Building collapse in PoK leaves 15 hurt
Islamabad/UNI: A three-storey wedding hall building collapsed during renovations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Mirpur district, injured at least 15 labourers and leaving dozens more trapped, official said.
Frankfurt: A Sindhi leader has written an open letter to world leaders and human rights organisations and accused Pakistani army generals of their involvement in religious terrorism from Kabul to Kashmir since 1947.
Establish inquiry commission to investigate human rights violations in PoK: Activist tells UNHRC
Geneva: Activist Sajjad Raja has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to create a Commission of Inquiry to probe the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of the south Asian country.
Bangladesh: Couple detained for allegedly torturing domestic help
Dhaka: A couple have been detained by the police from Bangladesh capital Dhaka on allegations of torturing their domestic help.
Birmingham: A memorandum has been submitted by the Kashmiri community and United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Birmingham to the Pakistan consulate here, where they have protested against the proposed 14th Amendment Bill in the Interim Constitution of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Chinese authorities forcefully relocated over 50 Tibetans, claims Tibet Watch report
Beijing: Chinese authorities forcefully relocated around 59 Tibetans from 13 different households in eastern Tibet on June 24, Free Tibet’s research partner, Tibet Watch has said.
Tibetan govt-in exile hails US move to bar Chinese officials who restrict access to Tibet
Dharamshala: The Tibetan government-in-exile has appreciated the US government's move of imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act.
Ex- Dhaka University VC Emajuddin Ahmed passes away
Dhaka/UNI: Eminent educationist, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser professor Emajuddin Ahmed breathed his last at a city hospital on Friday morning, he was 86-year-old.
Shamima Begum can return to United Kingdom to fight for citizenship, Court of Appeal rules
London/UNI: The British Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that Shamima Begum, one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Bangladesh: Covid-19 death toll touches nearly 2,500-mark
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has recorded 39 fresh fatalities from novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the country's death toll around 2,500.
Bangladesh records 33 new COVID-19 deaths
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 33 new deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
At least 15 Taliban militants killed in airstrike in Afghan kandahar province - Police
Kabul/Sputnik: At least 15 Taliban militants were killed and 10 others were injured in an airstrike by the Afghan air forces in Kandahar province, local police said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 test scam: Regent Hospital owner Mohammad Shahed arrested in Bangladesh
Dhaka/UNI: Rapid Action Battalion arrested Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed in Satkhira near Bangladesh’s border with India in the early hour on Wednesday.
South China Sea: Philippines calls on China to comply with a 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling
Manila: As China continues its aggressive stance against its neighbours at a time when the world is witnessing COVID-19 outbreak, the Philippines has publicly called on China to comply with the 2016 arbitral ruling which said China has no 'historic rights over the waters of South China Sea'.
Bangladesh COVID-19 test scam: Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed arrested
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammed Shahed in connection with his role in the COVID-19 test scam.