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 […]
Islamabad (TIP): Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on November 27 formally suspended its protest here blaming the midnight crackdown by the authorities that left at least four dead and over 50 injured even […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on November 24 concluded his five-day official visit to Nepal to strengthen bilateral ties. However, there is no clarity on the way ahead for the […]
Dhaka (TIP): The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has urged the Bangladesh authorities to promote “peaceful coexistence” for Hindus in the country as it “strongly” denounced the recent arrest of the prominent community leader […]
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, […]
Pakhtunkhwa (TIP): At least 50 people were killed and 20 others injured when several vehicles carrying passengers were targeted by militants in northwest Pakistan on November 21, officials said. The militants ambushed the vehicles in […]
Islamabad (TIP) : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on November 21 granted a five-day police remand of former prime minister Imran Khan, who was arrested formally by police hours after his bail in a corruption […]
Kabul (TIP): At least 10 people were killed in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province when a gunman opened fire on Sufis participating in a weekly ritual at a local shrine, the country’s interior ministry said on November […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on November 18 appointed a 21-member Cabinet in the new NPP government, keeping with his pre-election promise to streamline the governance system and ease the burden on […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), secured a decisive victory in November 14 snap general election, winning 137 of the 196 directly elected seats. Local media […]
Peshawar (TIP) : A powerful car bomb exploded accidentally inside a house in the former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwest Pakistan, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said on […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh’s top legal official has proposed to remove the words “secularism” and “socialism” from the Constitution apart from a provision prescribing capital punishment for regime change through extra-constitutional means. In his statement in […]
Lahore (TIP): The toxic smog, which continues to grip Lahore and other parts of Pakistan, has worsened, with the city reporting over 15,000 cases of respiratory and viral infections in just 24 hours. The majority […]
Lahore (TIP): A Hindu pilgrim, who was going to attend the 555th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in Nankana Sahib, was shot dead by robbers, the police said on November 15. A native […]
Dhaka (TIP): On October 26, thousands from Bangladesh’s Hindu community gathered at the historic Laldighi Maidan in Chattogram (Chittagong) to express their determination to continue demonstrations until the interim government addresses their eight key demands. […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory and inspiring others […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan began a nationwide vaccination campaign on October 28 to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladeshi court on October 17 ordered an arrest warrant for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was toppled from power by a student-led revolution. “The court […]
Pradhan Kathmandu (TIP): World Weather Attribution, an international collaboration, has underscored the urgent need for Nepal to limit development in low-lying, riverside areas of the cities and scale up early warning and prompt action to […]
islamabad (TIP) : The visit of India’s foreign minister to Pakistan earlier this week was a “good beginning” that could lead to a thaw in relations between the two rivals, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz […]
NEW YORK (TIP): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed confidence that India’s relationship with neighbours Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would continue to be “positive and constructive.” “I would urge you not to be deterministic about […]
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