Dhaka, June 21 (IANS) The Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Friday organised an event here marking the fifth International Yoga Day, which saw the participation of around 7,000 people. Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan that his country needs to create an “environment of trust, free of terror, violence and hostility” for the two…
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court on Thursday turned down former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s bail plea on medical grounds in a corruption case. A two-member bench pronounced the verdict after hearing the…
Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Clashes erupted between hundreds of Chinese and Bangladeshi construction workers at the site of a partly-built China-funded power plant in the country on Wednesday in which a Chinese worker was killed….
Kathmandu, June 19 (IANS) Thousands of protesters gathered in the Nepalese capital on Wednesday demanding the government to scrap a controversial bill to nationalize trusts that manage temples amid fears the move would jeopardize the…
Agartala, June 19 (IANS) After Bangladesh, Tripura is supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma said here on Wednesday. “We have been supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal…
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) The “heaviest” man of Pakistan, who weighs over 330 kg, was shifted to a hospital in the city of Lahore for his treatment, authorities said. According to reports, a group of…
Dhaka, June 18 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Tuesday granted a six-month bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases filed against her. Justicea Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Kashefa Hussain passed the…
Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) Pakistan and the World Bank on Tuesday signed three loan agreements worth $918 million to help support revenue mobilisation and higher education development in the country. The agreements were signed by…
Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) A Pakistani montaineer was killed while six others, including foreigners, were injured when an avalanche hit an expedition team while they were scaling a 5,300-metre high peak in the Gilgit-Baltistan region,…
Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Six people were killed and another 75 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled China’s Sichuan Province at 10:55 p.m. Monday (local time), according to local authorities. The epicentre, with a…
Islamabad, June 17 (IANS) Pakistan armed forces’ media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Asif Ghafoor on Monday asked Indian Home Minister Amit Shah to not draw comparisons between Pakistan’s cricket defeat to India…
Islamabad, June 17 (IANS) A 22-year-old social media activist and blogger known for his criticism of the country’s military and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has been killed by unidentified assailants in the capital, the police…
Jammu, June 17 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier was injured on Monday as Pakistan violated ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, defence sources said. The Pakistan Army resorted…
Jammu, June 16 (IANS) Three civilians were injured as the Pakistani army violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, police said. The three, including two…
Jammu, June 16 (IANS) Indian and Pakistan troops traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, defence sources said. The sources said that the Pakistan army…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) There are rifts within the separatist Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley over collection and use of funds raised abroad, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Sunday. A NIA…
Srinagar, June 16 (IANS) An intelligence input about a major terror strike in Kashmir, reportedly shared by Pakistan, has prompted a high alert in the valley, a top security official said here on Sunday. The…
Kathmandu, June 15 (IANS) Three Indian labourers were killed and three others injured when a part of an under-construction building collapsed in Nepal’s Dang district on Saturday, officials said. Chief of the Dang District Administration…
Qalat (Afghanistan), June 15 (IANS) At least 14 militants have been killed in an airstrike targeting Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan’s Zabul province, the country’s Army said in a statement on Saturday. The sorties, according to…