Crashed Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder found

Jan 14, 2019, at 12:00 pm

Jakarta, Jan 14 (IBNS): The cockpit voice recorder of the Lion Air plane that had crashed into Java Sea in October killing all the 189 people on board has been found, media reports said.

Ready to work with new government in Bangladesh: UN

Jan 13, 2019, at 07:34 pm

Dhaka, Jan 13 (IBNS): The United Nations on Sunday said they were ready to work with the new government in Bangladesh.

Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen attack police district headquarters in Herat, 5 killed

Jan 13, 2019, at 07:04 pm

Kabul, Jan 13 (IBNS): Unknown gunmen stormed into a police district-6 (PD6) headquarters in Herat city in the west of Afghanistan on Friday and killed at least five people, media reports said on Sunday.

Kabul: Gas cylinder blast leaves 8 people injured

Jan 13, 2019, at 03:31 pm

Kabul, Jan 13 (IBNS); A gas cylinder blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city left at least eight people of a family injured, media reports said on Saturday.

UNGA president Maria Fernanda Espinosa to visit Pakistan on Jan 18

Jan 12, 2019, at 04:09 pm

New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa will visit Pakistan from Jan 18 to Jan 22, confirmed UNGA president spokesperson on Saturday.

Afghanistan : Ten Taliban militants killed, two arrested in Special Forces operations

Jan 11, 2019, at 01:28 pm

Kabul, Jan 11 (IBNS) : At least ten Taliban militants have been killed and two key members of the group arrested during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists attack police post, 7 cops killed

Jan 11, 2019, at 09:53 am

Kabul, Jan 11 (IBNS): Taliban terrorists attacked a check post in Afghanistan's Khwaja Ghar district and left at least seven policemen killed, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan : ISIS-K militants suffer casualties in airstrikes

Jan 10, 2019, at 02:23 pm

Kabul, Jan 10 (IBNS) :The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) militants suffered casualties in the airstrikes which were carried out by the coalition forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Local Khaama Press  said the coalition the forces’s unmanned aerial vehicles carried out airstrikes in Jangle area of Khogyani district on Wednesday, leaving three ISIS-K militants dead.

Taliban commander Mullah Basir and his 20 fighters killed in Balkh airstrike

Jan 10, 2019, at 02:21 pm

Kabul, Jan 10 (IBNS) : A commander of the Taliban group Mullah Abdul Basir and his twenty fighters have been killed in an airstrike in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Motorcycle bomb blast in Khost kills 2

Jan 09, 2019, at 09:47 am

Kabul, Jan 9 (IBNS): A motorcycle bomb blast in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province left at least two civilians killed on Tuesday, media reports said.

Sheikh Hasina to serve as Bangladesh PM for 20 years now

Jan 08, 2019, at 06:19 pm

Dhaka, Jan 8 (IBNS): Sheikh Hasina is all set to serve as the Bangladesh Prime Minister for 20 years now.  

Anti-Pakistan sentiments being aroused in India for electioneering: Imran Khan

Jan 08, 2019, at 03:06 pm

Mumbai, Jan 8 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who came to power in the country last year, has said that anti-Pakistan sentiments were being aroused in India for the sake of campaigning for forthcoming elections.

Nepal seeks exchange facility for high-denomination Indian currency

Jan 07, 2019, at 08:38 pm

Kathmandu, Jan 7 (IBNS): Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country's central bank has asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to manage an exchange facility of high-denomination Indian currency notes in Nepal, the Himalayan Times said.

Sheikh Hasina takes oath as Bangladesh PM

Jan 07, 2019, at 05:38 pm

Dhaka, Jan 7 (IBNS): Sheikh Hasina took oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the fourth time in her political career on Monday.

Afghanistan : 16 Taliban militants killed in airstrike

Jan 07, 2019, at 04:51 pm

Kabul, Jan 7 (IBNS) : At least 16 militants of the Taliban group were killed and an operations center of the group was destroyed in an airstrike conducted in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Monday.

