Hasina-Modi talks in Delhi on Oct 5: Foreign minister

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold bilateral talks with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi on October 5 during her first India visit after coming to power for the third consecutive term.
15 September 2019, 14:36 PM

Pak FM sees risk of ‘accidental war’

Pakistan’s foreign minister warned Wednesday that the situation in Indian Kashmir risked sparking an “accidental war”, and urged UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to visit the troubled region.
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Curfew-like restrictions re-imposed in Kashmir to foil Muharram procession

Curfew-like restrictions are re-imposed in several parts of Kashmir, including Srinagar city, to foil any plans of taking out Muharram processions in the Valley as authorities apprehended about the possibility of untoward incidents due to large congregations.
10 September 2019, 09:12 AM

3G, 4G services restricted in Ukhia-Teknaf until further notice

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission directs all the mobile phone operators to restrict 3G and 4G services in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar until further notice.
10 September 2019, 08:45 AM

India tries to reconnect with lost lunar lander

India has located the lander from its Chandrayaan-2 mission to soft land a rover on the moon but has not yet been able to establish
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM

India’s Moon lander Chandrayaan-2 located

India’s second unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, which contact was lost yesterday, has been located on the lunar surface and it must have been a hard-landing, Indian Space Research Organization Chairman K Sivan says.
8 September 2019, 10:39 AM

INX Media case: Court sends Chidambaram to jail

A Delhi court yesterday sent former Union finance minster P Chidambaram in judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media case. Considering that he has Z-security, the court directed that he be kept in a separate cell. The CBI argued for his judicial custody submitting
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Four dead in Mumbai monsoon deluge

A six-year-old boy was among four people killed after severe flooding hit India’s financial hub Mumbai, resulting in dozens of cancelled
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Man killed in mob lynching in India

Indian police said yesterday that five people had been arrested for lynching a man after accusing him of kidnapping children, the latest in a renewed string of attacks fuelled by malicious rumour-mongering.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Kashmir observes self-imposed strike

A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir’s autonomy, locked it down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests, residents are resisting attempts by authorities to show some signs of normalcy returning in the Muslim-majority valley. Prime
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Indo-Pak conflict a danger for whole world: Iranian FM

A heightened conflict between India and Pakistan is dangerous not only for the Indian sub-continent, but also for the world, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.
4 September 2019, 15:26 PM

Bangladesh seeks Japan’s support for Rohingya repatriation

Bangladesh has sought Japan’s support for repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar and moving the refugees to Bhashan Char where the government has built shelters for one lakh Rohingya as parts of the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
4 September 2019, 15:15 PM

20 killed in Punjab firecracker factory blast in India

At least 20 people are killed and several others injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in a residential area in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.
4 September 2019, 13:56 PM

People excluded from NRC might be sent back: BNP

BNP has expressed grave concern saying that the people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam might be sent to Bangladesh.
3 September 2019, 13:21 PM

Rights group skeptical that Myanmar’s military seeks justice

Plans announced by Myanmar’s military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority draws skepticism from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.
3 September 2019, 07:11 AM

Man detained with knife while trying to enter India’s parliament

A 26-year-old man was detained when he was allegedly trying to enter the Indian Parliament House with a knife, police say.
2 September 2019, 11:00 AM

Assam NRC was a statutory process: Indian foreign ministry

The Indian External Affairs Ministry has asserted that updating of the NRC in Assam was a statutory, transparent and legal process mandated by the Supreme Court, which is “non-discriminatory” and “leaves no room for bias and injustice”.
1 September 2019, 15:53 PM

Hasina, Modi likely to meet in NY before Delhi talks in Oct

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are likely to have a brief meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.
30 August 2019, 12:00 PM

Indian state on alert ahead of publication of citizenship register

Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police are deployed in India's border state of Assam, the eve of the publication of a citizenship register that could leave millions of people stateless, many of them Muslims.
30 August 2019, 11:03 AM

Partake in Kashmir Hour

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday called on the country to join mass demonstrations to protest Delhi’s actions in Indian-administred-Kashmir as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continued to boil.
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM