Pakistan: Christian person sentenced to death under blasphemy laws
Jun 08, 2023, at 08:48 pm
A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a Christian person on charges of blasphemy.
Two policemen killed in NW Pakistan's firing attack
Jun 08, 2023, at 07:51 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Two policemen were killed, and a passerby was injured due to gunfire by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Swat district on Thursday, police said.
Mine blast kills one in Afghanistan's Ghazni
Jun 08, 2023, at 07:47 pm
At least one person was killed as a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, a district police officer Mohammad Nasir said on Thursday.
Bangladesh: Secondary schools to remain closed due to heatwave
Jun 08, 2023, at 05:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education announced that the classes of all secondary schools in Bangladesh will remain closed on Thursday, due to the heatwave.
Passenger van overturns in central Afghanistan, injuring 14
Jun 08, 2023, at 04:51 am
Bamyan: At least 14 commuters sustained injuries on Wednesday after a passenger van turned turtle in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, a statement of the provincial police released here said.
ByteDance helped China spy on Hong Kong activists using TikTok data, accuses former employee
Jun 08, 2023, at 03:49 am
ByteDance, the owner of video-sharing platform TikTok, allowed the Chinese government access to the data of Hong Kong civil rights activists and protesters, enabling it to track and monitor them, a former employee has alleged.
Chinese apps creating trouble for Pakistan's financially-crippled population
Jun 08, 2023, at 12:36 am
China-based loan apps are creating troubles and adding more miseries to the life of the already financially cripped population of Pakistan, media reports said.
Geneva: Imran Khan's supporters demonstrate outside UN office
Jun 07, 2023, at 10:47 pm
A large number of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's protesters assembled outside the UN office in Geneva on Monday and demonstrated against rights violations in the country.
Pakistan: Bishops protest after killing at Catholic School
Jun 07, 2023, at 10:45 pm
Pakistan's Catholic Bishops have said they have a limit to their patience after the horrific attack on Sangota Public School on May 17 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat District.
Terrorism: Norway puts Pakistan under its 'scanner'
Jun 07, 2023, at 10:35 pm
The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) has listed Pakistan, a nation currently experiencing a financial crisis, as one of the countries that pose a significant threat to Norway, media reports said.
Pakistan: Enforced Disappearances now hits Punjab
Jun 07, 2023, at 09:59 pm
The issue of forced disappearance, which was quite common in Balochistan, is slowly gaining pace in Punjab region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 13 die as truck hits pickup van in Sylhet
Jun 07, 2023, at 03:07 pm
Dhaka: At least 13 people died and eight others were hurt after a truck rammed into a pickup van on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in Sylhet city of Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.
Free, fair elections not possible under Awami League govt in Bangladesh: BNP tells US Ambassador
Jun 07, 2023, at 04:50 am
Dhaka/ UNI: Bangladesh’s Opposition party BNP in a meeting with US ambassador Peter Haas on Tuesday accused the ruling Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of destroying the democratic institutions, including the electoral processes.
Maldives: 10kgs of drugs seized from Pakistani traveller
Jun 06, 2023, at 11:41 pm
Male: A Pakistani visitor who was trying to bring drugs into the Maldives was apprehended, media reports said.
Pakistan: Soldier killed in exchange of fire with terrorists
Jun 06, 2023, at 11:39 pm
Islamabad: A Pakistani soldier was killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistan army said.
Pakistan: 3 killed, 13 injured in van-truck collision
Jun 06, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad: At least three people were killed and 13 others injured on Monday in a collision between a van and a truck in Mandi Bahauddin district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue service reported.
Jun 06, 2023, at 12:46 am
A Chinese national has disappeared without settling his bill after staying in Kathmandu's Hotel Sapana Garden for two months.
Kabul residents complain about Taliban govt's slow passport distribution process
Jun 06, 2023, at 12:18 am
Several Kabul residents have complained that the pass distribution system in the country is very slow.
Two soldiers die during encounter with terrorists in Pakistan
Jun 06, 2023, at 12:12 am
Islamabad: Two military servicemen were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's North Waziristan district, according to a military statement released on late Sunday night.
Bangladesh: Govt primary school briefly closed due to heat wave
Jun 06, 2023, at 12:05 am
Dhaka: The continuing heat wave will cause classroom activities in all government primary schools nationwide to be suspended for four days, according to a statement released on Sunday by Bangladesh's Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.
Bangladesh's second underground metro rail construction may begin next month
Jun 05, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Dhaka: The work on Bangladesh's second underground metro rail may start from July, media reports said.
Pakistan, Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report
Jun 05, 2023, at 10:40 pm
New York: Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of 22 countries, which include Afghanistan and Pakistan, a new UN early warning report has found.
Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Asian Phoenix and the Falling Star
Jun 05, 2023, at 08:42 pm
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global landscape has changed drastically, and this change has been no less drastic for the South Asian region. Two countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan, once part of the same nation, now stand worlds apart in their trajectories.
Toll from mountain landslide in southwest China rises to 19
Jun 05, 2023, at 04:38 pm
Beijing/UNI: A mountain landslide in southwest China's Sichuan province has killed 19 people and injured five others, the administration of the city of Leshan said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Primary school students poisoned
Jun 05, 2023, at 02:39 pm
Sari Pul, Afghanistan: Scores of students of a primary girl school were poisoned in Sancharak district of Afghanistan's northern Sari Pul province on Sunday, provincial director for Information and Culture, Mufti Amir Saripuli said Monday.
Tiananmen Square massacre: Hong Kong Police detain 16 people on anniversary
Jun 05, 2023, at 02:34 am
Police in Hong Kong on Sunday detained 16 pro-democracy activists on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, media reports said.
Pakistan may see 50 percent rise in natural gas prices from next month: Reports
Jun 05, 2023, at 02:21 am
Pakistani consumers can expect to see some troubled times next month as natural gas prices might increase by 50 percent.
China: 14 die due to mountainn landslide
Jun 05, 2023, at 01:01 am
Beijing: A mountain landslide occurred on Sunday in southwest China's Sichuan province, killing 14 people and leaving five missing, local authorities said.
Bangladesh: 8 injured as blast-hit oil tanker catches fire
Jun 04, 2023, at 10:31 pm
At least 8 people were hurt as an explosion rocked an oil tanker that was anchored in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj region of Bangladesh, media reports said.
Two Pakistani soldiers die during attack close to Iran border
Jun 04, 2023, at 12:10 am
Quetta: At least two soldiers died during an armed attack at a security checkpoint close to the border with Iran in Kech district, media reports said.