Car bomb explodes close to NATO convoy in Afghanistan: Reports
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: A car bomb exploded early on Wednesday close to a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan, media reported.
Social media giant Facebook removes Jamaat Islami Karachi's official page over Kashmir March
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.