Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh on Sunday recorded low voter turnout in the first few hours of polling for 12th general elections amid reports of clash, violence that claimed life of Awami League leader and…
Dhaka, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eyeing fourth straight term, Bangladesh Prime Minsiter Sheikha Hasina on Sunday cast her vote at the Dhaka City College polling centre for the 12th general elections, local media reported. As opposition…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 76-year-old Sheikh Hasina has been in power for 15 straight years — the longest-serving leader in Bangladesh’s history — and tenure has been marked by allegations of authoritarian rule,…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Electoral democracy in Bangladesh was accompanied by an economic take-off from the early 1990s on the back of a booming garments industry and steady flow of remittances, according to applied…
United Nations, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six years after the crisis erupted in Myanmar, almost a million Rohingya refugees are languishing in Bangladesh, most in the squalor of the world’s largest refugee camp located in the…
Dhaka, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh is all set for Sunday’s general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at more than 42,000 polling stations across the country. The Election…
Colombo, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An automated face recognition system has been installed at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo to trace people accused of drug trafficking and other criminal activities, the Sri Lankan police said…
Dhaka, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alleged BNP-Jamaat activists again torched a running train during its entry into Dhaka on Friday night as part of their protests to disrupt Sunday’s general election, leaving at least five passengers…
Aizawl, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other Union Ministers in Delhi, has reportedly opposed the Centere’s plan to erect fencing along porous Myanmar borders. A…
Kathmandu, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday returned to New Delhi following his two-day trip to Kathmandu during which he co-chaired the seventh meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission and also…
Colombo, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) With an aim to control the ongoing measles outbreak in Sri Lanka, the island nation will begin a special vaccination drive from Saturday to curb the spread of the disease. In…
Kathmandu, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A jam packed agenda awaits External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Kathmandu as he is scheduled to arrive in the Himalayan nation on Thursday for the seventh meeting of the Nepal-India…
Islamabad, Jan 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has informed the Senate or upper house of Parliament, that more than 500,000 illegal immigrants have already been repatriated from the country as part of the government’s deportation…
Aizawl, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) All 151 Myanmarese soldiers, who fled to Mizoram on Friday after their camps were captured by armed pro-democracy ethnic groups, were flown back home on a Myanmar military aircraft on Tuesday,…
Islamabad, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) As general elections inch closer in Pakistan, for former premier Imran Khan and the top leadership of his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party the going is getting tougher as it faces rejection of…
Lahore, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The latest on-ground assessments about the standing of different political leaders and parties in Pakistan reveal that former Prime Minister Imran Khan and the PTI as the most popular nationwide, the…
Islamabad, Jan 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Taliban delegation led by Kandahar Governor Mullah Sherin Akhund — said to be a top aide of the group’s supreme leader — will…
Aizawl, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 151 Myanmarese soldiers, who fled to Mizoram on Friday after their camps were captured by armed pro-democracy ethnic groups, would soon be repatriated to Myanmar, officials said on Monday. An…
Mumbai, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 265 fisherfolk and 384 civilians from India and Pakistan languish in various prisons in both the countries, as per the latest official figures, an activist said on Monday….
New Delhi, Jan 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has been sentenced to six-months in jail for violating the country’s labor laws, media reports said. Al Jazeera — quoting lead prosecutor Khurshid…