Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Several students from engineering universities, including Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Wednesday for the second consecutive day, pressing… Continue reading Bangladesh: Engineering students block traffic in Dhaka, raise demands
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Wednesday strongly condemned the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for indiscriminately arresting its leaders and activists across the country, while failing to… Continue reading Awami League slams Yunus regime over mass arbitrary arrests of party leaders
Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) Lhasa, a holy pilgrimage city, was temporarily transformed to resemble Beijing, turning the Patola parade ground into a mini Tiananmen Square, where authorities observed and monitored… Continue reading Tibetans feel stifled, asphyxiated by tide of Chinese propaganda memes: Report
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s institutions are riddled with corruption, with the military standing out not only for its immunity from scrutiny but because of its deep-rooted involvement in the… Continue reading Pakistan’s institutions plagued by corruption, military key source of institutional rot: Report
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province is grappling with a fresh military offensive as a “targetted operation” by the Pakistani army against Islamist militants near the Afghan… Continue reading Pakistani Army turning Pashtun villages into battlegrounds: Report
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s organ trafficking racket is operating openly, under the “very nose of the state” with surgeons, nurses, and anesthetists implicated in these crimes, turning spaces meant… Continue reading Pakistan’s organ trafficking network operates under state oversight: Report
Washington, Au 26 (IANS) Days after the US President Donald Trump announced the nomination of close aide Sergio Gor as the country’s next ambassador to India, a leading expert on… Continue reading New US Ambassador to India could be ‘direct line’ to White House, says expert
Quetta, Aug 26 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch has slammed the Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar for attempting to dismiss the question… Continue reading Baloch human rights activist slams Pakistani FM over 1971 Bangladesh genocide remarks
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) The recent case of Harjinder Singh, a Sikh driver in the United States, whose reckless driving in Florida, led to three deaths, underscores the importance of… Continue reading Harjinder case spotlights need to separate individual misdeeds from Sikh identity: Report
Quetta, Aug 25 (IANS) Sammi Deen Baloch, an activist of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Monday accused the officials of Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of… Continue reading Pakistani forces accused of assaulting Baloch woman
Jerusalem/Beirut, Aug 25 (IANS) Israel could withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s… Continue reading Israel to consider withdrawing from Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan has emerged as one of the most radical and alarming cases among the Muslim countries in terms of discrimination against non-Muslim children, particularly Hindus and… Continue reading Pakistan an ‘alarming example’ of abuse and discrimination against minorities: Report
