By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A three-member probe body has been formed after two more persons were killed in a fresh attack in Bangladesh. The attackers vandalised puja mandaps and carried out attacks…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) One person was killed and 30 others were injured in attacks on temples in Bangladesh’s Noakhali. The incident took place on Friday in Chowmuhani area where Section 144…
Agartala, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb spoke to Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh, Vikram K. Doraiswami, and discussed the Durga Puja related violence in the neighbouring country, sources said here on…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 16 persons have been detained in Chandpur and Chittagong in connection with the cases filed over attacks on Durga Puja ‘mandaps’ and police-mob clashes in…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday assured the Hindu community that they will continue to enjoy equal rights and freely celebrate their festivals as she promised strong…
New Delhi, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha wrote to Australian High Commissioner Barry O Farrell on Thursday to declare November 4 as optional holiday for Diwali to strengthen ties between India…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid vibrant celebrations across Bangladesh to mark its biggest Hindu religious festival, a string of attacks on temples and Durga Puja pandals occurred in Comilla district and elsewhere…
Toronto, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Air Canada is launching a new thrice weekly, non-stop flight between Delhi and Montreal from October 31. The airline is also increasing its daily non-stop flights from Toronto to Delhi to…
Colombo, Oct 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Located in the middle of Sri Lanka’s capital city of Colombo, is the beautiful and popular Beira Lake. Spread over 65 hectares, the lake offers locals and foreign tourists not just…
By Susitha Fernando Colombo, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sri Lanka government has said that the decision to hold much delayed Provincial Council (PC) elections, which were introduced as a part of 1987 Indo-Lanka Peace Accord,…
New York, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladeshi American Delowar Mohammed Hossain, who was stopped by US law enforcement as he was about to fly out to join the Taliban, has been convicted on charges of trying…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five more Rohingya militants have been arrested at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh for their alleged involvement in the murder of Rohingya leader Mohammad Mohib Ullah, officials said on…
Chandigarh, Oct 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Asians in Canada’s British Columbia came together to protest against the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri which erupted on October 3, claiming the lives of nine persons, including four…
Kathmandu, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal has signed an MoU with India to prepare a detailed project report for the proposed $3.15 billion railway line linking Kathmandu with the Indian border town of Raxaul, a statement…
Kathmandu, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) After much delay and criticism, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday expanded his cabinet and gave it full shape, after serving nearly three months in office. Deuba was sworn-in…
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Indian soft loan, Nepal has constructed a 220 KV Double Circuit Koshi Corridor power transmission in eastern Nepal and handed over to Nepal Electricity Authority, a semi-autonomous body to…
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a bid to reach out to the Indian leadership, Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba is sending a high-level delegation to India at the invitation of the Bharatiya Janata…
Colombo, Oct 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following the ban on importing organic fertiliser from China after detecting harmful bacteria, Sri Lanka will import it from India instead. Last month, Sri Lanka cancelled the plans to import 99,000…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her country is ready to face the challenges of Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. “There is nothing to be…
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab-origin British and Canadian MPs have called the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh at a farmers’ protest as “disturbing” and “devastating”, while seeking justice for the victims. “Devastating to…