Dhaka (TIP)- A medical board looking after critically ill former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday decided to send her to London for advanced treatment, her personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain said. Zia, the […]
Islamabad (TIP)- President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday, Dec 4, approved the appointment of the army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, as Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces for a period of five years. President […]
Pakistan on Thursday, Dec 4, decided to allow United Nations agencies to deliver relief supplies to Afghanistan from two border crossing points in northwest Pakistan, according to an official communication issued by the Ministry of […]
Lahore (TIP)- Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan is in “completely good health inside Adiala Jail”, the jail authorities said on Thursday, rejecting rumours on social media about his medical condition. “The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
Dhaka (TIP)- Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to 21 years in prison in separate corruption cases related to allocations of land in a government project, dealing another legal blow to the […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP)- In a significant shift, Pakistan appears to have finally recalibrated its Afghan policy, moving away from any notion of appeasing the Afghan Taliban and, instead, follow a “waiting game” to unravel things there. […]
At least 10 people have died and more than 200 others were injured across Bangladesh after the 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the South Asian nation, causing widespread panic and structural damage, local media reported on Saturday, […]
Islamabad (TIP)- Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said both suicide bombers involved in the two attacks in the country this week were Afghan nationals, as authorities announced having made several arrests. Naqvi made the […]
Dhaka (TIP)- Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdict on Monday (November 17) in the case involving ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who faces five counts of charges related to crimes against humanity during […]
Nine in 10 families in Afghanistan are going hungry or falling into debt as millions of new returnees stretch resources in poverty-stricken areas in the east and north, according to the United Nations. Taliban-controlled Afghanistan […]
Bangladesh has decided to temporarily bar Indian-born Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from entering the country. The decision was made on Tuesday during a meeting of the Law and Order Core Committee at the Ministry of […]
Istanbul (TIP)- Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded blame for brief cross-border fighting, as delegations from both countries met in Turkiye for talks aimed at securing a ceasefire following deadly clashes last month. Thursday’s (Nov 6) […]
New Delhi (TIP)- Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she had no plans of leaving India, warning that millions of voters would be boycotting the election in Bangladesh if her party, the Awami […]
Islamabad (TIP)- After the second round of talks in Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to extend the ceasefire on Thursday. According to a statement released by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the talks between […]
With governments coming and going and policies being constantly chopped and changed, Nepali businesses are long used to working in an environment of uncertainty. What they are not used to is operating in a climate […]
Dhaka (TIP)- Bangladesh‘s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has concluded its trial proceedings against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, allegedly of crimes against humanity, and has scheduled the announcement of its verdict on November 13, Dhaka […]
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is planning to build dams and restrict water to Pakistan, according to the Afghan Information Ministry. The order to build a dam on the River Kunar “as fast as possible” came from Taliban […]
Taliban authorities publicly executed a man in western Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct 16, who had been convicted of two murders, the country’s Supreme Court said. The man was executed in front of crowds at a […]
Dhaka (TIP)- A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday, Oct 16, for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a […]
Islamabad (TIP)- A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding on Thursday, Oct 16, officials on both sides said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes. In Spin […]
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