asian country, media reports said.
Oct 14, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Washington: Prime Minister Salih Hudayar on behalf of the East Turkistan Government in Exile has said the US should realise that the treatment being given to people of Xinjiang in China is nothing less than genocide and colonisation.
Oct 14, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Dhaka: While the invisible enemy Coronavirus slowed down the shuttle of the global economy, Bangladesh kept its growth rolling and accelerating amid the disaster owing to the timely plans spelled out by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as claimed in a webinar of Awami League.
Bangladesh: Government calls for refrain from fake propaganda or action will be taken
Oct 14, 2020, at 03:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The Bangladesh government on Tuesday urged all concerned to refrain from spreading all kinds of false propaganda through social media to protect the image of the country.