Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), secured a decisive victory in November 14 snap general election, winning 137 of the 196 directly elected seats. Local media […]
Peshawar (TIP) : A powerful car bomb exploded accidentally inside a house in the former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwest Pakistan, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said on […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh‘s top legal official has proposed to remove the words “secularism” and “socialism” from the Constitution apart from a provision prescribing capital punishment for regime change through extra-constitutional means. In his statement in […]
Lahore (TIP): The toxic smog, which continues to grip Lahore and other parts of Pakistan, has worsened, with the city reporting over 15,000 cases of respiratory and viral infections in just 24 hours. The majority […]
Lahore (TIP): A Hindu pilgrim, who was going to attend the 555th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in Nankana Sahib, was shot dead by robbers, the police said on November 15. A native […]
Dhaka (TIP): On October 26, thousands from Bangladesh‘s Hindu community gathered at the historic Laldighi Maidan in Chattogram (Chittagong) to express their determination to continue demonstrations until the interim government addresses their eight key demands. […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign on October 28 to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in […]
NEW YORK (TIP): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed confidence that India‘s relationship with neighbours Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would continue to be “positive and constructive.” “I would urge you not to be deterministic about […]
Karachi (TIP): The IMF has approved a USD 7 billion new bailout package for Pakistan, authorising the immediate release of the first loan tranche of less than USD 1.1 billion to reinforce the cash-strapped country’s […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh‘s interim government has granted magisterial powers to the Army for two months to improve law and order in the country and prevent “subversive acts”. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification […]
DUBAI (TIP): The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said September 17. Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been […]
Dhaka (TIP): This Durga Puja season there is a shortage of Hilsa. The reason: Bangladesh, the world’s largest producer of the fish, has intensified its crackdown on the transportation of hilsa to neighbouring India, reinforcing […]
Dhaka (TIP): Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia was admitted to a private hospital in the early hours of September 12, according to a media report. The 79-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson arrived at […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Six Pakistan MPs from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party were among more than 30 people remanded in custody on september 11 under a new law restricting protests. It comes after thousands […]
Karachi (TIP): Pakistani actress Nimra Khan suffered a near abduction ordeal last month while waiting for her car outside a hotel in Karachi’s posh Defence Housing area. “Initially there were fingers pointed at me as […]
DHAKA (TIP): Chief Adviser to Bangladesh‘s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, has said the issue of attacks on minority Hindus in his country is “exaggerated” and questioned the manner in which India projected it. In an […]
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