Ahmadi doctor shot dead in Pakistan
Feb 24, 2023, at 02:30 pm
Islamabad: An Ahmadi doctor was shot dead by a man in Pakistan's Gujrat district on Sunday.
Pakistan: Security forces kill eight terrorists in Balochistan
Feb 24, 2023, at 01:56 pm
Quetta: Pakistani security forces have shot down eight terrorists in Balochistan’s Mazaaband Range, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan PM directs to cut number of foreign missions
Feb 24, 2023, at 05:38 am
Islamabad/IBNS: With an aim to cut down expenditures by 15 percent, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday issued instructions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cut the number of foreign missions and reduce their offices, staff, and other measures.
Taiwan displays growing clout with its top diplomat's United States visit
Feb 24, 2023, at 05:28 am
Taipei/IBNS: With the first publicized visit of the Taiwanese foreign minister to Washington since the United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, Taiwan has scored a major diplomatic breakthrough.
Pakistani delegation visits Afghanistan to discuss security related issues
Feb 22, 2023, at 10:54 pm
A Pakistani delegation has visited Kabul city to interact with Taliban rulers of Afghanistan over security-related matters, the country's foreign office said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh ambassador to Russia Kamrul Ahsan summoned
Feb 22, 2023, at 08:46 pm
Dhaka: Bangladeshi ambassador to Russia Kamrul Ahsan was summoned to the Russian foreign ministry, said diplomatic sources in Dhaka and Moscow.
Feb 22, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Islamabad: A Pakistani professor was sacked and blacklisted by the university after he triggered a row by setting a question about incest to electrical engineering students during a quiz test.
Professor's murder in Peshawar: Police arrest accused
Feb 21, 2023, at 10:43 pm
Peshawar: Pakistan police have arrested a security guard accused of killing lecturer Bashir Ahmad at Islamia College in Peshawar city of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Rising cases of electricity wires being stolen in Bangladesh locality: Reports
Feb 21, 2023, at 10:30 pm
Dhaka: Every night in the Rajbari district town, 120 km away from here, electricity connection cables are being stolen from homes and institutions.
Taiwan, US to keep strengthening military ties: Taiwanese President
Feb 21, 2023, at 10:22 pm
Beijing: Taiwan and the United States will continue to expand their military ties, with the island also planning to increase cooperation with other partners to tackle numerous global challenges, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Two Levies men die as terrorist attack check post in Balochistan
Feb 21, 2023, at 09:55 pm
Mastung: At least two Levies men died as terrorists moved into a check post in Babri area of Mastung district in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Tuesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh President Hamid, PM Hasina pay homage to Language Heroes on Mother Language Day
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:25 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.
Pakistan, Afghanistan border forces exchange fire at Torkham border crossing
Feb 21, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani and Afghanistan border forces exchanged gunfire at a key crossing in Northwestern Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals cheated via online Chinese app
Feb 21, 2023, at 04:28 am
Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladeshi people were cheated in the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh by opening an account number with a minimum of Tk 2000 in the hope that they will get dollars if they buy movie tickets on a Chinese app, media reports said.
Bhutan: Ka Ja Throm marketplace opens in Phuentshogling, aims to revive economy
Feb 20, 2023, at 09:12 pm
Phuentshogling: Phuentshogling, a popular tourist destination in Bhutan, recently witnessed the opening of a Ka Ja Throm, a refined marketplace, which aims to revive the economy of the region.
Japan, Bhutan plan to partner to produce sake
Feb 20, 2023, at 09:01 pm
Tokyo: Japanese Sake manufacturing company Tsuchida Sake Brewery is planning to set up a production plant in Bhutan.
Pakistan: 14 die as bus falls into ravine in Kallar Kahar
Feb 20, 2023, at 08:52 pm
Kallar Kahar: At least 14 people, including women and children, died as a bus in which they were travelling fell in a ravine in Pakistan's Kallar Kahar town on Sunday.
Pakistan: Security forces arrest suspected woman suicide bomber in Quetta
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Quetta: Pakistani security forces arrested a suspected woman suicide bomber in Quetta city of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: One dies as fire breaks out at residential building in Gulshan
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:24 pm
Dhaka: At least one person died and 10 others were hurt when a fire broke out at a residential building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday.
Bhutan: 157 students participate in national competition on CodeMonkey
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:49 am
Thimpu: Bhutan's Education and Skills Development Ministry recently conducted an online national coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who have taken various CodeMonkey courses in schools.
Sri Lankan Crisis: Experts, locals express doubt feasibility of Chinese-built Port City Colombo
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:42 am
Colombo: Experts in Sri Lanka are doubting the feasibility of the Port City Colombo (PCC), a vast new Chinese-built reclaimed commercial zone in the capital city, especially at a time when the country witnessed its worst economic crisis.
Pakistani private school imposes ban on students speaking Pashto
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:27 am
Peshawar: A Peshawar-based private school has banned students from speaking Pashto language in their premises.
Afghanistan: 500 youths join national army
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:54 am
Jalalabad: A total of 500 Afghan youths joined the Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the country's Defense Ministry released here Saturday.
Taliban to turn former U.S. military bases into economic zones: Reports
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:42 am
Kabul: Taliban militia has decided to change former U.S. military bases into "economic zones" to bolster economic activities, the Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Court awards life imprisonment to madrasa teacher for raping minor
Feb 20, 2023, at 01:34 am
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life in prison on charges of raping a minor.
Pakistan: PIA announces discount for students traveling to China
Feb 19, 2023, at 11:33 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will give a 27-percent discount to students traveling to China to pursue academic degrees, an official with the PIA has said.
'Pakistan sent repackaged Turkish flood aid as earthquake relief material,' journalist reveals
Feb 19, 2023, at 06:46 pm
Pakistan is facing a major embarrassment globally over the relief material it sent to Turkey after the recent devastating earthquakes that left over 40,000 people dead.
500 Afghan men join national army
Feb 19, 2023, at 07:54 am
Jalalabad (Afghanistan): A total of 500 Afghan youths joined Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, a statement of the country's Defense Ministry said here on Saturday.
Dhaka University removes 'protesting' Tagore sculpture
Feb 18, 2023, at 07:02 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: The Dhaka University has removed a protesting sculpture of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, which was installed in protest of an alleged censorship in the country, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban flogs 11 people, including women, in Faizabad
Feb 18, 2023, at 03:13 pm
Kabul: The supreme court of the Taliban said that eleven people, including two women, were publicly flogged at a sports ground in Afghanistan's Faizabad city on Friday, media reports said.