Kathmandu, Oct 5 (IANS) At least 52 people have lost their lives in natural calamities over the last three days in Nepal, as the country has been experiencing incessant rainfall since Friday in most parts, an official of the Armed...
Tehran, Oct 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Europe has weakened its position in future talks on Iran's nuclear programmes. He said that the three European nations have weakened their role and will play...
Geneva, Oct 3 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Friday stated that a protest rally and human chain were organised beside the historic 'Broken Chair' in front of the UN Human Rights Commission Headquarters in Geneva, against killings, terrorism, and...
Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee core committee member, Sardar Umar Nazir Kashmiri, on Thursday issued an urgent appeal to the international media and global human rights organisations, calling for immediate attention to the ongoing crisis...
Quetta, Sep 2 (IANS) As many as seven Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistan security forces in Balochistan as the cycle of persecution continues amid a surge in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and torture across the province, a leading...
Dhaka, Oct 2 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday alleged that the recent statements of Chief Advisor to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, are fueling instability in the country and raising concerns over the next year’s election, local...
Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) Pakistan's systematic and severe human rights abuses against religious minorities are not merely a matter of leadership issue but a broader societal issue rooted in Islamic traditions and a process of full Islamisation, a report detailed...
Manila, Oct 2 (IANS) The Philippine government announced on Thursday the official termination of search, rescue, and retrieval operations in the four municipalities hardest hit by a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. In a statement, the Philippines' Office of Civil...
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a top leader of the Awami Action Committee in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), has accused Pakistan’s government and army of oppressing locals. Comparing them to a witch bent on killing people, he said the so-called “Azad Kashmir”...
Dhaka, Oct 1 (IANS) The Law Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh, Asif Nazrul on Wednesday ruled out any immediate plan to lift the ban on the activities of the Awami League, local media reportedHis remarks followed after the...
Dhaka, Oct 1 (IANS) Bangladesh Election Commission’s (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, has stated that the National Citizen Party (NCP) must pick its electoral symbol from the EC's official list, amid the party's persistent demand for the allocation of Shapla...
Dhaka, Oct 1 (IANS) Bangladesh has not witnessed a democratic transition, but a power vacuum which was swiftly seized by opportunistic forces, including emboldened Islamists and a complicit opposition, a report cited on Wednesday. It added that the aftermath resembled...