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Afghan police arrest 5 drug smugglers, destroy 2 heroin labs

Oct 07, 2020, at 02:37 pm

Kabul/Xinhua: The police have arrested five drug smugglers and destroyed two heroin labs in separate operations in Afghanistan, said a statement released by the Ministry of Interior Affairs on Tuesday.

UN condemns deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan

Oct 06, 2020, at 11:34 pm

New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack on a government building in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, and underlined that the perpetrators must be brought to justice. 

Sheikh Hasina to lead global leaders at CVF Event

Oct 06, 2020, at 10:55 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh along with Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) will host the virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Leaders’ Event on Wednesday at 1900 hours.

Afghanistan's Nangarhar car bomb blast: ISI link suspected

Oct 06, 2020, at 03:53 pm

Kabul: There might be a link between the car bomb explosion in the Nangarhar region of Afghanistan and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, media reports said.

Afghanistan's Nangarhar car bomb blast: ISI link suspected

Oct 06, 2020, at 05:19 am

Kabul: There might be a link between the car bomb explosion in the Nangarhar region of Afghanistan and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, media reports said.

Cambodia's naval base set to witness China-led expansion

Oct 06, 2020, at 05:07 am

Beijing/Washington/Phnom Penh: The US has expressed concern over the China-backed expansion at Cambodia Ream Naval Base.

Mongolia witnesses anti-China demonstration

Oct 06, 2020, at 12:40 am

Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia witnessed an anti-China demonstration recently ahead of the  scheduled visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo.

Bangladesh: Noakhali woman stripped naked, beaten

Oct 05, 2020, at 03:21 pm

Police have arrested a person after video footage surfaced where a group of men could be seen stripping a woman and torturing her in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila of Bangladesh.

Afghan President Ghani starts official visit to Kuwait, Qatar - Presidential Palace

Oct 05, 2020, at 02:46 pm

Kabul/Sputnik: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is heading a high-ranking government delegation that has departed for an official visit to Kuwait, as well as Qatar, the presidential palace said in a statement.

Bangladesh: Diplomats stationed in Dhaka praise Sheikh Hasina

Oct 05, 2020, at 02:41 am

Dhaka: Diplomats stationed in Dhaka have praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her “able and prudent” leadership and tireless efforts in changing the course of national progress, braving a sea of challenges and setbacks along her way.

JUI-F chief named Prez of Pakistan opposition alliance

Oct 05, 2020, at 02:34 am

Islamabad/UNI: Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-Fazl) party, has been named the first President of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), after unanimous nomination by the heads of all constituent parties. .

Pakistani PM Imran Khan urges public to avoid another wave of COVID-19

Oct 05, 2020, at 02:30 am

Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday urged the public to take precautionary measures to avoid another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina expects speedy recovery of Donald Trump, his wife

Oct 05, 2020, at 02:25 am

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday wished for early recovery of US President Donald J. Trump and his wife Melania Trump from coronavirus.

Afghanistan: Taliban attack leaves four civilians killed

Oct 04, 2020, at 11:12 pm

Kabul: An attack carried out by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's Kapsia region has left four civilians killed, media reports said.

Afghanistan: 2 government employees shot dead in Kabul

Oct 04, 2020, at 10:24 pm

Kabul: At least two government employees were shot dead in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday, media reports said.

China: Six killed,10 injured in car accident

Oct 04, 2020, at 09:08 pm

Beijing/UNI: At least six people were killed and 10 injured on Sunday in a road accident in northeast China's Jilin Province, according to local public security authorities.

Refugee campfire: Greek authorities keeping a close eye on Pakistani-Afghanistan migrants

Oct 04, 2020, at 08:29 pm

Athens: The Greece government is monitoring the  activities of migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan after the burning of a refugee camp at Moria on Lesbos island by migrants from these two countries, media reports said.

Pakistan has opted a strategic policy of colonialism, structural discrimination in Balochistan: Activist

Oct 04, 2020, at 08:18 pm

Geneva: Munir Mengal, the President of Baloch Voice Association, has targeted Pakistan and said Islamabad has opted for a strategic policy of colonialism and structural discrimination in Balochistan.

China is threatening global economy, health by exploiting natural resources: US Report

Oct 04, 2020, at 08:00 pm

Washington: China is threatening the global economy and global health by unsustainably exploiting natural resources and exporting its willful disregard for the environment through its One Belt One Road initiative, the US State Department said.

Japan: Tokyo witnesses demonstration against Chinese atrocities

Oct 04, 2020, at 06:31 pm

Tokyo: Nearly 3,000 people, including the Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongolians, Hong Kongers and Taiwanese, protested against atrocities and human rights violations by China by marching from different parts of Tokyo on Saturday.

Car bomb explosion occurs in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province

Oct 04, 2020, at 02:01 pm

Kabul/Sputnik: A car bomb has exploded at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, a military spokesman said on Sunday.

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.

'Because India Is Fighting China. So India Is My friend!': Hong Kong pro-democracy protester who wrapped himself in Tricolour

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.