Durga Puja ends with idol immersion in Bangladesh

Oct 08, 2019, at 10:28 pm

Dhaka, Oct 8 (UNI) Tens of thousands of Hindus, dressed in colourful attires took to the streets on Tuesday, beating drums and chanting mantras as five days of revelry and celebration ended today with immersion of Devi Durga in rivers and water bodies across the country.

Afghanistan: Blast inside Ghazni University, 19 hurt

Oct 08, 2019, at 09:15 pm

Kabul: An explosion rocked inside Ghazni University in Afghanistan on Tuesday and left 19 students hurt, media reports said.

Imran Khan in China, wishes he had power to lock up 500 powerful Pakistanis for corruption

Oct 08, 2019, at 07:29 pm

Beijing: Visiting China, Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday said he wished he could follow President Xi Jinping and send 500 corrupt individuals in Pakistan to jail.

Afghanistan: Jalalabad blast leaves 10 killed

Oct 07, 2019, at 08:10 pm

Kabul: At least 10 people were killed in an explosion that rocked Afghanistan's  Jalalabad area on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan Taliban frees 3 Indian hostages in exchange for its 11 members

Oct 07, 2019, at 06:49 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan Taliban has claimed that they have released three Indian engineers who were held hostage for more than a year in an exchange for securing the release of 11 of its members, media reports said.

Suicide bomber shot dead in Kabul's first police district

Oct 07, 2019, at 06:37 pm

Kabul (Sputnik/uni) A suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan forces in Kabul's first police district, an eyewitness, Ismail Abbas, told Sputnik on Monday.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to leave for China today

Oct 07, 2019, at 12:59 pm

Islamabad, Oct 7 (UNI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a three-day official visit to China from Monday to discuss issues of regional and bilateral significance with Chinese leadership.

Sheikh Hasina completes her India trip, returns to Bangladesh

Oct 07, 2019, at 08:33 am

Dhaka: Completing her four-day visit to India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to Bangladesh on Sunday.

Rifaat murder: 4 accused surrender

Oct 06, 2019, at 06:21 pm

Dhaka: In a crucial development in the Rifaat murder incident, four fugitive accused have surrendered before a Barguna court, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Security forces foil terrorists bid to detonate two bombs in Kabul

Oct 06, 2019, at 05:48 pm

Kabul: Security forces in Afghanistan's Kabul city foiled terrorists  bid to detonate two improvised explosive devices, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns PoK residents against crossing LoC

Oct 05, 2019, at 11:57 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Saturday asked people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir not to cross the Line of Control to extend humanitarian aid to the Kashmiri people after India removed the special status of the state on Aug 5.

Explosion hits official vehicle in Afghan capital, injuring one

Oct 05, 2019, at 11:33 pm

Kabul, Oct 5 (Xinhua/UNI) At least one person was injured after an explosion ripped through a road in central Kabul on Saturday, causing panic among people in the busy neighborhood, a witness said.

Sri Lankan court rejects legal challenge over presidential candidate's citizenship

Oct 05, 2019, at 10:02 am

Colombo (Xinhua/UNI) A Sri Lankan court on Friday dismissed a legal case challenging presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Sri Lankan citizenship, thereby allowing him to contest the upcoming presidential polls.

Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi loses cool when asked about nations backing them on Kashmir

Oct 04, 2019, at 11:18 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has recently lost his cool when he was asked on a television show about the names of 58 nations which his Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed to have been backing them at the United Nations Human Rights Commission, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Police arrest leader of banned terror outfit HuJi who had met Osama Bin Laden

Oct 04, 2019, at 09:34 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh Police have arrested a leader of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh or HuJI-B, media reports said.

Taliban delegation to visit Islamabad on Wednesday amid stalled peace talks: Spokesman

Oct 02, 2019, at 05:14 pm

Kabul, Oct 2 (Sputnik/UNI) A high-level Taliban delegation is due to visit Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday as part of its tour that includes Russia, China and Iran after the group's peace talks with the United States broke off last month, a Taliban spokesman said.

Five IS militants killed in drone strikes in E Afghanistan

Oct 02, 2019, at 04:34 pm

Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Oct 2 (Xinhua) At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial government said Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb explosion leaves eight people wounded or killed

Oct 02, 2019, at 04:05 pm

Kabul: At least eight civilians, including a woman, were killed or wounded as a roadside bomb explosion hit  Kapisa province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.

South Africa: About 400 Bangladeshis murdered in 4 years

Oct 02, 2019, at 03:51 pm

Dhaka, Oct 2 (UNI) According to a recent report, more than 400 Bangladeshis have been murdered in South Africa over the past four years because of business and personal disputes within the community.

Kabul Police arrest man for murdering his father

Oct 02, 2019, at 09:22 am

Kabul: The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his own father in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.

Millions of Afghans have ‘voted not just for a president, but also for democracy’, UN Assembly told

Oct 01, 2019, at 04:28 pm

New York: Just two days ago, some three million Afghans faced the threat of terrorism and headed to the polls, to “vote not just for a president, but also for democracy,” Hamdulla Mohib, Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser told the UN General Assembly on Monday, adding that no matter the outcome of the elections, “peace is and will remain the Government’s priority.”

Pakistan: 2 killed in Loralai explosion

Oct 01, 2019, at 09:18 am

Islamabad: An explosion occurred close to a police vehicle here in Loralai area of Pakistan and left two people, including a suspected bomber, killed, media reports said on Tuesday.

Guterres welcomes conduct of Afghan elections, commends ‘all who braved security concerns to uphold their right to vote’

Sep 30, 2019, at 08:51 am

New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the conduct of presidential elections in Afghanistan on 28 September and commended all Afghans “who exercised their democratic voice and upheld their right to vote, braving security concerns”.

Bangladesh will be poverty-free by 2030: FM AHM Mustafa Kamal

Sep 29, 2019, at 05:51 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday said the country is going to be poverty-free by 2030.

Afghanistan: Prominent Taliban leader Mawlavi Abdul Hanan killed in Ghazni airstrike

Sep 29, 2019, at 04:54 pm

Kabul: The Afghanistan government on Sunday confirmed that a prominent Taliban leader was killed during an airstrike conducted in the country's south-eastern Ghazni province, media reports said.

Pakistan: Man arrested for sexually assaulting daughter-in-law

Sep 29, 2019, at 04:39 pm

Karachi: Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter-in-law in Karachi city of Pakistan, media reports said.

Balochistan: Blast leaves three people killed, 12 injured

Sep 28, 2019, at 11:09 pm

Islamabad: At least three people, including a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), were killed as an explosion hit Pakistan's Chaman area in Balochistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Two people killed as explosion rocks Balochistan

Sep 28, 2019, at 07:02 pm

Islamabad: At least two people were killed as an explosion rocked Balochistan's Chaman area in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Child killed, nine civilians injured in missile attacks in southern Afghanistan

Sep 28, 2019, at 06:42 pm

Kabul, September 28 (Sputnik/UNI) Missile attacks in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan resulted in the death of a child, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday, adding that nine people were also injured in the attacks.

Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina's 73rh birthday celebrated across nation 

Sep 28, 2019, at 06:26 pm

Dhaka, Sep 28 (UNI) Bangladesh on Saturday celebrated the 73rd birthday of it's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, albeit in her absence.