Bangladesh: Death toll in Dhaka blast touches 19
Mar 08, 2023, at 10:14 pm
Dhaka: The death toll due to a blast at a building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka city has touched 19, media reports said on Wednesday.
Mar 08, 2023, at 08:27 pm
Kabul: In separate shootouts, four Islamic State terrorists, who were wanted in India, have been killed in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border within a span of a month, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 17 die as explosion rocks Dhaka building, rescue operation to continue
Mar 08, 2023, at 02:49 pm
Dhaka: Rescue operations at the site of the explosion which took place in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, which left 17 people dead, on Tuesday will continue on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Islamabad HC reserves verdict on Imran Khan’s arrest in Toshakhana case
Mar 08, 2023, at 03:54 am
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday reserved the judgment on a plea filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against a lower court's order upholding the arrest warrant for the former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, media reports said.
14 killed, over 100 injured in blast in Dhaka's crowded Gulistan area
Mar 08, 2023, at 02:51 am
Dhaka/IBNS: As many as 14 people have been killed and over 100 injured in an explosion at a multi-storied building in Old Dhaka’s crowded Gulistan area in Bangladesh, as per the latest media reports.
Bangladesh: Explosion rocks Dhaka building, 8 die
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:45 pm
Dhaka: An explosion rocked a building at Siddique Bazar area in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka city which left at least eight people dead and 100 others injured on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gwadar attack leaves one soldier dead
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:42 pm
At least one soldier died and eight others were injured in an attack on security forces in Gwadar district of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Terrorists lob grenades at two Peshawar police posts, no casualty
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Peshawar: Suspected terrorists lobbed grenades at two police posts in Malazai and Jabba Masjid areas of Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday.
ILO says female employment levels in Afghanistan dropped sharply since Taliban came to power in 2021
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:26 pm
Kabul: Female employment levels in Afghanistan have fallen steeply since the Taliban administration took over in 2021, according to new figures released by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
‘Hope is rare now in Myanmar’, UN Human Rights Council hears
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:23 pm
New York: The Myanmar military has continuously used arbitrary lethal violence against its own people amid an expanding humanitarian emergency, and a worsening economic crisis, the UN rights chief told the Human Rights Council on Monday.
Bangladesh: Police arrest 130 people for allegedly attacking Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:17 pm
Panchagarh: Police in Bangladesh have arrested 130 people for allegedly attacking the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh region of the country last week, media reports said.
Mar 07, 2023, at 11:09 pm
At least 15 people, belonging to the minority Hindu community, were injured as Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) activists on Monday allegedly attacked a gathering of students at the Punjab University campus in the Pakistani city of Lahore when they were celebrating Holi festival.
Bangladesh: Rohingya camp leader ‘shot and hacked to death’ in Ukhiya
Mar 07, 2023, at 10:46 pm
Cox's Bazar: Dozens of people have shot and hacked to death a Rohingya leader in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya region in Bangladesh, media reports said.
Mar 07, 2023, at 09:46 pm
Dhaka/New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed sadness as 12,000 people lost shelter after a large number of shanties were destroyed in a fire tragedy at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar region.
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir education department makes hijab mandatory for female teachers, students
Mar 07, 2023, at 04:05 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s education department has made the Islamic head dress hijab compulsory for female students and teachers in co-education institutions.
Afghanistan: Women students protest outside Kabul University as males return to classrooms
Mar 07, 2023, at 03:43 pm
Kabul: Women gathered outside Kabul University to protest against the Taliban's ban on female education in the war-torn nation and urged male students to reject attending the new academic session which commenced on Monday.
Mar 06, 2023, at 11:58 pm
Pakistani authorities have deployed 1500 policemen belonging to the Special Security Unit to provide security to Chinese nationals working on different projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: 68 police officers suspended for ‘insubordination’ in Balochistan
Mar 06, 2023, at 11:52 pm
Islamabad/Quetta: Balochistan Inspector General of Police Abdul Khaliq Sheikh has suspended 68 police officers for failing to comply with his orders, local media reports of Pakistan said on Friday.
Mar 06, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Kabul: Farmers in Samdrup Jongkhar town of Bhutan are currently able to fetch good prices for their ginger cultivation ever since the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's plea seeking suspension of arrest warrant rejected
Mar 06, 2023, at 10:56 pm
Islamabad: A district and sessions court of Islamabad on Monday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s plea seeking the suspension of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued for him in the Toshakhana case.
Bangladesh: Three college students die due to road mishap in Sirajganj
Mar 06, 2023, at 09:25 pm
Sirajganj: At least three students died when a car ran over their motorcycle in Bangladesh's Sirajganj town on Monday.
Pakistan: Nine Balochistan Constabulary personnel die in bomb attack
Mar 06, 2023, at 07:29 pm
Quetta: At least nine Balochistan Constabulary (BC) personnel died in a bomb attack in Pakistan's Bolan region on Monday.
Bangladesh: Miscreants chop off Islamic speaker's tongue
Mar 06, 2023, at 02:11 pm
Dhaka: A group of unidentified miscreants attacked an Islamic speaker and even chopped off his tongue in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria area on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Thousands left homeless after fire breaks out at Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar
Mar 06, 2023, at 04:34 am
Cox's Bazar: As many as 2,000 shanties were gutted as a fire broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh, leaving a large number of people homeless, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: PTI chief Imran comes down hard on ‘institutions’ amid his arrest controversy
Mar 06, 2023, at 03:24 am
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday came down hard on the “state institutions” amid the arrest controversy in the Toshakhana case registered against him.
China to increase defence budget by 7.2 pct
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:24 am
Beijing: China on Sunday announced the draft budget where the country said it will increase the annual defence budget by 7.2 percent.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, no injury
Mar 06, 2023, at 12:08 am
Authorities have brought the fire, which broke out at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya region in Bangladesh, under control, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 2 die as blast rocks Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mar 05, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad: Two people were killed, and three others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police sources said.
Bangladesh: Explosion rocks Dhaka's Science Lab, three die
Mar 05, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Dhaka: At least three people died and dozens of others were injured as an explosion occurred at a building in Dhaka's Science Lab area on Sunday morning, media reports said.
Pakistan: Container-Truck collision in DI Khan leaves five people dead
Mar 05, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Islamabad: Two children were among five people who died on Saturday when a truck collided with a container near Mughal Kot police station in Dera Ismail Khan region of Pakistan, media reports said.