Dhaka, June 30 (IBNS): A Bangladeshi court has sent to jail 30 BNP members charged with conducting an armed attack on a train carrying Awami League president and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago after withdrawing their bail, local media reported.

Islamabad, June 30 (IBNS): Pakistan will have a key guest this Autumn when Duke of Cambridge Prince William and his wife Kate will visit the country, officials confirmed on Sunday.

Kabul, June 30 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed in a Taliban attack incident in Maroof district compound in the southern province of Afghanistan's Kandahar, media reports said on Sunday.

Gardez, Afghanistan, Jun 30 (Xinhua): At least 10 militants have been confirmed dead as fighting aircraft pounded Taliban hideouts in Gardasira district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, provincial police spokesman Sardar Wali Tabasam said on Sunday.

Dhaka, June 29 (IBNS): Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday claimed to have detained an alleged drug peddler with 9,910 pieces of yaba pills from Kotwali area of country's Chattogram city, media reports said.

Kabul, June 29 (IBNS): A Taliban group member, who was an expert in improvised explosive devices, died in an explosion which rocked Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Saturday, media reports said.

Islamabad, June 28 (Xinhua/UNI) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked relevant authorities to take stern action against the people involved in hoarding, and unreasonable rising prices of food staples, local media reported Friday.

Dhaka, June 28 (IBNS): The Department of Narcotics Control, or DNC, have arrested a Nigerian national who was carrying methamphetamine in Dhaka city of Bangladesh, media reports said.

Kabul, June 28 (IBNS): During an operation conducted by security forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, at least seven ISIS terrorists have been killed, media reports said on Friday.

Dhaka, June 28 (IBNS): The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB on Thursday detained a teacher for allegedly raping at least 20 female students in Narayanganj area of Bangladesh, media reports said on Friday.

New York, June 28 (IBNS): Following last week’s public threats by Taliban militants to deliberately target media outlets in Afghanistan, the United Nations mission chief in the country reiterated his call on Thursday for journalists’ rights to be protected, underlining the power of press freedom to advance peace, justice and human rights.

Colombo, Jun 26 (Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Wednesday that he was satisfied with the security situation in the island country as all leading suspects involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had been apprehended or killed.

Dhaka, June 26 (IBNS): Unknown attackers hacked to death a ruling female Awami League leader at Rupganj area of Bangladesh, media reports said on Wednesday.

Dhaka, June 26 (IBNS): The Bangladesh foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned the attack on Abha International Airport of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthis.

Dhaka, Jun 25 (UNI): Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh  Zhang Zuo on Tuesday said that his country will play a 'constructive role' in resolving the Rohingya crisis.

Kabul, June 25 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have arrested 12 terrorists, including a key member of the ISIS, in Nangarhar area of the country, media reports said.

Dhaka, June 25 (IBNS): During a shootout with the police in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar, three men, who were  implicated in human trafficking cases, have been killed media reports said on Tuesday.

Karachi, June 25 (IBNS): Pakistani security forces have killed three terrorists in country's Karachi city, media reports said on Monday.

Rawalpindi, Jun 24 (IBNS): At least 10 people were injured in a massive blast which occurred at a military hospital here on Sunday, Pakistani Twitter users claimed.

Dhaka, Jun 24 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday described Bangladesh Awami League as one of the well-organised political parties in the subcontinent and expressed her firm confidence that none could destroy the organisation.

Kabul, Jun 24 (UNI) At least 70 Taliban militants were killed while 23 others sustained injuries in a five-day joint operation launched by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in Balabulok district of Farah province.

Dhaka, June 23 (IBNS): A Rohingya man and another person, who are accused in human trafficking cases, have died in a so-called shootout with police in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar area, media reports said on Sunday.

Kabul, June 23 (IBNS): A bomb explosion in Afghanistan's Ghazni province left one Taliban terrorist killed, media reports said on Sunday.

Kabul, Jun 22 (Sputnik) A recent visit by a Taliban delegation to China was productive, Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanifi, a member of the group’s Qatari office, said in a voice message aired by Taliban’s radio Shariat on Saturday.

Maimana, Jun 22 (Xinhua/UNI) Afghanistan's government forces carried out airstrikes killing 13 militants affiliated to the Taliban group including a shadow deputy district chief and two foreign fighters, in northern Faryab province, an official said Saturday.

