Dhaka, Aug 29 (IANS) Bangladesh Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin on Friday stressed the need for the election officials to maintain complete neutrality during the next year’s… Continue reading Next polls riskiest in Bangladesh’s history: Election Commission
United Nations, Aug 29 (IANS) The UN Security Council has decided to end the peacekeeping operations in Lebanon, in which nearly 1,000 Indian troops are deployed. The Council voted on… Continue reading UNSC votes to end Lebanon peacekeeping mission with nearly 1,000 Indian troops
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Several Hindu and Sikh religious sites that became part of Pakistan after the 1947 partition are in a dilapidated condition with many having been completely erased,… Continue reading Historic Sikh shrine in Pakistan faces encroachment and decay: Report
Ottawa, Aug 29 (IANS) The demand for Khalistan, which largely emerged after 1970, was primarily driven by fringe elements in India and abroad as Sikh political leaders had willingly opted… Continue reading Only fringe elements pushing Khalistan demand: Report
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) At least two minor students were killed and 17 others injured as a gunman opened fire at morning Mass in a Catholic school in Minneapolis city… Continue reading Two minor students shot dead at Catholic school in US’ Minneapolis
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
