Afghanistan: Kabul Police EOD team defuse bomb planted close to a school

Nov 29, 2019, at 09:30 am

Kabul/IBNS:  The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team defused an improvised explosive device that was planted by suspected terrorists in Afghanistan capital city Kabul, media reports said.

Dhaka cafe attack: Anti-terrorism court sentences seven to death

Nov 27, 2019, at 04:27 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: An Anti-terrorism tribunal court in Bangladesh on Wednesday awarded death sentence to seven convicts in the 2016 Dhaka cafe attack which had claimed 22 lives, media reports said.

Kabul crime: Police arrest 21 people

Nov 27, 2019, at 03:27 pm

Kabul/IBNS: The Kabul Police have arrested 21 people from the Afghanistan capital city in connection with different criminal activities, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Court awards death sentence to three JMB men

Nov 26, 2019, at 09:04 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced to death three members of terror group JMB for killing an operative of the same group in 2012.

Bangladesh: Three JMB men arrested 

Nov 25, 2019, at 03:45 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh security officials have arrested three members of the banned terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: Taliban shadow district governor killed

Nov 25, 2019, at 03:29 pm

Kabul/IBNS: An airstrike in Faryab province of Afghanistan left   Mawlawi Abdul Ghafar, the Taliban-designated shadow district governor of Almar district, killed, media reports said.

UN condemns deadly attack one of its vehicles

Nov 25, 2019, at 09:47 am

New York/IBNS: A UN worker was killed and two people were injured when their vehicle was attacked in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday.

Gas explosion cracks open portion of road in Dhaka

Nov 25, 2019, at 09:15 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A gas explosion in Bangladesh's Mirpur area cracked a portion of a road wide open, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves 1 foreign national dead

Nov 25, 2019, at 09:06 am

Kabul/IBNS: A blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday left one foreign national killed, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Balcony collapses in Chandpur leaving 44 madrasa students hurt

Nov 24, 2019, at 07:46 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: The balcony of an abandoned building in Bangladesh's Chandpur area on Saturday collapsed and left 44 madrasa students hurt, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Security forces foil bid to detonate multiple IEDs in Khost

Nov 24, 2019, at 04:55 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have thwarted militants bid to detonate multiple Improvised Explosive Devices in South-eastern Khost province of the country, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Police detain 15 suspected members of Hizb ut-Tahrir terror group

Nov 23, 2019, at 04:46 pm

Dhaka/Chittagong/IBNS: Bangladesh police have detained 15 suspected members of banned terror outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chittagong, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Explosion in Kapisa leaves three killed

Nov 23, 2019, at 04:15 pm

Kabul/IBNS: An explosion in Afghanistan's Kapisa province on Saturday left at least three civilians killed, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Road mishap leaves nine people killed

Nov 23, 2019, at 06:40 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A microbus and a bus collided on Bangladesh's Dhaka-Mawa Highway in Munshiganj area and left nine people killed, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Security officials arrest suspected JMB terrorists 

Nov 22, 2019, at 04:21 pm

Dhaka/IBNS:  Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested three suspected  Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members from Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj area, media reports said on Friday.

BUET expels 26 students charged with Abrar murder

Nov 22, 2019, at 03:36 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has expelled 26 students, 25 of  whom are charged with killing a fellow student Abrar Fahad last month, reported Dhaka Tribune.

BUET expels 26 students charged with Abrar murder

Nov 22, 2019, at 03:12 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has expelled 26 students, 25 of  whom are charged with killing a fellow student Abrar Fahad last month, reported Dhaka Tribune.

Gotabaya appoints both brothers to interim Cabinet

Nov 22, 2019, at 03:07 pm

Colombo/UNI: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday appointed both his brothers to interim Cabinet which is aimed to run the government until the next parliamentary election.

ISIS terrorists from Pakistan surrender to Afghan Army

Nov 21, 2019, at 06:10 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Eighty-six ISIS terrorists- all Pakistani by nationality- have recently surrendered to the Afghanistan Army, said Afghan Army Lieutenant Rehan Khan.

Afghanistan: 13 soldiers killed in Taliban attack

Nov 20, 2019, at 07:14 pm

Kabul/UNI: At least 13 Afghan soldiers were killed and five others injured in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kunduz province of northern Afghanistan, local media reported on Wednesday.

Tomato prices surge to Rs 400/kg in Pakistan

Nov 20, 2019, at 04:04 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Tomato prices in Pakistan has hit a record high and reached Rs 400 per kg in a day, Dawn reported on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Helicopter crash kills two US soldiers 

Nov 20, 2019, at 03:49 pm

Kabul/IBNS: A helicopter crash in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Wednesday left two US soldiers dead, media reports said.

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif arrives in London

Nov 20, 2019, at 03:32 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrived in London on Tuesday where he will undergo treatment for his illness.

Terror threat in Afghanistan may lead to attacks in neighboring states - SCO Chief

Nov 20, 2019, at 10:04 am

United Nations/Sputnik/UNI: The terror threat in Afghanistan and its border area is worrying and can spread instability and terrorist activities throughout Central and South Asian countries, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Vladimir Norov said in a UN-SCO high-level meeting.

Dhaka: Drug dealer killed during 'gunfight' with RAB

Nov 20, 2019, at 09:18 am

Dhaka/IBNS: During a 'gunfight' with  Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Hajaribagh area of Dhaka, an alleged drug dealer was killed, media reports said.

Pakistani Sikh girl conversion: High Court directs officials to record her statement, let her go as per her wish

Nov 20, 2019, at 01:43 am

Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan High Court has directed officials to record the statement of Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur who was allegedly converted and married to a Muslim man in the country a few months ago, officials said. The incident had triggered an outrage of the Sikh community worldwide and clamour for safety of the minority communities in Pakistan riven by religious fundamentalism.

Afghanistan: Taliban frees two Western hostages

Nov 19, 2019, at 04:49 pm

Kabu/IBNS: The Afghanistan Taliban have freed two Western hostages in exchange for three imprisoned senior militants, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif leaves for London in air ambulance 

Nov 19, 2019, at 04:13 pm

Islamabad/Lahore/IBNS: Accompanied by sibling Shehbaz Sharif and personal physician Dr Adnan Khan, Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday departed for London in an air ambulance for his treatment.

Afghanistan: Grenade attack close to military training facility leaves five hurt in Kabul

Nov 19, 2019, at 09:58 am

Kabul/IBNS: Unknown gunmen threw hand grenades close to a military training facility in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul and left five people hurt, media reports said on Tuesday.  

One-third of Afghans need urgent humanitarian aid, millions suffer ‘acute food insecurity’

Nov 19, 2019, at 09:19 am

New York/IBNS: Over the last three months (August to October 2019), around one-third of the Afghan population required urgent humanitarian action, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert, released on Monday, which declares that some 10.23 million people are living in a state of “severe acute food insecurity”.