Kabul, June 22 (IBNS): At least four Islamic State terrorists were killed during an operation conducted by security forces in Afghanistan's Kunar province, media reports said on Saturday.

Islamabad, June 22 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as a  motorcycle-rickshaw was hit by a speeding bus in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district on Saturday, media reports said.

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): Around 7000 people assembled in Dhaka's Bangabandhu National Stadium as they observed the fifth International Day of Yoga.

Dhaka, June 21 (IBNS): A train derailed in Gazipur area of Bangladesh on Friday, suspending rail links between Dhaka city and the northern region, media reports said.

Dhaka, June 19 (IBNS): Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case related to the murder of two Jubo League leaders in the country, media reports said on Wednesday.

Dhaka, June 19 (IBNS): Two people, including a Chinese national, were killed during a clash at an under-construction power plant in Kolapara upazila of Bangladesh, media reports said on Wednesday.

Islamabad, Jun 18 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of four Italian nationals and two Pakistanis got trapped at an altitude of around 5,300 meters after being hit by an avalanche in Ghizar Valley of Pakistan's snow-peaked northern area, officials said here Tuesday.

Kandahar, Jun 18 (Xinhua/UNI) Afghan security forces have arrested 30 militants loyal to the Taliban group in the southern Kandahar province, provincial Governor Hayatullah Hayat said Tuesday.

Kathmandu, Jun 18 (Xinhua) At least 12 people have gone missing as a passenger jeep skidded off the mountain road and plunged into a local river on Tuesday afternoon in Nepal's remote Humla district, some 400 km west of Kathmandu, officials said.

Kabul, June 18 (IBNS): During an operation conducted by Afghanistan security forces in  Nangarhar, they have arrested at least three new recruits of ISIS terrorist group, media reports said.

Islamabad, June 18 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and three others, including  a senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) and a notable religious scholar, were hurt when a blast rocked Pakistan's Bajaur tribal district on Monday, media reports said.

Dhaka, June 17 (IBNS): Days after he was arrested, court has denied bail to former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain, media reports said.
He was later sent to jail.

Islamabad, June 17 (IBNS):  In a major movie, the Pakistan Army on Sunday said it has appointed Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid as the chief of the country's spy agency ISI.

Islamabad, June 17 (IBNS): A 22-year-old Pakistani blogger, who was known for criticising country's Army and spy agency ISI, was hacked to death in Islamabad city on Sunday night, media report said.

Damascus, Jun 17 (Sputnik/UNI) Terror groups opened mortar fire at a village in the Syrian province of Aleppo, leaving 10 civilians killed, local media reported.
The terrorists shelled the village of al-Wadihi on late Sunday, according to the Syria TV broadcaster.

Dhaka, June 16 (IBNS): Nearly three weeks after an arrest warrant was issued against him, the Bangladesh police have arrested former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain, whose name had emerged in the madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder incident.

Kabul, June 16 (IBNS): At least three Taliban terrorists were killed in an explosion that hit  Ghazni province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.

Beijing, Jun 16 (Xinhua) China's meteorological authority continued a blue alert for rainstorms Sunday morning.

Kabul, Jun 15 (Sputnik/UNI) Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday urged Asian leaders to step up cooperation to fight terrorism, in an address to a major regional conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Dhaka, June 15 (IBNS): In a major development, Bangladesh added one more feather to its crown as the nation has been elected to the prestigious Economic and Social Council or ECOSOC of the United Nations (UN) from the Asia-Pacific region.

Kabul, June 15 (IBNS): During a clash with  the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces in Kabul, a crime kingpin has been killed, media reports said on Saturday.

Dhaka, June 14 (IBNS): Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Friday described the proposed budget for fiscal 2019-20 a budget as aiming to bring welfare for all.

Colombo, June 14 (IBNS): Sri Lankan security forces have brought back five suspects linked to the Easter Sunday attacks who were deported from Saudi Arabia, media reports said.

Kabul, June 14 (IBNS): At least three foreign terrorists were killed as Afghan security forces targeted a compound of Lashkar-e-Taiba group in Kunar province , media reports said on Friday.