Pakistan: Confirmed coronavirus cases touch 16
Mar 10, 2020, at 09:13 am
Karachi/IBNS: With nine more cases of coronavirus infection being reported from Karachi city, the total number of the cases in Pakistan has touched 16, officials said.
Mar 09, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Women in large numbers on Sunday participated in 'Aurat March' across different cities in Pakistan to demand basic rights for women in each field of life. However, the Islamabad edition of the march was marred by a stone-pelting incident where the peaceful participants were allegedly targeted by religious hardliners.
Pakistan: Bus plunges into ravine, 20 dead
Mar 09, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Karachi/IBNS: A passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine near Gilgit Baltistan's city Skardu area in Pakistan and left at least 20 people killed, media reports said.
Kabul: Four members of family found dead under mysterious circumstances
Mar 09, 2020, at 12:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances at a residence in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.
Pakistan confirms seventh Coronavirus case
Mar 09, 2020, at 11:47 am
Karachi/IBNS: Pakistan confirmed its seventh confirmed Coronvirus case on Monday.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan wishes Hindu community on Holi
Mar 09, 2020, at 10:25 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday wished the Hindu community on the occasion of Holi.
The US-Taliban Agreement: Vindication of terrorism and betrayal of the common Afghan
Mar 08, 2020, at 07:22 pm
It had been argued in the EFSAS Commentary of 06-09-2019 titled ‘Strange negotiations in an incongruous environment do not portend well for peace in Afghanistan’ that the talks that the United States (US) was engaged in with the Taliban represented basically an acceptance of defeat by the US, its willingness to renege on the promises, both articulated and implied, made to the people of Afghanistan, and in its rush to get out of Afghanistan its sheer lack of interest in, or commitment to, the prospects of long-term peace in the country.
UN condemns deadly attack in Afghan capital
Mar 08, 2020, at 06:52 pm
New York/IBNS: The United Nations has underscored its solidarity with Afghanistan following a deadly attack in the capital, Kabul, on Friday.
Coronavirus Spread: Three Bangladeshis test positive
Mar 08, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Three Bangladeshi people have tested positive for Coronavirus in the south Asian nation, media reports said on Sunday.
Kabul: Gunmen kill Logar Provincial Council Member
Mar 08, 2020, at 05:00 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown gunmen killed a member of the provincial council of Logar province in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday, media reports said.
India condemns terror attack in Afghanistan
Mar 07, 2020, at 05:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian government on Saturday condemned the attack in Kabul city of Afghanistan which left 27 people killed.
Afghanistan: Three more coronavirus cases reported
Mar 07, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan on Saturday reported three more confirmed coronavirus cases, taking the number of patients infected by it to four.
Bangladesh: Dhaka metro rail worker hit by rod, dies
Mar 07, 2020, at 09:32 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A Dhaka Metro Rail Project worker died after he was hit by iron rods in the High Court area of the Bangladeshi city, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: 46 ISIS fighters surrender to ANDSF
Mar 07, 2020, at 09:15 am
Kabul/IBNS: A group of 46 ISIS fighters have renounced violence and surrendered to Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in eastern Kunar province, on Saturday.
ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack
Mar 07, 2020, at 09:08 am
Kabul/IBNS: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in Kabul on Friday which claimed 27 lives.
Gas leakage at Karachi Chemical Factory, 70 hospitalised
Mar 06, 2020, at 11:28 pm
Karachi/UNI: Gas leakage at a chemical plant in Karachi's Port Qasim area has caused at least 70 casualties in Karachi's Port Qasim area.
Afghanistan: 27 killed as gunmen attack ceremony in Kabul
Mar 06, 2020, at 05:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: An attack took place at a ceremony on Friday, which was marking the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat party, where Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other politicians were attending, and left 27 people killed, media reports said.
Attack in western Kabul kills 23, injures 33, numbers may increase: hospital sources
Mar 06, 2020, at 04:20 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: At least 23 people have been killed and 33 injured in the deadly attack in Kabul targeting the ceremony attended by former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, sources at the Mohammed Ali Jinnah hospital told Sputnik.
Kabul attack leaves 2 dead, 18 injured: spokesman for Afghan Health Ministry
Mar 06, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: An attack in Kabul at a ceremony attended by top Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah left two dead and 18 injured, a spokesman for the Health Ministry told Sputnik on Friday.
‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe Afghanistan alleged war crimes
Mar 06, 2020, at 10:13 am
New York/IBNS: Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - and beyond its borders – linked to Afghan, Taliban and US troops, the International Criminal Court said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Karachi building collapse leaves 14 deadÂ
Mar 06, 2020, at 09:03 am
Karachi/IBNS: A five-storey residential building collapsed in Pakistan's Karachi city which left at least 14 people dead, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan ethnic groups stage protest in Geneva on UNHRC sidelines, Pashtun leader seeks India's help
Mar 04, 2020, at 06:35 pm
Geneva/IBNS: Voicing their discontent, human rights activists from Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and other communities have highlighted the atrocities perpetrated by the Pakistani military establishment on these group, with a pavilion displaying 'Stop Pashtun Torture' at Broken Chair in Geneva recently.
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.