Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 1 (IANS) Myanmar has granted e-visa for tourists and business visitors at three border crossings with Thailand starting from Thursday. The authorities began e-visa services for tourists entering the country through…
Lahore, Sep 1 (IANS) Members of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which looks after the upkeep of Sikh and Hindu shrines in Pakistan, on Wednesday held a meeting here and condemned the recent statement…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India is a key strategic partner of the US with the war against terror and stability of the Indian Ocean Region in focus, US Secretary of State John Kerry said…
Dhaka, Aug 31 (IANS) A high court bench in Bangladesh on Wednesday approved the merger proposal of Robi Axiata Limited and Airtel Bangladesh Limited, paving way for the formation of the country’s second largest mobile…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on Balochistan, state-run All India Radio (AIR) is planning to revamp its existing Baluchi language service, official sources said on…
Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan is to receive eight modified diesel-electric attack submarines from China by 2028, media reports said. The head of Pakistan’s next-generation submarine programme made the announcement to the country’s National Assembly…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 10 Bangladeshi nationals, including two minors, lodged in a detention centre at Silchar in Assam’s Cachar will be deported to Bangladesh soon, official sources said on Wednesday. The…
Singapore, Aug 31 (IANS) Two Bangladeshi workers in Singapore were convicted and sentenced to jail for financing terrorism in their home country. They were part of a group of six workers who were detained under…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 31 (IANS) The United Nations has been a steady partner supporting the reform and reconciliation process in Myanmar, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference here…
Kabul, Aug 31 (IANS) At least three children were injured as a bomb went off at a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan’s Jauzjan province capital Shiberghan, police said. “A bomb blast ripped through a wedding party…
Berlin, Aug 31 (IANS) Scores of Baloch activists staged protests in the German cities of Dusseldorf, Berlin and Munich against the “human right crisis and forced disappearances” of Baloch people in Pakistan, said a representative…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India will play a critical role in resolving global challenges, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, adding that India-US relations were important not just for the two…
Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) The Sri Lankan cabinet on Wednesday agreed to ratify the Paris agreement in order to minimise the impact and risk of climate change. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change was signed…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) An American-Canadian couple kidnapped by the Taliban in 2012 said in a latest video clip that has surfaced that their captors would execute them if the Afghanistan government did not change…
Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka is taking measures to ease the restrictions imposed on foreigners acquiring land in the island nation for investment projects, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. A new draft…
Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) It is regrettable that some Indians treat China’s increasing influence in Myanmar with suspicion and even hostility, a Chinese daily said on Wednesday. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent trip…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots made history by becoming the first pair of sisters in Pakistan to fly Boeing-777 airplanes at the same time, the media reported on Wednesday. Maryam…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Pakistan needs to push harder to fight against terrorism and to deal with groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba. In…
Kabul, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 97 Taliban militants were killed and 24 injured as the Afghan security forces pressed ahead with offensives in restive provinces, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. In one operation,…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India and the US on Wednesday called upon Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and the 2016 Pathankot airbase attack to justice. In a joint…