Singapore unveils long-term work visas to attract foreign workers
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:55 am
Singapore is rebuilding visa rules to attract foreign workers and ease a tight labour market that's making an impact on wage and price pressures.
Diplomatic Ripples: China’s dual-use surveillance ship finally leaves Sri Lankan port
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:06 am
Colombo: The Chinese research ship, which had arrived at the Sri Lankan port a few days back, has left it, sending diplomatic ripples across the Indian Ocean.
Pakistan: Death toll due to flood touches 1,136
Aug 30, 2022, at 02:06 am
Islamabad: The death toll due to the ongoing floods in different parts of Pakistan has touched 1,136 on Monday, media reports said.
Suicide bombers are our pride, part of our security forces: Taliban
Aug 30, 2022, at 01:54 am
Kabul: Taliban's deputy interior minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali has said “martyrdom brigades,” aka suicide bomber units, are a part of the country's security forces and the group’s “pride”.
Cinema to reopen in Afghanistan, role of women limited amid Taliban rule
Aug 30, 2022, at 12:34 am
After a gap of one-year, cinema halls are going to open in Afghanistan for the first time ever since Taliban forces captured power in the country, media reports said.
Oil-gas import: Taliban seal deal with Russia
Aug 29, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have struck a deal with their counterparts in Moscow over business matters and the import of Russian oil and gas, media reports said.
Myanmar shells land in Bangladesh
Aug 29, 2022, at 08:52 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Two mortar shells fired from Myanmar landed near the Tambru North neighborhood in Bangladesh's Bandarban district, officials said on Monday.
Pakistan: Rights activist 'taken away' by unknown men from Karachi
Aug 29, 2022, at 07:19 pm
Karachi: A human rights activist was taken away by four unknown men in civvies, along with some uniformed policemen, from his book shop in Urdu Bazaar region of Karachi city of Pakistan, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Police conduct raids in Karachi to arrest six news channel staffers
Aug 29, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Islamabad: The Islamabad Police attempted to arrest six staff members of a news channel in Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Flood to cause USD 4b loss to economy
Aug 29, 2022, at 06:07 pm
Quetta: The ongoing flash floods and heavy rains, which is ravaging Pakistan, is estimated to have cost the country's economy over USD 4 billion in the current fiscal year.
Pakistan: Journalist shot dead in Shorkot
Aug 29, 2022, at 03:52 pm
Islamabad: Unidentified people shot dead Shorkot Press Club president and senior journalist Muhammad Younis in Shorkot city of Pakistan on Saturday.
Pakistan: Inflation breaking all records as SPI climbs to 44.58 percent
Aug 29, 2022, at 02:22 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Index has reached the highest level in the history of the country due to an increase in the prices of petroleum products and disruption in the supply of commodities amid ravaging flood situation in the country, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan security forces 'shooed away' by flood-hit citizens in Sindh
Aug 29, 2022, at 01:37 am
A video, which has gone viral on the internet, showed the Pakistan security forces deployed at the flood-hit Sindh were being “shooed away” by the citizens.
Taiwanese Defense Ministry says China deployed 8 ships, 23 planes near Island
Aug 29, 2022, at 12:43 am
Taipei: Eight ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), as well as 23 planes, have been detected near Taiwan, the island nation's defense ministry said on Sunday.
Roadside explosion in Afghanistan's Kunar leaves one Taliban member dead
Aug 29, 2022, at 12:01 am
Kunar: A roadside mine explosion in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar left one Taliban member dead and six others hurt, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Flood death toll crosses 1,000-mark
Aug 28, 2022, at 10:49 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The death toll from floods triggered by heavy rains across Pakistan has crossed the grim milestone of 1,000, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) data.
Flood continues to ravage different parts of Pakistan, rescue operations on
Aug 28, 2022, at 06:41 pm
Islamabad: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohistan tehsil was reeling on Sunday as officials continued to call for help in rescuing people stranded in areas “completely cut off” due to the deadly floods that has disrupted normal life in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Sit-in demonstration demanding improvement of law and order situation continues in Bajaur
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:57 am
Bajaur: Demanding improvement of the law and order situation in the region, people continued their sit-in protest in Bajaur area of Pakistan for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday.
I am very dangerous: Imran Khan
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:44 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan recently warned the ruling government of the country and said he is 'very dangerous'.
Afghanistan: Kabul residents struggle due to lack of drinking water
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:39 am
People of Kabul city in Afghanistan and some residents of Bala Koh of Bagrami district are currently facing a new trouble due to lack of drinking water availability.
Taliban forces conduct house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:35 am
Kabul: The Taliban forces have started house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban bars female students from leaving Kabul for studies
Aug 28, 2022, at 04:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, an informed source told Sputnik.
Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia
Aug 27, 2022, at 07:06 pm
New York: Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei on Friday, who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked Sri Lanka was already among the highest in the region.
Flood continues to ravage Pakistan, 42 die in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Aug 27, 2022, at 03:45 pm
Islamabad: Flood continues to devastate Pakistan and even 42 people have died in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of the country due to rain related incidents, media reports said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka suffered loss of USD 6.9 mn in fertiliser deal with China
Aug 27, 2022, at 06:04 am
Colombo: Sri Lanka's exchequer suffered a loss of USD 6.9 million over the deal signed with China as the stock of fertiliser was rejected in December 2021 over reports that it contained harmful bacteria, media reports said on Friday.
Aug 27, 2022, at 05:51 am
Beijing: China's growing power shortage problem has hit more than 1 million electric vehicles (EVs) because of reduced power supply at about 400,000 public charging facilities.
IMF sees inflation peaking at 20 pct in Pakistan
Aug 27, 2022, at 05:47 am
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that Pakistan’s economy is slowing to around 3.5 percent amid weakening economic conditions and the average inflation rate peaking at nearly 20 percent by the end of the current fiscal year on the back of currency depreciation and higher commodity prices, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistani cities witness protest over hike in power bills
Aug 27, 2022, at 05:45 am
Islamabad: Different Pakistani cities recently witnessed protests over a hike in electricity bills which is creating trouble for consumers.
Research shows hardline Islamic group Hefazat-e-Islam poses challenge for Bangladesh
Aug 27, 2022, at 02:41 am
Dhaka: A leading think tank South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) has claimed that Bangladesh is gripped by challenges posed by hardline Islamic group Hefazat-e-Islam as the country continues to witness frequent outbursts of massive violence, an increase in religiously motivated illiberalism, and a general shrinking of free, liberal, and secular thinking.
Pakistani rupee continues to fall against US Dollar
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Rupee continued to fall against the US Dollar and remained under pressure in the interbank market due to wide-ranging factors on Friday.