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‘Tahawwur Rana helped co-conspirator David Headley obtain Indian visa’
MUMBAI (TIP): Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, had helped co-conspirator David Coleman Headley to obtain an Indian visa, a Mumbai police official familiar with the probe has […]
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India ends trans-shipment facility for Bangladesh exports as Dhaka warms to China; Nepal, Bhutan exempted
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has revoked a key trans-shipment facility that permitted Bangladesh to export goods to third countries via Indian land customs stations. This decision follows remarks by Bangladesh’s interim government chief adviser, Muhammad […]
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Sri Lanka faces protest over stray dog crackdown before PM Modi’s visit
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan animal rights activists marched on Thursday to protest the round-up of stray dogs ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Authorities in Colombo and the Buddhist pilgrim city of […]
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to visit Dhaka after 13 years
Dhaka and Islamabad (TIP) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday spoke with Muhammad Yunus via phone, exchanging Eid ul-Fitr greetings and reaffirming their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. During the call, Sharif reiterated his […]
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Gas fire in Malaysia injures more than 100 people and damages 49 houses
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): A fire caused by a burst gas pipe spread to several homes and sent a fireball soaring into the sky outside Malaysia’s largest city Tuesday, injuring more than 100 people. The towering […]
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Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Bangladesh‘s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus here on Friday, official media reported. Yunus, on a four-day visit to China, took part in the country’s Boao Forum for Asia […]
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Sri Lanka’s ruling party MPs seek removal of jailed police chief Deshabandu, write to Speaker
COLOMBO (TIP): Over a hundred MPs of the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) coalition on Monday wrote to the Parliament Speaker seeking removal of the suspended Sri Lankan police chief “for bringing disrepute to the […]
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Pakistan court sentences five to death for ‘online blasphemy’
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistan court has sentenced five men to death for posting blasphemous content online, a prosecution lawyer told AFP on Wednesday, as the country witnesses a sharp increase in such cases. Private groups […]
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Bangladesh interim government says no plans to ban ousted PM’s Awami League
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s interim government says it has no plans to ban the political party of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, putting it at odds with the student revolutionaries who overthrew her in an uprising last […]
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Pak: 17 children die of measles in Sindh from Feb-March
Karachi (TIP) : Seventeen children died of measles infection in Sindh in the last two months, ARY News reported, citing a statement by the health department. Ten children died in Khairpur district of Sindh by […]
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Pakistan says it repatriated over 8 lakh Afghans residing illegally ahead of March 31 deadline
PESHAWAR (TIP): The process of repatriation of illegally residing Afghan nationals in Pakistan continued unabated as more than 800,000 people were repatriated by March 20, an official said. With only 10 days remaining until the […]
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Train hostage survivors in Pakistan recount ‘panic’ amid blasts
MACH (TIP): Hostages freed from a train siege in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday said they walked for hours through mountainous terrain to reach safety, forced to leave behind relatives from whom they were separated. Militants […]
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Sri Lanka’s police chief evades arrest as own force hunts him over shooting case
COLOMBO (TIP): Deshabandu Tennakoon, theoretically still the island nation’s police chief, is being treated as a fugitive and his team members are on a trail to arrest him, police spokesman Buddhika Manathunga said here on […]
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Pakistan orders Afghan Citizen Card holders to leave country by March 31
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan government has set March 31 as the deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACCs) holders to leave Pakistan voluntarily as part of a plan to repatriate all illegal foreigners, according to an […]
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Bangladesh army chief warns country ‘at risk’ from infighting
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh‘s army chief on February 25 blamed infighting for deteriorating law and order, warning that the gains of the student-led revolution that toppled the government last August were at risk. The South Asian […]
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29 dead due to hail, rain in Afghanistan: officials
Herat, Afghanistan (TIP): Twenty-nine people died in two provinces in Afghanistan due to hail and heavy rain, officials said February 25. “Twenty-one people were killed and six others were injured” because of hail in western […]
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Pakistan security forces kill 10 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
PESHAWAR (TIP): Pakistani security forces killed 10 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military’s media wing said on February 24. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the […]
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Reports of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh ‘exaggerated’: BGB chief
Dhaka (TIP): The Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Feb 20 termed the reports of attacks on minorities in his country as ‘exaggerated,’ while asserting that authorities have taken steps for their protection. […]