Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Pakistani opposition parties have discussed various probe options as also stepped up pressure as the Panama Papers’ issue continues to haunt Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family. The opposition leader…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) The toll in the recent mass food poisoning after consuming toxic laddus (sweetmeats) has risen to 14 in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Six people died on Friday after they ate sweetmeats brought…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prominent journalists, activists and scholars from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the US and other countries have urged the Nepal government to release well-known journalist, Himal editor Kanak Mani Dixit, saying he…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Lack of trade information was the major reason behind low Pakistan-Iran trade volumes, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost has said. Following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Pakistan, a new…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 23 (IANS) Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 100 MW of electricity to Bangladesh, over the 100 MW of power the northeastern state is supplying to the neighbouring country,…
Dhaka, April 23 (IANS) A university professor was killed in the northern Bangladesh district of Rajshahi on Saturday, police said. Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, who taught English at the Rajshahi University, was attacked by two unidentified…
By Imran Khan Jure (Nepal), April 23 (IANS) Less than two years ago, Man Bahadur Tamang was the proud owner of a homestead and farmland in this central Nepali village. But he lost all that…
Srinagar, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has “assured” Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik that the Pakistan government will not change the constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan, which it…
New Delhi: Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit addresses during a programme organised on Pakistan Day at Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, on March 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, April 22 (IANS)…
Peshawar, April 22 (IANS) Soran Singh, special assistant to the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on minorities affairs and a provincial assembly member, was gunned down late Friday in a targeted attack near Pir Baba in…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said the dialogue process with Pakistan was not suspended and the visit of Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase attack was “very constructive”….
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said the dialogue process with Pakistan was not suspended and the visit of Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase attack was “very constructive”….
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Thirteen people died after eating poisonous sweets in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the media reported on Friday. Umar Hayat, a resident of Layyah district located in Punjab province, distributed sweets among his…
Kathmandu, April 22 ( IANS) The alliance of Madhesi and Janajati forces in Nepal — Sanghiya Gathabandhan (federal alliance) — has unveiled low-key protest programme to carry on their struggle against the new constitution of…
Karachi, April 22 (IANS) Police and intelligence agencies have arrested in Karachi on Friday a man wanted in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case. Rizvia Society police said that in a joint action with intelligence…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said that the dialogue process with Pakistan has not been suspended and the visit of Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase attack was…
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf (Photo: PP Sarkar/IANS) Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Friday rejected former army chief General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s request for temporary exemption from court appearances and termed…
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal’s anti-graft body on Friday arrested publisher, editor and journalist Kanak Mani Dixit from his Lalitpur-based residence. Dixit is the publisher of Himal Media, a reputed publication house that publishes Himal…
Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka has steadily reduced the number of malaria cases and has applied for World Health Organization (WHO) certification on its malaria-free status, the government information department said on Friday. Kapila…
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Hundreds of Nepalese celebrated the annual Hindu festival of the full moon on Friday by bathing under holy water spouts on the outskirts of Kathmandu in a ritual believed to bring…