Bangladesh closes mobile phones along India border
Dec 31, 2019, at 06:12 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Of Bangladesh has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India, citing security reasons.
Bangladesh: Two RAB members injured as suspected Rohingya gunmen shoot them
Dec 31, 2019, at 09:22 am
Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion has said two of its members were hurt as suspected 'Rohingya gunmen' shot at them during an anti-drugs drive conducted in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar area, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: 14 soldiers killed in checkpoint attack
Dec 30, 2019, at 06:29 pm
Shiberghan/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 14 Afghan security force members were killed after Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's northern province of Jawzjan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.
10 Afghanistan journalists killed in 2019: Report
Dec 30, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Based on the Reporters without Borders “RSF” report and the statistics recorded at Nai Media Watch department, journalists and media staff assassination has significantly been reduced in Afghanistan.
Rohingya man detained with fake passport in Bangladesh airport
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:40 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A Rohingya man was detained on Monday with fake passport and other documents after he reached Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country's capital Dhaka from Malaysia.
Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets
Dec 29, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Beijing/IBNS: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts in exchange for movie tickets.
Dec 28, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Continuing her government's development policy, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated two new airplanes added to the fleet of Bangladesh Biman and even the construction of the terminal 3 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country capital Dhaka.
Afghanistan:Taliban attack leaves 10 soldiers killed
Dec 28, 2019, at 03:39 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least 10 soldiers were killed on Friday as Taliban terrorists attacked their outpost in Sangin district of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Migrants' boat sinks in Turkey's Lake Van, 2 Pakistanis die
Dec 28, 2019, at 06:52 am
Islamabad/IBNS: At least two Pakistani people died as a boat capsized in Lake Van of Turkey's Bitlis province, officials said on Saturday.
Pakistan blasphemy death sentence ‘travesty of justice’, say UN experts
Dec 28, 2019, at 06:33 am
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts condemned on Friday the death sentence of a university lecturer charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, calling the ruling "a travesty of justice".
Pakistan Army is ready for India: Imran Khan
Dec 27, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Islamabad/ IBNS: With the India-Pakistan tension simmering since the beginning of the year over post-Pulwama Balakot strike and the post-Article 370 Kashmir reality, Imran Khan once again upped the ante on Thursday when he warned that his country's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Bajwa has assured him that the forces are ready to face India.
Dec 27, 2019, at 04:35 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Friday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court where he challenged special court’s verdict which awarded him death in a high treason case.
Pakistan: Five terrorists running Al-Qaeda’s media cell arrested
Dec 27, 2019, at 04:30 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A joint operation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and an intelligence agency in Pakistan led to the arrest of five terrorists who were suspected to be running Al-Qaeda's media cell in Gujranwal area in the nation, media reports said on Friday.
Fire breaks out at Bangladesh plastic factory
Dec 27, 2019, at 03:52 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Bangladesh's Hazaribagh area on Friday, media reports said.
American University of Afghanistan may close next year
Dec 27, 2019, at 03:20 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The American University of Afghanistan is planning to shut down next year, media reports said.
Taliban release activists abducted in Western Afghanistan 2 days ago - Peace Movement
Dec 27, 2019, at 08:45 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The Taliban have released 27 peace activists after holding them captive for nearly two days, a spokesman for the People’s Peace Movement said in a video statement on Thursday, posted by Afghanistan’s ToloNews broadcaster.
Measles death toll in Samoa rises to 81
Dec 26, 2019, at 06:09 pm
Suva/Xinhua: The Samoan government confirmed one more death in the island nation's measles epidemic on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 81 since the measles outbreak started in mid-October.
Shahid Afridi first requests Imran Khan to speak on Uyghur issue, then deletes tweet
Dec 25, 2019, at 06:39 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's former cricket captain Shahid Afridi recently tweeted and urged country's Prime Minister Imran Khan to “speak up” for Uyghur Muslims in China and requested the Chinese government to give “humane” and “just” treatment to Muslims. However, he surprisingly deleted the tweet later.
Dhaka: Police arrest mosque imam for sexually abusing minor
Dec 25, 2019, at 04:54 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Police arrested a mosque imam for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka, media reports said.
Pakistan rejects US step of placing it on list of countries violating religious freedoms
Dec 25, 2019, at 04:53 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected the US step of placing it on a list of countries violating religious freedoms.
Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban members abduct 27 peace activists
Dec 25, 2019, at 04:46 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected members of Taliban group have kidnapped peace activists in Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Taliban attack leaves seven soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Dec 24, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A Taliban attack on a check post in Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province in Afghanistan on Tuesday left at least seven soldiers killed, media reports said.
Dec 24, 2019, at 09:09 am
Dhaka/IBNS: Two men, who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Chinese man in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, have confessed their crimes and gave statements in court “confessing” to killing him “for money”.
Afghanistan: Taliban claims responsibility for the killing of US soldier
Dec 23, 2019, at 03:56 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban on Monday took the responsibility of killing a U.S soldier in the northern Kunduz province, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Three killed as explosion rocks Laghman
Dec 23, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least three people were killed as an explosion hit Afghanistan's Laghman province on Monday, media reports said on Monday.
Dec 23, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York/IBNS: Welcoming the preliminary results for Afghanistan’s presidential election on Sunday, the head of the United Nations mission in the country urged the authorities and all actors to “protect the integrity of the final stage of the process.”
Cold snap grips Bangladesh, hits normal life
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:35 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bone-chilling cold has slowed the wheels of normal life in most parts of Bangladesh including the capital of Dhaka.
Abdullah's team rejects Afghan presidential elections' preliminary result
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:29 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the preliminary result of Afghan presidential elections announced on Sunday as "fraudulent" and unacceptable.
Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani tops preliminary election results
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is all set to return for a second term as the top leader of the country as he is nearing to emerge victorious in the Presidential polls.
Dhaka city polls to take place on Jan 30
Dec 22, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Dhaka will vote in the city's north and south city corporations polls on Jan 30, media reports said.