Death toll in Banani fire climbs to 25
At least 25 people were killed so far and 73 people sustained injuries in Banani FR Tower fire in the capital city that broke out on Thursday afternoon.
Dhaka Metropolitan...
YOUNG IT ENTREPRENEURS FEEL LEFT BEHIND AT THE NEPAL INVESTMENT SUMMIT
Nikita Acharya of Urban Girl had high hopes when she travelled to London last year to make a pitch to investors. But the c0-founder of the online shopping platform...
PAKISTAN REGRETS INDIA’S DECISION TO POSTPONE UPCOMING KARTARPUR MEETING
Pakistan regrets India's decision to postpone the upcoming Kartarpur meeting "jointly agreed by both sides" on March 14, said Dr Mohammad Faisal, the spokesperson of the Ministry of...
CHINA CALLS FOR ‘COMPREHENSIVE, THOROUGH’ ASSESSMENT BEFORE BLACKLISTING MASOOD AZHAR
China has asserted that a “comprehensive and thorough” assessment is needed before blacklisting Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and adding him to the sanctions regime of the United Nations...
DEAL FOR NEW SRI LANKA OIL REFINERY WILL TAKE AT LEAST A YEAR TO...
An agreement to build a proposed $3.85 billion oil refinery in Sri Lanka will take at least a year to be finalized as its main investor, India’s Accord Group,...
KHALILZAD BRIEFS NATO ALLIES ON AFGHAN PEACE
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad who is on a multi-nation trip as part of his efforts for facilitating the peace process in Afghanistan on Thursday met...
India concludes price negotiations to acquire 62 C295 transport aircraft
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded price negotiations to acquire a total of 62 Airbus Defence and Space C295 medium transport aircraft (MTA) for the Indian Air Force...
US tries to convince India to drop S-400 deal after fiasco with Turkey
Washington has been trying to convince India to ditch a deal with Moscow on the purchase of S-400 air defence systems by offering New Delhi alternatives to the system,...
India’s 83% MPs are ‘crorepatis’, 33% have criminal cases: ADR report
At least 83 per cent of 521 sitting MPs are 'crorepatis' and 33 per cent of them have criminal cases against them, according to a report by election watchdog...
Maldives’ High Court orders release of ex-president Yameen
High Court on Tuesday issued a verdict to release and free former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom.
The verdict was issued on the appeal case filed by President Yameen over...
Command and Staff Conference of Pakistan Navy held in Islamabad
The Command and Staff Conference of Pakistan Navy held at Naval Headquarters in Islamabad here on Thursday.
The conference was chaired by Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Zafar Mahmood...
Sri Lanka seeks divine help to end power crisis
Sri Lanka's state energy provider sought divine intervention on Thursday (March 28) to break a crippling power shortage, dispatching envoys to the country's north to offer holy water to...
Revisiting ‘1971’
December 16 passed without much reflection in Pakistan. The date officially marks the dismemberment of Pakistan and independence of Bangladesh, when Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan, succumbed to...
BANANI FIRE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 19
The death toll in Banani fire has jumped to 19 as the firefighters recovered more dead bodies from the 22-storey building, officials said.
The fire at the FR Tower was...
Pakistan, Afghanistan, US locked in war of words
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the U.S. appear to be locked in another war of words following reported remarks from Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan suggesting setting up of an interim...
Anti-satellite test shouldn’t stir India’s nationalism
India announced Wednesday the successful test of an anti-satellite missile. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a televised address that "our scientists have hit a live satellite 300...
FO BRIEFS FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ON PULWAMA INVESTIGATION, SAYS MORE INFO NEEDED FROM INDIA
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday told foreign diplomats that India's allegation that Pakistan-based elements were involved in the Pulwama attack could not be corroborated by the dossier sent...
Obstacle to Rohingya return is clear: It’s still Myanmar
The main obstacle to allowing Rohingya refugees ethnically cleansed from Myanmar to return to their homes remains the government of Myanmar. International actions aimed at addressing the crisis should...
The Samjhauta acquittals: Hindu terror goes unpunished in India
Earlier this month, the acquittal of the four main suspects in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case has once again brought the Indian government's commitment to fighting Hindu terror...
The Khosa doctrine targeting perjury
One of the majorbasis for corruption – the illness eating away the substance of the Pakistani state, its institutions and its people – is perjury. An especially dangerous criminal...
Pakistan is willing to allow India to investigate ‘terror camps’ linked to Pulwama attack
Pakistan has said it can allow India to investigate the alleged terror camps New Delhi believes were linked to the 14 February Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
“The...