Working tirelessly against pandemic: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Oct 04, 2020, at 04:51 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government has been tirelessly working to face the Covid-19 pandemic and keep running the country’s economy.
Beijing hands Nepal list of 188 products it wants to import, ignoring Kathmandu's list
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Kathmandu: Showing yet another point of contention between Kathmandu and Beijing, despite receiving repeated assurance from the Chinese authorities, Nepali goods have been facing hurdles when it comes to exporting them to China via land routes for the past few years, media reports said.
Oct 03, 2020, at 06:40 pm
HongKong/IBNS: Pro-democracy protesters of Hong Kong seem to have found inspiration in India's strong resistance to China's unprovoked aggression as they wrapped themselves in the tricolour and marched on China's National Day in Causeway Bay on Thursday.
Tokyo: Protesters demonstrate against China's human rights violations
Oct 03, 2020, at 05:19 am
Tokyo: Representatives from Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, Mongolia and Japan demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday.
Hong Kong's last British Governor Chris Patten slams China, says Beijing cannot be trusted
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:57 am
London: Hong Kong's last British Governor Chris Patten has slammed China and said the country cannot be trusted.
False accusation and politicians: Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman slams Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:46 am
Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam president Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has targeted Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said his government is framing politicians under false accusations.
Speak against Pakistan’s atrocities and oppression in Balochistan: Activist
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:39 am
London: Human rights activist Riaz Baloch has appealed to the world to react against the atrocities committed against the people of Balochistan by Pakistan.
Pakistan: Hindu girl commits suicide after being blackmailed by rapists
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:35 am
Islamabad: In yet another instance of atrocity committed on the Hindu community in Pakistan, a teenaged girl was forced to commit suicide after she was allegedly blackmailed by the suspects whom her family had accused of sexually assaulting her.
Rights defenders, scholars unite to launch 'Global Campaign for Democratic China’
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:06 am
In a first of its kind, human rights defenders, scholars, and persecuted communities by China came together to launch the ‘Global Campaign for Democratic China’ on China Day.
Bangladesh: PMO to review plans, costs of three China-funded rail projects
Oct 02, 2020, at 02:52 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office has constituted a committee to review negotiated contract costs of three railways projects, which are supposed to be implemented with Chinese finance and by Chinese companies, and whether the projects should go ahead as they have been planned, media reports said,
Pakistani opposition parties are persecuted and punished: Activist Sajjad Raja
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:19 am
Islamabad: Gilgit-Baltistan leader and activist Sajjad Raja has targeted the Pakistani government and said it is only busy “persecuting the opposition leaders”.
Imran Khan govt to push for ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's deportation from UK
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:02 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has tasked relevant authorities with bringing back Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo leader Nawaz Sharif from London, media reports said.
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:01 pm
Amsterdam: The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) hosted a well-attended webinar titled, ‘Rise of ISIS in South Asia’, on the sidelines of the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
India slams Pakistan over its treatment towards minorities
Sep 30, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Geneva: At UNHRC, India on Monday slammed Pakistan by stating that Pakistan is known as the “killing field” for the minorities.
Pakistan media bodies target Imran Khan govt, condemns ‘systematic war’ against press
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:55 am
Islamabad: Expressing their strong opinion against Prime Minister Imran Khan's regime, the country's journalist fraternity on Sunday issued a declaration expressing serious concern over torture, abduction and arrest of mediapersons, unannounced censorship through financial curbs on media houses, threats to owners and journalists by anti-media forces to compel them to toe the official line or face government’s wrath.
Amid Xinjiang crisis, Chinese authorities are now targeting tiny Muslim community in Hainan province
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:42 am
Beijing: The Chinese government's religious crackdown on a minor community has now reached Sanya city in Hainan province, located almost 12,000 km from the controversial Xinjiang region where the atrocities on the Uyghur Muslims have already earned global attention.
Afghanistan: 11 civilians killed in bomb blast
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: At least eleven civilians were killed and four others injured when an improvised bomb struck a vehicle in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province on Tuesday, the provincial police chief confirmed.
Pakistan opens border crossings with Afghanistan in NW province for pedestrians
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:40 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan has announced to open the border crossings with Afghanistan in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province for pedestrian movement from Tuesday, which were closed due to COVID-19 in March, a government notification and officials said.
Balochistan genocide:Political activists meet UK Cabinet member
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:46 am
London: The Central Spokesperson of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) has said the group's delegation recently met the former chairman of the Conservative party in the UK and current state minister for Transportation Grant Shapps and briefed him about the ongoing genocide and oppression in Balochistan.
Pakistan: Supreme Court bars release of prime accused in journalist Daniel Pearl murder case
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:10 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday barred the Sindh government from releasing Omer Saeed Sheikh, main accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case.
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shehbaz Sharif arrested as his bail is rejected
Sep 28, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President and Leader of Opposition in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, was arrested on Monday after his bail plea in the money laundering case was rejected by the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Protesters chant slogans, hurl abuses outside Nawaz Sharif's residence
Sep 28, 2020, at 11:30 pm
London/UNI: About two dozen men gathered outside Nawaz Sharif's London residence yelling slogans and hurling abuses against him.
Bangladesh registers 32 COVID-19 deaths, 1,407 cases
Sep 28, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 32 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1,407 new cases in the last 24 hours, said a press release sent by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday.
Bangladesh: Longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam dies due to COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:18 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh's longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam, who was suffering from COVID-19, died at a hospital in Dhaka city on Sunday, media reports said.
Nepali PM KP Oli's personal physician tested positive for COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:44 am
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Dr Dibya Singh, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's personal physician, has been infected with COVID-19, Nepali officials said.
Soldiers recruited to Afghan army amid increased violence
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:41 am
Kabul/Xinhua: A total of 959 newly graduated soldiers on Sunday joined the Afghan National Army (ANA), boosting the force amid an increase in the Taliban-led unrest, an army source said.
Children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence and exploitation: EU Chronicle
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:28 am
In its editorial, the EU Chronicle magazine has claimed that children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence and exploitation.
Pakistani national becomes a victim of Chinese aggression, wife-son detained for being Uyghurs
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:18 am
Pakistani national Sakandar Hayat's life was turned upside down in recent months when his wife and son were detained by Chinese security officials as they are Uyghurs.
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:13 am
Washington DC: A US-based think -tank is claiming that labourers in Tibet are forced to join military-style training camps similar to the one built and run for years by the Chinese government in the western Xinjiang region.
Afghanistan: Security officials nab vehicle loaded with explosives
Sep 27, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security officials have seized a vehicle loaded with “Sodium Nitrite” in capital city Kabul, media reports said on Sunday.