Dec 03, 2019, at 10:38 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Kartarpur Corridor opening is bringing new concerns for the Sikh community when it was reported that an Indian girl who used the visit to meet a Pakistani boy she had befriended on social media has gone missing in Pakistan. The boy and the girl had tried to use the holy shrine complex to meet each other recently.
Pakistan's PTI leader, once sacked for anti-Hindu remarks, returns as minister once again in Punjab
Dec 03, 2019, at 10:33 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Revealing the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government's double standards, Fayyaz ul Hasan Chohan of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, who had once triggered controversy for his comments against Hindu community, has been inducted in the Punjab government's cabinet on the same portfolio of the provincial information minister.
Afghan Army kills 5 Taliban militants, including Senior Red Unit Commander : spokesman
Dec 02, 2019, at 06:03 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Five Taliban militants, including Qari Shafiq, senior commander of the movement's special forces, the Red Unit, were killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army's 207th Corps, Abdul Hadi Jamal, told Sputnik on Monday.
Sri Lanka aims to increase investments from key markets including China
Dec 02, 2019, at 09:44 am
Colombo/Xinhua/UNI: Sri Lanka's new government will aim to increase investments from China and a few other leading markets next year in order to boost the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) sector and the economy of the island country, State Minister of Investment Promotion Keheliya Rambukwella was quoted in local media reports as saying here Monday
Bangladesh: Four members of banned terrorist outfit arrested in Dhaka
Dec 01, 2019, at 10:10 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh security officials have arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Dhaka city, media reports said.
Dec 01, 2019, at 08:47 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: In a repetition of what had happened to Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur, now a Pakistani Christian girl, who was identified as Huma Masih, has been allegedly abducted and then converted to Islam. However, the girl on a video message said she went with the man with her consent and converted though she being a minor the marriage is a violation of law.
Dec 01, 2019, at 06:30 pm
London/IBNS: The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the London Bridge stabbing attack incident which left two people dead on Friday even as more information coming to fore showed that the attacker, a Pakistani origin man, had been radicalised in madrassa to prepare for acts of terrorism in Kashmir and the United Kingdom (UK).
Newborn among 8 killed in airstrike in Afghanistan’s Khost province
Dec 01, 2019, at 10:48 am
Kabul/UNI: Eight people, including a newborn, were killed when an airstrike was carried out on a car in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province.
Pakistan: JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, others to be indicted in terror financing case next month
Nov 30, 2019, at 11:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday announced that Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed will be indicted on Dec 7, media reports said.
Nov 30, 2019, at 05:44 pm
London/IBNS: The man, who carried out the stabbing incident in London on Friday killing two people, was of Pakistan origin and once wanted to establish Sharia Law. He even had planned to build a terror training camp in Kashmir.
Bangladesh: Ansar member shot dead by unknown menÂ
Nov 30, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Unknown men shot dead an Ansar member in Bangladesh's Jeshore area on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Army Commander killed in explosion
Nov 30, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday left Brig. Gen. Zahirgul Muqbil, an army regiment commander of Afghan border forces, killed, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lahore rickshaw blast leaves 10 hurtÂ
Nov 29, 2019, at 06:00 pm
Lahore/IBNS: At least 10 people were hurt as an explosion occurred in a rickshaw in Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Security forces arrest 3 Allahr Dal militants
Nov 29, 2019, at 03:40 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials have arrested three alleged members of banned militant organization Allahr Dal from Bangladesh's Chuadanga district, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Premature car bomb explosion leaves 13 hurt
Nov 29, 2019, at 03:32 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least 13 people were hurt as a Taliban planted car bomb went off prematurely in a residential area in northern Sar-e Pul province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
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 arrestedÂ
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 terroristsÂ
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.