Dhaka (TIP): The authorities in Bangladesh have issued another heatwave alert for three more days from April 28 as the South Asian country is facing its longest heatwave in 75 years. Bangladesh reported the season’s highest temperature at 42.7°C on Friday in the south-western district of Chuadanga. Dhaka’s maximum temperature was 38.2 degrees that day. IANS
South Asia
10 Iranian security personnel killed in jihadist attacks near Pakistan border
TEHRAN (TIP): Jihadist attacks in southeastern Iran near Pakistan killed 10 Iranian security personnel, state media reported on April 4, doubling an earlier toll. The number of dead is almost as large as from a […]
Asia
Pakistan Denies Strike On Afghanistan After Taliban Vows Retaliation
Afghanistan’s Taliban government vowed to “respond appropriately” to deadly overnight air strikes it blamed on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denied, as tensions spiked a day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city. An air […]
South Asia
Veteran Sri Lankan politician & Tamil leader Sampanthan passes away
COLOMBO (TIP): R Sampanthan, a veteran Sri Lankan politician and a moderate Tamil leader, passed away on July 3 while receiving treatment in a hospital, the Tamil National Alliance has announced. Sampanthan, 91, led the […]
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