Bangladesh: Three people die in septic tank explosion
Dhaka/UNI: Three people including two brothers were killed in a septic tank explosion at Bandar upazila in Narayanganj district on Friday morning in Bangladesh.
Nepali MPs test for COVID-19 before budget session
Kathmandu/UNI: The Nepal Parliament has collected swabs samples of lawmakers and its employees as a precaution against COVID-19 ahead of a budget session to begin on Friday.
Three provincial police including police chief killed in bomb attack: Afghan official
Khost, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Three police officers, including a provincial police chief, were killed in an overnight bomb attack in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, the provincial governor confirmed on Friday.
Crowds protest police killing of 3 people in US city of Indianapolis
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: Crowds rallied Wednesday night and Thursday on the streets of Indianapolis, capital city of the northern U.S. state of Indiana, protesting police killing of two men and a pregnant woman in three separate incidents in merely hours apart, local media reported.
Pakistan: Missing Persons Commission receives 33 fresh complaints in April
Islamabad/IBNS: It seems that Pakistan is seeing more missing persons in recent times as the country's commission on missing people received 33 new cases in April, media reports said.
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces destroy joint ISIS, Haqqani network centre
Kabul/IBNS: At least five terrorists were killed as Afghan Special Forces busted a major network of militants-led by ISIS and Haqqani Network- in Kabul during an operation conducted in the country's capital city, media reports said.
Political activists criticise Pakistan SC's decision to hold polls in Gilgit-Baltistan
Quetta/IBNS: Several political activists have protested the decision announced by the Pakistan Supreme Court to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and form an interim government in the region.
Pakistan: Punjab govt ratifies army land allotment to civilian officials
Islamabad/IBNS: The Punjab government has ratified the allotment of up to 25 acres of state land to 47 civilian government officials but they were actually meant for the families of the martyred soldiers and war veterans under the Army Welfare Scheme (AWS), media reports said.
Pakistani forces killed four pro-freedom Baloch activists in Panjgur: FBM
Quetta: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) recently alleged that Pakistani forces killed four pro-freedom Baloch activists and tied one of the dead bodies to the back of a vehicle and dragged it mercilessly in Panjgur district of Balochistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Rights groups reject summary for formation of ‘sham commission on minorities’
Islamabad/IBNS: Several minority rights groups and parliamentarians have vowed to resist the formation a National Commission for Minorities (NCM) by the Pakistani government, media reports said.
18 million people may lose job, says Pakistan Minister
Islamabad/IBNS: Giving a hint that COVID-19 might leave a major burden on Pakistan's economic paradigm, country's Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said between 20 million to 70 million people could fall below the poverty line and 18 million people could also lose jobs due to the lockdown.
Pakistan may soon see shortage in petrol, diesel supply: Reports
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan, which is fighting against Covid-19 outbreak, may soon be seeing a shortage of petrol and diesel in the months of May and June, media reports said.
Sri Lanka says efforts ongoing to assist over 11,000 tourists stranded amidst COVID-19
Colombo/Xinhua: Sri Lanka's Tourism Ministry on Wednesday said efforts were ongoing to assist over 11,000 tourists who were stranded in the country due to the closure of airports globally following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
Afghanistan reports 168 new COVID-19 cases within 24 hours, 3,392 in total
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Wednesday reported 168 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing its total tally to 3,392, according to the country's Ministry of Public Health.
Digital Security Case: RAB officials arrest cartoonist Kishore, writer Mushtaq Ahmed
Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and author Mustak Ahmed in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, media reports said.