Category: South Asia

Bangladesh sees low voter turnout, Awami League leader murdered (Lead)

Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh on Sunday recorded low voter turnout in the first few hours of polling for 12th…

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Bangladesh polls: Sheikh Hasina casts vote in Dhaka City College

Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eyeing fourth straight term, Bangladesh Prime Minsiter Sheikha Hasina on Sunday cast her vote at the…

9 months ago

Bangladesh’s Oppn accuses Hasina of fielding ‘dummies’, threatening voters

New Delhi, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 76-year-old Sheikh Hasina has been in power for 15 straight years -- the longest-serving…

9 months ago

Labour unrest rocks Bangla garments sector, a key driver of country’s growth

New Delhi, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Electoral democracy in Bangladesh was accompanied by an economic take-off from the early 1990s on…

9 months ago

As world focuses on new crises, Rohingya refugees languish in Bangla camps

United Nations, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six years after the crisis erupted in Myanmar, almost a million Rohingya refugees are languishing…

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Bangladesh all set for Sunday’s general elections

Dhaka, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh is all set for Sunday's general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected…

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Automated face recognition system installed at Colombo airport to nab criminals

Colombo, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An automated face recognition system has been installed at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo to…

9 months ago

Benapole Express torched in Dhaka, 5 dead

Dhaka, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alleged BNP-Jamaat activists again torched a running train during its entry into Dhaka on Friday night…

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‘Divides Mizo people’: Mizoram CM opposes border fencing along India-Myanmar border

Aizawl, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other Union Ministers in…

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Jaishankar returns to India after wrapping up Nepal visit

Kathmandu, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday returned to New Delhi following his two-day trip to…

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SL to begin vaccination drive to control measles outbreak

Colombo, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) With an aim to control the ongoing measles outbreak in Sri Lanka, the island nation will…

9 months ago

Jam packed agenda awaits Jaishankar in Nepal

Kathmandu, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A jam packed agenda awaits External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Kathmandu as he is scheduled…

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500,000 illegal immigrants repatriated from Pakistan

Islamabad, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan's Interior Ministry has informed the Senate or upper house of Parliament, that more than 500,000…

9 months ago

151 Myanmar soldiers, who fled to Mizoram, flown out

Aizawl, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) All 151 Myanmarese soldiers, who fled to Mizoram on Friday after their camps were captured by…

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Pak poll panel rejects nominations of top PTI leaders

Islamabad, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) As general elections inch closer in Pakistan, for former premier Imran Khan and the top leadership…

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Imran Khan, PTI remain most popular in Pakistan

Lahore, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The latest on-ground assessments about the standing of different political leaders and parties in Pakistan reveal…

9 months ago

Taliban delegation to visit Islamabad amid heightened tensions

Islamabad, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Taliban delegation led by Kandahar Governor Mullah Sherin…

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151 Myanmar soldiers, who fled to Mizoram, to be repatriated soon

Aizawl, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 151 Myanmarese soldiers, who fled to Mizoram on Friday after their camps were captured by…

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265 fishermen, 384 civilians languish in Indian and Pakistani prisons, await freedom

Mumbai, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 265 fisherfolk and 384 civilians from India and Pakistan languish in various prisons…

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B’desh Nobel laureate Yunus sentences to 6 months for violating labor laws

New Delhi, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has been sentenced to six-months in jail for…

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