Afghanistan: Body of young girl with bullet wound recovered
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:06 am
Kabul: The lifeless body of a young girl was recovered from Pol-e-Khomri city in Afghanistan with a gunshot wound, media reports said on Saturday.
Singing sensation Yohani joins Sri Lanka tourism to woo Indian filmmakers
Oct 22, 2022, at 08:51 pm
Mumbai/Colombo/Bangalore: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), together with Sri Lankan Airlines and the International Film Producers’ Association of Sri Lanka (IFPA), recently organized a Film Tourism Promotional campaign in Bangalore and Mumbai to target major Indian movie industries by promoting Sri Lanka as "the ideal film location destination in South Asia".
Pakistan security forces, Taliban armed forces clash along Spin Boldak, woman dies
Oct 22, 2022, at 07:15 pm
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Pakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan when an Afghan woman died during the skirmish, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Large number of farmers now depend on opium cultivation for survival, says SIGAR
Oct 22, 2022, at 07:11 pm
Kabul: The struggle of people in Afghanistan is becoming more intense and even forcing farmers in the country to depend on opium poppies cultivation for their livelihood.
Tension with US over oil: Pakistan decides to side Saudi Arabia
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:47 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to take the side of Saudi Arabia at a time when the Middle East nation has locked horns with the United States over the cut in oil supply in the international market.
Pakistan: Imran Khan says female journalist bound to be harassed if she invades male space
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:40 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan recently landed himself in a controversy when he issued an inappropriate statement against a leading female journalist, implying that she was asking to be trolled and harassed as she “invades male-dominated spaces” while covering political rallies, media reports said.
China continues to tighten grip over Tibet
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:31 am
Lhasa: China has started reinforcing tight control over the highly surveilled Tibet autonomous region and the authorities continue to increase its repression in the name of the Zero-Covid policy, media reports said.
China’s economy badly hit by Covid lockdowns: Reports
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:24 am
Beijing: China's economic indicators are not looking very positive as the country is badly hit by COVID-19 imposed lockdowns which is affecting both businesses and consumers.
Pakistan removed from anti-terror watchdog FATF's grey list after 4 yrs
Oct 22, 2022, at 03:40 am
Pakistan has made its way out of the FATF grey list, four years after the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering put the country under the organisation's close scrutiny for involvement in terror funding.
The politics driving China's hellish lockdowns
Oct 22, 2022, at 12:05 am
Beijing: The world has largely moved on from Covid -- except for China, where towns and cities are still shut down overnight.
Pakistan EC disqualifies former PM Imran Khan in Toshakhana case
Oct 21, 2022, at 10:48 pm
Islamabad: In a major legal victory for the ruling coalition on Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a consensus verdict in Toshakana reference, disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan and ruled that the PTI chairman is no longer a member of the National Assembly.
Chinese envoy Li calls on Bangladesh Foreign Minister
Oct 21, 2022, at 10:09 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming called on AKA Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, on Friday and discussed repatriation of displaced people from Myanmar among other issues.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest seven terror group members
Oct 21, 2022, at 02:43 pm
Rapid Action Battalion officials of Bangladesh have arrested seven suspects members of a terrorist group and three separatists while conducting an operation in Chattogram Hill Tracts.
Chinese diplomat involved in attack: British MP
Oct 20, 2022, at 02:03 am
London, Oct 19 (UNI) One of China's most senior UK diplomats was involved in violence against protesters at the Manchester consulate on Sunday, a British MP says.
Crowd greets Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi who broke hijab rule
Oct 20, 2022, at 01:54 am
Tehran: A large crowd at Tehran airport greeted an Iranian sport climber who competed without a headscarf at a competition in South Korea, calling her a "heroine".
China attempting to influence Sri Lankan local media: Reports
Oct 20, 2022, at 01:12 am
Colombo: China is trying to influence the local media of Sri Lanka, a media house from the Island nation reported.
COVID-19: Lockdown imposed on Chinese city located close to iPhone manufacturing hub
Oct 20, 2022, at 01:00 am
Zhengzhou: China has imposed a lockdown in Zhengzhou to combat COVID-19, putting a million residents in the region under stress.
China exploiting Balochistan, accuses lawmaker
Oct 20, 2022, at 12:52 am
Quetta, Pakistan: A Balochistan lawmaker has accused Chinese companies,which are working on various power projects in the region, of destroying the environment and marine life and even denying locals jobs.
Pakistan: Punjab region registers 15,750 complaints of harassment made by women
Oct 19, 2022, at 11:08 pm
Pakistan'sPunjab region has recorded 15,750 complaints made by women against harassment, violence, kidnapping and murder this year.
Myanmar: 8 die as twin explosions rock Insein prison
Oct 19, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Naypyidaw: At least eight people died as twin explosions rocked Myanmar's Insein prison on Wednesday, media reports said.
Ruling MNA lawmakers demand DNA test of bodies dumped on roof of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital
Oct 19, 2022, at 10:54 pm
Islamabad: Ruling MNA lawmakers have demanded the government to carry out DNA tests of the putrefied bodies found on the rooftop of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital last week.
Pakistan: Balochistan CTD accused of killing 3 missing persons in 'fake encounter' case
Oct 19, 2022, at 08:59 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Balochistan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has been accused of killing three missing persons in a “fake encounter” in Kharan region of the country, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Minor girl with burn injuries suffers in pain after four hospital refuse admission
Oct 19, 2022, at 08:42 pm
Islamabad: In a show of callousness, a two-year-old girl, who is suffering from 35 per cent burns, was refused admission by Punjab’s four teaching hospitals.
Chinese law firm can't work in Sri Lanka
Oct 19, 2022, at 08:35 pm
Colombo: A Chinese law firm is not entitled to engage in any legal professional work in Sri Lanka, the island nation's Supreme Court has ruled.
After Biden dubs Pak 'most dangerous nation', it leans on Russia for cheap fuel and wheat supplies
Oct 19, 2022, at 04:36 am
Amid a diplomatic row with the US, Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the country wants to import fuel from Russia but at the same rate supplied to neigbouring India, media reports said.
China defends Manchester consulate violence
Oct 18, 2022, at 11:26 pm
Beijing/London: China's foreign ministry has defended an incident in which a Hong Kong protester was pulled into Chinese consulate grounds in the British city of Manchester and beaten up.
China's internet censors are attempting to shut out protesters in Beijing
Oct 18, 2022, at 07:03 am
Beijing: China’s internet censors are going to great lengths to shut down any discussion of a rare public protest condemning President Xi Jinping as a “despotic traitor” and denouncing the country’s Covid-19 policies, specially at a time when the nation witnessed the hosting of the crucial all-important Communist Party Congress.
Oct 18, 2022, at 06:52 am
Taipei: The Taiwan Presidential Office has countered Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday following his speech at the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress vowing to “struggle against separatism” and Taiwan independence.
Experts suspect China’s rollout of 5G base stations in Xinjiang will only boost surveillance
Oct 18, 2022, at 06:35 am
Xinjiang: Experts believe that China's decision to roll out thousands of 5G base stations throughout its far-western Xinjiang region will not be used for economic development but for enhanced digital surveillance of Uyghurs and other Muslims.
BRT girder tragedy: Bangladesh minister says Chinese company will not work anymore
Oct 18, 2022, at 06:17 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the Chinese company which was found responsible for the crane accident at Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 project will not be allowed to work in the country anymore after their current project is completed.