Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) The US has “absolutely no intention” of diminishing its relationship with Pakistan, the US State Department has said. The department’s spokesman has refused to criticise Pakistan for saying it would look…
Dhaka, May 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s apex court on Thursday threw out a last-ditch appeal by Motiur Rahman Nizami, a war criminal and chief of the country’s largest Islamist party, seeking a review of the death…
Kutch: Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli arrives in Kutch of Gujarat on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) The K.P. Oli government in Nepal on Wednesday teetered…
Kabul, May 4 (IANS) At least 18 Taliban militants have been killed in Kandahar province of Afghanistan over the past four days, a security official said on Wednesday. “Security forces launched operations against Taliban rebels…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Police on Wednesday said they had busted a major Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist module and arrested three suspects who were planning an attack in Delhi and neighbouring areas. Ten suspects, with…
Colombo, May 4 (IANS) Sri Lanka launched an investigation into clashes in Parliament between legislators from the ruling and the opposition parties, Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilleke said on Wednesday. Addressing the media, Karunathilleke said the…
Colombo, May 4 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 11.6 percent in April to 136,367, from the previous year, figures from the Tourism Promotion Bureau showed on Wednesday. India remained the top market with 25,890…
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Bangladeshi authorities have placed an embargo on the use of stickers on vehicles identifying various professions, like journalism, a media report said on Wednesday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia…
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) A fire raged through a slum in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka destroying several houses on Wednesday. Fire service officials said that the fire erupted around 8.30 a.m. at the slum in Farmgate…
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) The Pakistan Army chief on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the death of a political activist in custody of the Rangers in Karachi. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which has held…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) The harmonious ties between Nepal’s two main communist parties — CPN (UML) and UCPN (Maoist) — were on Wednesday set to end with the latter deciding to form…
New York, May 4 (IANS) Nepals Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) should scrupulously follow the Supreme Court order to abide by procedures while probing prominent journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, Human…
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Rickshaw puller Kawsar Islam was a chain smoker. But once the health risks from smoking became clear to him, he drastically cut down the number of cigarettes he smoked. He is…
New York, May 4 (IANS) Pakistani authorities used draconian laws and excessive force to prevent tenant farmers in Punjab from protesting for land rights, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Farmers in Okara district had…
Kabul, May 4 (IANS) Around 60 students of a girl’s school were mysteriously poisoned in Takhar province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, police said. “The girls have been taken to hospital for medical treatment,” Xinhua news…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a major Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist cell with the arrest of three suspects who were planning an attack in Delhi and neighbouring areas. Nine suspects,…
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) A Pakistani court has granted bail to the five accused who were arrested on blasphemy charges on the complaint of a Sikh youth for publicly disgracing his turban. Mahinder Pall Singh…
Kathmandu, May 3 (IANS) Nepal’s economy will grow by 0.77 percent this year as a result of recent blockade in southern border points and slowed reconstruction activities, said Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal’s main government…
New Delhi : The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team that is in India to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack; in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed the death sentence on Tuesday to 11 “hardcore terrorists” who were handed the capital punishment by military courts for committing heinous offences relating to…