Bangladesh: Awami League activist hacked to death
Mar 04, 2020, at 04:38 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: An Awami League activist was hacked to death by unidentified person in Jashore’s Sharsha area in Bangladesh, media reports said.
Pakistani doctor who had helped identify Osama bin Laden on hunger strike in prison
Mar 04, 2020, at 11:00 am
Islamabad/IBNS: A Pakistani doctor, who had helped the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to track and kill former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, is currently on a hunger strike in a prison where he is kept, media reports said.
Coronavirus Scare: US to provide USD 37mn for Bangladesh, 24 other nations
Mar 04, 2020, at 09:05 am
Washington/IBNS: The U.S. Government on March 2 announced a commitment of USD 37 million in financing from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 25 countries, including Bangladesh, which are either affected by novel coronavirus COVID-19 or at high risk of its spread.
UN urges for USD 877 mln for Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh
Mar 03, 2020, at 05:01 pm
United Nations/UNI: Launching a 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the UN refugee agency -- UNHCR -- on Tuesday appealed to raise US$877 million to cater to the needs of more than one million Rohingya refugees.
Coronavirus Scare: Sri Lanka to quarantine passengers from Italy, Iran, S Korea
Mar 03, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lanka's Health Ministry on Tuesday said that all passengers arriving from Italy, Iran and South Korea would have to undergo a 14-day quarantine period to prevent the COVID-19 from entering the island country.
Bangladesh bans several Pakistani fairness creams for harmful substances
Mar 03, 2020, at 08:49 am
Dhaka/IBNS: After tests found harmful substances like mercury in exceeding level than what is permissible, the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution or BSTI has banned eight Pakistani skin fairness creams, media reports said.
Road accident in SW Pakistan kills 6 and injures 12
Mar 02, 2020, at 05:34 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: A collision between a passenger van and a truck late Sunday night left six people dead and 12 others injured in Mastung district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: 37 Rohingyas rescued, 3 human traffickers held
Mar 02, 2020, at 04:27 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh police rescued 37 Rohingyas, including women and children, while they were trying to go to Malaysia illegally by sea from Reju Khal area in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar on Monday, media reports said.
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Minority groups of Pakistan protest against atrocities of Army in Geneva
Mar 01, 2020, at 10:07 pm
Geneva/IBNS: Several minority groups from Pakistan protested against Pakistani Army for its atrocities and put up banners and posters in Geneva city where the United Nations Human Rights Council session is going on.
No commitment to release Taliban prisoners: Ashraf Ghani
Mar 01, 2020, at 06:45 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A day after the Taliban group and the US signed a peace deal, Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners.
Over 30 more people die from Coronavirus in China, death toll at 2,870: Authorities
Mar 01, 2020, at 08:21 am
Beijing/Sputnik: Thirty-five people have died from the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll up to 2,870 the country’s National Health Commission informs.
Delhi violence will affect regional peace, cooperation, says Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 29, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said Delhi violence would affect the regional peace, fraternity and cooperation.
Pakistan: Four killed, five injured in factory explosion
Feb 29, 2020, at 04:23 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Four laborers were killed in an accidental boiler explosion in a paper factory in Kasur district of Pakistan's east Punjab province on Saturday.
NATO Secretary General visits the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Feb 29, 2020, at 10:40 am
Kabul/IBNS: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, is currently visiting the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Hindu girl conversion in Pakistan: Indian community protest outside United Nations office in London
Feb 29, 2020, at 09:51 am
London/IBNS: Demanding justice for Hindu girl Mehak, who was allegedly forcefully converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, Indian expats in the United Kingdom demonstrated outside the United Nations office in London on Monday.
Dhaka building fire leaves one woman killed
Feb 28, 2020, at 04:12 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: A fire broke out at a residence in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area which left a woman killed, media reports said.
No breakthrough in Pakistan-U.S. trade ties during U.S. official's Pakistan visit: report
Feb 28, 2020, at 12:42 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan-U.S. trade talks during the visit of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to Pakistan have failed to make a longstanding impact to enhance the business ties between the two countries, local media quoted finance ministry sources as saying on Thursday.
Coronavirus reaches Afghanistan capital Kabul
Feb 28, 2020, at 09:49 am
Kabul/IBNS: With Coronavirus spreading across several nations in the world since its outbreak in China, 15 suspect cases of the disease infected people were reported from Kabul, Baghlan, Herat, and Ghor provinces in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Police arrest 3 over weapons smuggling in eastern Afghan province
Feb 27, 2020, at 06:48 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The Afghan National Police in Afghan eastern province of Nangarhar have arrested three people in connection to the smuggling of a large batch of weapons, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.
Motorcycle bomb explosion takes place in Afghan Capital: source
Feb 26, 2020, at 06:11 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: A motorcycle bomb explosion took place in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, a source told Sputnik.
Pakistan declares former PM Nawaz Sharif as ‘absconder’
Feb 26, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on Wednesday declared as an 'absconder' by the Pakistan government for not fulfilling his bail requirements.
All Afghans should unite for peace: Ghani
Feb 24, 2020, at 07:34 pm
Kabul,/Sputnik: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani who was re-elected recently has called on the Afghan people to unite to find peace, in a press statement delivered after a meeting with tribal leaders at the Presidential Palace on Monday.
Pakistan: Cylinder blast in Quetta leaves six killed
Feb 24, 2020, at 03:24 pm
Quetta/IBNS: A cylinder blast in Pakistan's Quetta region left at least six people killed, media reports said on Monday.
Feb 24, 2020, at 11:21 am
Pakistan had been identified by the money laundering and terror financing watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), as a ‘high risk and non-cooperative’ country as far back as in June 2008, and had been placed on the organization’s grey list. It was removed from the list the following year, but found its way back on the grey list in February 2012, when it was described as a ‘high-risk and non-cooperative country, not committed to an action plan’.
Afghanistan reports three suspected cases of coronavirus in Herat
Feb 24, 2020, at 09:53 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan officials have reported three suspected cases of coronavirus in Herat province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan exceed 10,000 for 6th straight year: UN report
Feb 23, 2020, at 09:28 am
United Nations/Xinhua: More than 10,000 civilians in Afghanistan were killed or injured last year, UN News reported Saturday, citing a United Nations report that details record-high levels of civilian harm in the ongoing conflict.
New York Times op-ed by Taliban's deputy leader triggers row, experts question newspaper's decision
Feb 22, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Washington/IBNS: An op-ed published in the New York Times has triggered a massive row as the writer of it is Taliban deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is one of the world's most wanted terrorists, carrying rewards on him.
Bangladeshi national tested positive for coronavirus in UAE
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:39 pm
Dubai/IBNS: Two residents of UAE, which include on Bangladeshi national, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID19), media reports said.
Afghanistan records 10,000 civilian casualties for sixth straight year: UN
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Parties to the conflict in Afghanistan killed and injured more than 10,000 civilians in 2019, according to a new United Nations report that describes continuing record-high levels of civilian harm in the ongoing conflict.
Pakistan moves down in Human Development Index (HDI), now stands at 152
Feb 22, 2020, at 10:51 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Apart from the global terror financial watchdog FATF's move of keeping the nation in 'grey list', Pakistan has now moved one step down in the Human Development Index (HDI) to touch 152.