By Anwesha Bhaumik Kolkata, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leading Asian labour and human rights groups have appealed to the Sri Lanka government and factory owners to protect Free Trade Zone (FTZ) workers from Covid-19 amid a…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Top Bangladeshi film star Pori Moni has filed a case against businessman Nasiruddin Mahmud and five other individuals alleging that they attempted to rape and murder her. Shamsunnahar…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh’s elite police force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), on Monday arrested an active member of the banned Ansar al-Islam militant outfit in Nakla, Sherpur district. In the…
By Anwesha Bhaumik Kolkata, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Myanmar security forces are arbitrarily arresting and detaining family and friends of activists, protesters and opposition members. The trend is increasing, says global rights groups, who demand the…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Top Bangladeshi film star Pori Moni has claimed in a Facebook post addressed to the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that she has been physically abused, adding “someone…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Bangladeshi returnee from Syria, who is an IT expert working for the banned militant outfit Ansar Al-Islam, was arrested in Chittagong, police said on Saturday. Police have…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh has signed a pact with China to buy the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque. The Health Minister said this during a programme at the…
By Arul Louis New York, June 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won the US’ top journalism award, the Pulitzer Prize, for innovative investigative reports harnessing satellite technology that exposed China’s mass detention camps…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, June 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kevin Kishore Kaul, a Kashmiri Pandit who arrived in South Dakota on a student visa 30 years ago is wading into a crowded field of candidates betting…
Kathmandu, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As part of the ‘Neighborhood First policy, medical equipment and supplies worth Nepali Rupees 28.80 crore (Rs 280 million) provided by the Indian Army were handed over to the Nepali Army…
Chennai, June 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) MDMK general secretary and firebrand leader Vaiko has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make efforts to conduct a referendum among the global Tamil diaspora for a sovereign state of Tamil…
By Anwesha Bhaumik Kolkata, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 81 Rohingya refugees, whose boat had landed safely in East Aceh coast of Indonesia on June 5, have been moved to a refugee accommodation centre…
By Anwesha Bhaumik Kolkata, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lt Gen S.M. Shafiuddin, seen as a “thinking cerebral” officer in the force, has been appointed the next chief of the Bangladesh Army. The present Quartermaster General at…
Washington, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) A new study has revealed that one in two Indian-Americans have reported being discriminated against in the past one year. The study titled, ‘Social Realities of Indian Americans: Results from the…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Bangladesh will question 50 leaders of radical outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, including its top leaders Junaid Babunagari and Mamunul Haque on charges of embezzlement of…
Kathmandu, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal’s new Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Raghubir Mahaseth on Wednesday sought India’s support for Covid vaccines. He made the request to Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who paid…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Finally, it was a much awaited and perhaps a walk to freedom by Beks Krishna, when he landed at the Cochin Airport from UAE and this was made possible by none…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has ordered the release of Minu Akter, the woman who had agreed to serve jail sentence in place of actual convict Kulsumi Akter,…
By Hamza Ameer Lahore, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a shocking incident, an elderly woman died at a hospital in Lahore after a former security guard reportedly posed as a doctor and performed a surgery on…
By Ateet Sharma New Delhi, June 8: A bit concerned perhaps with Indonesia’s reported decision of tripling the size of its submarine fleet, inching closer to signing a contract with France to buy Rafales -…