Afghanistan: Police thwart militant's bid to detonate a mosque in Herat

Jan 07, 2019, at 04:49 pm

Kabul, Jan 7 (IBNS): Saving several lives, the Afghan police forces have thwarted anti-government armed militants bid to detonate a mosque in western Herat province of the war-torn country, media reports said on Monday.

Balochistan: Blasts leave 12 people injured

Jan 07, 2019, at 03:47 pm

Quetta, Jan 7 (IBNS): At least 12 people were injured as two blasts rocked Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.

Imran Khan is going from country to country to beg for financial aid: Sindh CM

Jan 07, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Islamabad, Jan 7 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who stormed to power last year after his PTI registered a massive victory in the general polls, has drawn the criticism of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah over his recent foreign visits.

Afghanistan: Taliban abduct Wolesi Jirga candidate

Jan 06, 2019, at 07:02 pm

Kabul, Jan 6 (IBNS): Suspected Taliban terrorists abducted a Wolesi Jirga candidate from Afghanistan's Baghlan-i-Markazi district, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Mine collapse kills 30 people in Badakhshan

Jan 06, 2019, at 05:18 pm

Kabul, Jan 6 (IBNS): At least 30 people died as a gold mine collapsed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Sunday, media reports said.

UAE crown prince on official visit to Pakistan

Jan 06, 2019, at 02:17 pm

Islamabad, Jan 6 (IBNS): UAE crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan arrived in Islamabad on Sunday after nearly 12 years on a one-day official visit.

BNP can only complain: Awami League leader Quader

Jan 05, 2019, at 05:00 pm

Dhaka, Jan 5 (IBNS): Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the key opposition in the Muslim majority country, has no other task left but to make allegations after losing the 2018 general polls.

Chinese President Xi directs armed forces to enhance combat readiness

Jan 05, 2019, at 04:57 pm

Beijing, Jan 5 (IBNS):  Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed his nation's armed forces to enhance their combat readiness.

Pakistani ministers seeks international cooperation to reduce child sexual abuse

Jan 05, 2019, at 04:47 pm

Islamabad, Jan 5 (IBNS):  Pakistani Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has called for more cooperation internationally to reduce crimes related to child sexual abuse.

Afghanistan : 52 militants killed in military operations

Jan 05, 2019, at 11:53 am

Kabul, Jan 4 (IBNS) :  In all 52 militants belonging to Taliban group and ISIS Khurasan (ISIS-K) have been killed in various military operations conducted in a number of provinces of Afghanistan.

Bangladesh elections: Hold those responsible accountable for ‘violent attacks and intimidation’

Jan 05, 2019, at 09:03 am

New York, Jan 5 (IBNS): Violence and alleged human rights violations in Bangladesh “before, during and after” 30 December elections have prompted the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) to call on Friday for those responsible to be held to account.

Pak PM meets Turkey President, seeks to build economic ties

Jan 04, 2019, at 09:30 pm

Ankara, Jan 4 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan here and discussed ways to strengthen economic and other ties between the two countries, reports said.

Bangladesh Polls: US envoy Earl R Miller meets BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Jan 04, 2019, at 03:48 pm

Dhaka, Jan 4 (IBNS):  US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Friday met key opposition party of the country Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed the recent general polls of the nation.

Afghanistan: Gas station fire leaves 3 dead in Kabul

Jan 04, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Kabul, Jan 4 (IBNS): At least three people were killed when an overnight fire that began in a gas station in Abulhaq Circle in Kabul city’s PD9 spread to other buildings in the locality, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Six terrorists killed during operation carried out by security forces

Jan 04, 2019, at 03:41 pm

Kabul, Jan 4 (IBNS): At least six terrorists were killed during an operation carried out by security forces in Tagab district of Afghanistan's central Kapesa province, media reports said on Friday.