Rawalpindi, June 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Christian woman officer in the Pakistan Army has been promoted to Brigadier, becoming the first woman from a minority community to reach the one-star general rank, reports said on Sunday….
Jalalabad, June 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 20 people were killed after a boat capsized in a river in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Saturday, local media reported. “A boat with women and children on board…
Islamabad, June 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani security forces successfully killed two wanted terrorists and injured two others two days ago in an intelligence-based operation conducted in the northwest Peshawar district, the military said. The Inter-Services Public…
Colombo, June 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A wanted handler of four Sri Lankan ISIS suspects, who were taken into custody in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, was arrested by Lankan Police Intelligence on Friday. The 46-year-old suspect, Osman Pushparaja Gerard,…
Colombo, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that a programme to harness modern technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), and to largely accelerate the government’s initiative for social and economic transformation will commence…
Dhaka, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scores of wild animals have been found dead in Cyclone Remal, an official said. Mihir Kumar Doe, senior forest conservator in Bangladesh’s Khulna region, told media: “We’ve found the bodies of…
Kabul, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Thursday that police have arrested five suspects in connection with human trafficking in the country’s western Herat province. The suspects were arrested during a…
Rawalpindi, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Terming it as pivotal for the “collective good” of the country, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday re-emphasised the significance of bringing to justice the culprits…
Colombo, May 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading “false narrative” about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation…
New Delhi, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) India has assumed the Chair of Colombo Process for 2024-26, for the first time since the inception of the regional consultative process of migrant worker origin countries from South and…
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS/DPA) Suspected militants ignited a fire with kerosene to burn down a girls’ school in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, in a third incident this month targeting female education, officials said…
Dhaka, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved two projects totalling 700 million US dollars to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities…
Islamabad, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has granted India consular access to two Indian nationals who were arrested from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and charged with espionage in 2020. The meeting between Indian diplomats and the Indian nationals…
Islamabad, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 28 people were killed and 20 others injured on Wednesday when a bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in Washuk district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The…
Colombo, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bodies of seven wild elephants were found by wildlife officials at the Flood Plains National Park in Polonnaruwa in north central Sri Lanka last week, wildlife officials told the media on…
Dhaka, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh has begun evacuating millions of people ahead of Cyclone Remal, which is expected to bring winds as fast as 130 kmph when it makes landfall. The cyclonic storm in the…
Dhaka, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged that even labourers will be able to live in apartments, citing the government’s effort to make Dhaka slum-free. She made the promise at the…
Aizawl, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 1,430 Myanmarese nationals took shelter in the northeastern state of Mizoram in the last 10 days amid fresh clashes in the neighbouring country between the army and ‘pro-democratic…
Aizawl, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police in a joint operation have seized heroin valued at Rs 8.43 crore from Champhai district, an official said on Friday. Assam Rifles sources said that acting…
Colombo, May 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as six persons have died due to the falling of trees amid severe inclement weather in Sri Lanka, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) announced on Friday. “All six…