KATHMANDU (TIP): Dire weather has forced Nepal to suspend search operations after a Himalayan avalanche caused what is feared to be the worst expedition disaster in over a decade, the National Mountain Guide Association said. […]
DHAKA (TIP): The Tarique Rahman government has proposed replacing planned sculptures commemorating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7, 1971 speech and the surrender of Pak forces the same year with water fountains at Suhrawardy Udyan. […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan says it has targeted “camps and hideouts” used by armed groups in two locations in Afghanistan, killing several fighters, while Kabul and the United Nations report civilian casualties. Pakistan’s Ministry of Information […]
New York (TIP): Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for stronger international cooperation on peace, democracy, development and regional cooperation while addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan has foiled an “attempted Afghan aggression” on the Pakistan-Afghan border. Pakistani security sources said several Afghan members of the Taliban were killed in an intermittent exchange of fire in the Gulistan area […]
New York (TIP): Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah called for grant-based international support at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept 24 to help the Himalayan nation recover from the glacier flood that killed at […]
Islamabad (TIP): he Pakistan government’s security costs are set to go up after jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party announced to postpone its planned protest in the capital from Sunday to October 4. Khan’s […]
Islamabad (TIP): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made a formal complaint to Sky Sports after it aired an interview with the sons of former Prime Minister and World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan during the lunch […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh is moving closer to buying 20 Chinese J-10CE multirole fighter jets for $2.3 billion, in what could become one of Dhaka’s biggest defence purchases in years. An aide of Bangladesh Prime Minister […]
Colombo (TIP): The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Damian Fernando, held talks with Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan and Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, aiming to bolster maritime security cooperation and enhance […]
Pakistan has once again dipped into its familiar playbook of indulging in empty and hollow rhetoric against India, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif threatening a “direct response” over water even as Islamabad grapples with a […]
As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power, some Kabul residents say they feel safer after decades of conflict and upheaval but stress the leaders should now focus on creating jobs […]
Islamabad (TIP): {akistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir was confident that his multiple backchannel visits to Iran would soon pay rich dividends as both Washington and Tehran were desperate to sign a long-awaited deal […]
Kabul (TIP): A year after the Kremlin removed the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist groups, Russia and Afghanistan signed a military cooperation agreement on Wednesday, marking a further step in their expanding ties. […]
Islamabad (TIP): A Pakistani court indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on fresh charges of illegally selling state gifts on December 12, local broadcaster Geo reported. The indictment was the latest […]
Kolkata (TIP): Bangladesh has summoned Shikder Mohammad Ashrafur Rahman, the Acting Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, for urgent consultations following protests over attacks on Hindu minorities. Rahman, who is also Minister – Political Affairs, stationed […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh’s deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus of running a “fascist regime” that allows terrorists and fundamentalists to act without […]
Kabul (TIP): The Afghan Taliban’s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani — the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of insurgent group Haqqani network — and six other people were killed in an explosion […]
Islamabade (TIP) : Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has demanded the constitution of a Supreme Court-led judicial commission to probe alleged killings of his party workers by law enforcement officers’ “direct firing” in […]
Patna (TIP): Processions and protest marches erupted in Bihar on December 5 in support of minority Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists who were being subjected to torture in Bangladesh after the collapse of the Sheikh […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal and China on December 4 signed a much-awaited framework agreement on the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), paving the way for enhanced economic cooperation on the projects. The BRI Cooperation […]
Pakhtunkhwa (TIP): The death toll from sectarian violence in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province surged to 130, with at least six people killed and eight injured on December 2, as clashes in the volatile Kurram […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh is battling its worst outbreak of dengue in years, with more than 400 deaths as rising temperatures and a longer monsoon season drive a surge in infections, leaving hospitals struggling to cope, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Joe Biden has nominated Deven J. Parekh, a leading Indian American global venture capitalist, to the Board of Directors of the US International Development Finance Corporation for a fresh term of […]
Son, tried in absentia, and 4 others jailed for 10 years DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was, on February8, sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for corruption, a body blow for the […]
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