New York, April 21 (IANS) Garment workers face daunting challenges to unionization and remain at risk of interference and threats by factories, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. The Bangladesh government should urgently remove legal…
Kabul, April 21 (IANS) The Afghan government should deliver on promises to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s analysis of the grave crimes committed in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch and the Transitional Justice Coordination Group…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has sacked 12 army officers, including two generals, over corruption charges. The officers include one Major General, one Lieutenant General, five Brigadiers, one Colonel, three…
Kabul, April 21 (IANS) At least 41 militants were killed and 23 others injured in clashes with security forces and government airstrikes in the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Thursday. “The…
Imphal, April 21 (IANS) The legalised border trade between Manipur and Myanmar was brought to a standstill on Thursday due to the 12-hour shutdown called by several voluntary organisations in the northeastern state. The shutdown…
By Imran Khan Dapcha (Nepal), April 21 (IANS) Parvati Adhikari and Sandhya Kumari, washing clothes and filling their ‘gagri’ (water pot) at a tap connected to a natural spring here, are worried over the drying…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 21 (IANS) Aung San Suu Kyi, now Myanmar’s new foreign minister, will clarify the new orientation of the government’s foreign policy to diplomats here on Friday, authorities said on Thursday. Invitation…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A satellite to monitor execution of development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is set to launch in June 2018. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A Pakistani Taliban group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the killing of seven policemen who were guarding polio vaccination teams in the country’s commercial hub of Karachi. The attacks highlight the…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) The Pakistan Army said on Wednesday that a criminal gang that was involved in crimes in parts of Punjab province had surrendered to the security forces. Hundreds of army troops had…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, April 20 (IANS) Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will be visiting India from May 9 on her first foreign visit since assuming the office of the head of the state last…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) The much hyped “Chotoo gang” in Pakistan’s Punjab province has surrendered and its members have been taken into custody, police sources said on Wednesday. Twenty-four policemen taken hostage by the gang…
Kabul, April 20 (IANS) The death toll in the deadly suicide bombing in the Afghan capital has risen to 64 with 347 others injured, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The dead in the Tuesday…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) At least seven policemen, deployed to guard polio-eradication teams, were killed when gunmen fired at them in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, officials said. Feroze Shah, deputy Inspector…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) At least four police men were killed and three injured in two separate attacks when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Karachi port city, Pakistan media reported. The police personnel…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to chair a meeting of the federal ministers and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders here on Wednesday following the ‘Panama Papers’ leak. According…
Dhaka, April 20 (IANS) Thirteen people died and 30 others were injured when two buses collided head-on in Bangladesh’s Rangpur district, police said on Wednesday. All the injured were rushed to hospitals and nearby clinics,…
Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 20 (IANS) The mortal remains of Kirpal Singh, who died in a Lahore jail in suspicious circumstances last week, were consigned to flames at his village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Wednesday…
Moscow, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is scheduled to visit Russia at the end of April to attend an international security conference. Asif will discuss bilateral military-technical cooperation with Russian officials as…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the deadliest suicide attack on Tuesday in Kabul and called for coordinated approach with Afghanistan to counter the common threat. Taliban claimed the responsibility for…