Social media giant Facebook removes Jamaat Islami Karachi's official page over Kashmir March
Dec 10, 2019, at 07:27 pm
Washington/IBNS: Social network giant Facebook on Monday removed Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter’s official page from its platform, allegedly over the party’s promotion of its Kashmir March, media reports said.
Bangladesh’s economic growth touches 8.15 pct in FY19
Dec 10, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh has registered an economic growth of 8.15 percent in fiscal 2018-19, media reports said.
CAB part of RSS' Hindu Rashtra design, violates human rights law: Imran Khan
Dec 10, 2019, at 02:40 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Intruding once again into India's internal matters, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday termed New Delhi's latest move to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees through Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, as a part of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)'s design to turn India into a "Hindu Rashtra" or a Hindu country.
Panthapath hotel attack: Police press charges against 14 terrorists
Dec 09, 2019, at 03:50 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Police on Monday pressed charges against 14 activists of the banned militant outfit “Neo JMB” in a case connected with the blast in a Dhaka hotel in 2017.
Sri Lanka to accelerate Colombo Port City project
Dec 08, 2019, at 07:51 pm
Colombo/UNI: The Sri Lankan government will accelerate the development of the Colombo Port City project built by China to ensure that it emerges as a new business hub in the island, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
Seven killed, two injured after truck turns over in SW China
Dec 08, 2019, at 08:44 am
Kunming/UNI: A heavy dump truck turned over on Saturday afternoon on a highway in southwest China's Yunan Province, leaving seven people dead and two injured, according to local authorities.
Pakistan: Blast in Lahore leaves 1 killed
Dec 07, 2019, at 10:45 pm
Lahore/IBNS: At least one person was killed as a blast rocked Pakistan's Lahore city on Saturday, media reports said.
London Bridge attacker Usman Khan laid to rest in Pakistan
Dec 07, 2019, at 05:18 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The London Bridge attacker Usman Khan was buried in his ancestral village in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Three family members fund dead in Barishal
Dec 07, 2019, at 04:46 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Police have recovered bodies of three members of a family from Barishal’s Banaripara area in Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.
RAB arrest two suspected terrorists from DhakaÂ
Dec 06, 2019, at 04:32 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members on Thursday arrested two members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from the country's capital city Dhaka, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Father sent to jail for raping teenage daughter
Dec 06, 2019, at 09:44 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladeshi court on Thursday sent a man to jail for allegedly raping his daughter, media reports said on Friday.
Jalalabad: Japanese national with honorary Afghanistan citizenship killed
Dec 04, 2019, at 04:28 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A Japanese national with honorary Afghan citizenship died following an attack on him in Afghanistan's eastern Jalalabad city, media reports said on Wednesday.
UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto meets Afghanistan security agencies over killing of its staff in Kabul
Dec 04, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Kabul/IBNS: UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto led a delegation recently to meet with Afghanistan’s security agencies chaired by President Ashraf Ghani concerning last week’s incident in Kabul which resulted in the killing a UN staff member.
Pakistan to widen cooperation with Sri Lanka
Dec 03, 2019, at 05:32 pm
Colombo/UNI: Pakistan is seeking to widen the scope of cooperation with Sri Lanka to include defence, trade and investment, tourism, and multi-industry capacity building.
Bangladesh government is denying Rohingya children education: Human Rights Watch
Dec 03, 2019, at 04:10 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The government Bangladesh is blocking aid groups from providing any meaningful education to Rohingya children in refugee camps and banning the children from attending schools outside the camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday.
Pervez Musharraf undergoing treatment in Dubai hospital
Dec 03, 2019, at 03:47 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf is unwell and he is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dubai city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Terrorists attack security forces vehicle in Kabul, 2 killed
Dec 03, 2019, at 03:21 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least two security personnel were killed and three were hurt when gunmen attacked an Afghan security forces vehicle in Pul-e-Charkhi area in Kabul city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Dec 03, 2019, at 10:38 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Kartarpur Corridor opening is bringing new concerns for the Sikh community when it was reported that an Indian girl who used the visit to meet a Pakistani boy she had befriended on social media has gone missing in Pakistan. The boy and the girl had tried to use the holy shrine complex to meet each other recently.
Pakistan's PTI leader, once sacked for anti-Hindu remarks, returns as minister once again in Punjab
Dec 03, 2019, at 10:33 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Revealing the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government's double standards, Fayyaz ul Hasan Chohan of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, who had once triggered controversy for his comments against Hindu community, has been inducted in the Punjab government's cabinet on the same portfolio of the provincial information minister.
Afghan Army kills 5 Taliban militants, including Senior Red Unit Commander : spokesman
Dec 02, 2019, at 06:03 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Five Taliban militants, including Qari Shafiq, senior commander of the movement's special forces, the Red Unit, were killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army's 207th Corps, Abdul Hadi Jamal, told Sputnik on Monday.
Sri Lanka aims to increase investments from key markets including China
Dec 02, 2019, at 09:44 am
Colombo/Xinhua/UNI: Sri Lanka's new government will aim to increase investments from China and a few other leading markets next year in order to boost the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) sector and the economy of the island country, State Minister of Investment Promotion Keheliya Rambukwella was quoted in local media reports as saying here Monday
Bangladesh: Four members of banned terrorist outfit arrested in Dhaka
Dec 01, 2019, at 10:10 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh security officials have arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Dhaka city, media reports said.
Dec 01, 2019, at 08:47 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: In a repetition of what had happened to Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur, now a Pakistani Christian girl, who was identified as Huma Masih, has been allegedly abducted and then converted to Islam. However, the girl on a video message said she went with the man with her consent and converted though she being a minor the marriage is a violation of law.
Dec 01, 2019, at 06:30 pm
London/IBNS: The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the London Bridge stabbing attack incident which left two people dead on Friday even as more information coming to fore showed that the attacker, a Pakistani origin man, had been radicalised in madrassa to prepare for acts of terrorism in Kashmir and the United Kingdom (UK).
Newborn among 8 killed in airstrike in Afghanistan’s Khost province
Dec 01, 2019, at 10:48 am
Kabul/UNI: Eight people, including a newborn, were killed when an airstrike was carried out on a car in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province.
Pakistan: JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, others to be indicted in terror financing case next month
Nov 30, 2019, at 11:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday announced that Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed will be indicted on Dec 7, media reports said.
Nov 30, 2019, at 05:44 pm
London/IBNS: The man, who carried out the stabbing incident in London on Friday killing two people, was of Pakistan origin and once wanted to establish Sharia Law. He even had planned to build a terror training camp in Kashmir.
Bangladesh: Ansar member shot dead by unknown menÂ
Nov 30, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Unknown men shot dead an Ansar member in Bangladesh's Jeshore area on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Army Commander killed in explosion
Nov 30, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday left Brig. Gen. Zahirgul Muqbil, an army regiment commander of Afghan border forces, killed, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lahore rickshaw blast leaves 10 hurtÂ
Nov 29, 2019, at 06:00 pm
Lahore/IBNS: At least 10 people were hurt as an explosion occurred in a rickshaw in Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, media reports said.