Bangladesh army chief warns country ‘at risk’ from infighting
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh's army chief on February 25 blamed infighting for deteriorating law and order, warning that the gains of…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)29 dead due to hail, rain in Afghanistan: officials
Herat, Afghanistan (TIP): Twenty-nine people died in two provinces in Afghanistan due to hail and heavy rain, officials said February…
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Bangladesh students who led anti-Hasina protests launch new party ‘Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad’
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladeshi students who played a key role in overthrowing the government last year have announced a new political…
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Pakistan security forces kill 10 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
PESHAWAR (TIP): Pakistani security forces killed 10 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military's media wing…
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Reports of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh ‘exaggerated’: BGB chief
Dhaka (TIP): The Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Feb 20 termed the reports of attacks on minorities…
Read MorePakistani security forces kill 6 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar (TIP): Pakistan security forces on Feb 21 killed at least six terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in the country's…
Read MorePolitical clashes at Bangladesh university campus leave over 150 students injured
DHAKA (TIP): More than 150 students have been injured in Bangladesh during clashes at a university campus, a sign of…
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Battered Myanmar scam centre workers wait for deportation to China
SHWE KOKKO (TIP): Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centres in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return…
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Bodies of 4 Pakistanis who died on a migrant boat journey off West Africa return home for burial
SHEIKHUPURA, Pakistan (TIP): The bodies of four Pakistanis who were among dozens who drowned in the capsizing of a migrant…
Read MoreBangladesh summons Indian envoy after Sheikh Hasina accuses Yunus of assassination plot
NEW DELHI (TIP): Dhaka summoned India’s Acting High Commissioner, Pawan Badhe, on February 5 after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
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Sri Lankan govt unaware of move to arrest former president Rajapaksa, says minister
COLOMBO (TIP): At least 59 of the 554 Sri Lankans have perished in the Ukraine war fighting for Russia, Foreign…
Read MoreIndia lodges strong protest involving firing by Sri Lankan Navy during apprehension of fishermen, MEA calls Acting High Commissioner
New Delhi (TIP)India has lodged strong protest involving firing by the Sri Lankan Navy during apprehension of 13 Indian fishermen…
Read MoreLPG tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing six people
LAHORE (TIP): A tanker filled with liquified petroleum gas exploded in an industrial area in Pakistan's Punjab province, killing at…
Read MoreBangladesh risks repeating Hasina regime’s mistakes: HRW
DHAKA (TIP): Reprisals against journalists and indiscriminate arrests risk undermining Bangladesh's once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the legal abuses seen under…
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Pakistan outlaws disinformation with three-year jail term
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on January 28, passing legislation that enshrines punishments of up to three years in…
Read MoreOver 40 Pakistanis among dozens feared drowned en route to Spain by boat
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Over 40 Pakistanis are feared dead after a boat carrying 80 migrants, attempting to reach Spain, capsized near…
Read MoreBeijing to invest $3.7B in Sri Lankan oil refinery as Dissanayake seeks more Chinese investments
BEIJING (TIP): China has offered to invest USD 3.7 billion in Sri Lanka, stated to be the biggest-ever foreign investment…
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra get prison sentence in al-Qadir Trust case
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistan court on Friday found former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi guilty of…
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Pakistan’s 2024: Troubled ties with neighbours, economic woes and the Imran Khan ‘problem’
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan was haunted by political uncertainty, economic instability, a deteriorating security situation and troubled relations with neighbours in…
Read MoreStudent body wants B’desh’s ‘Mujibist’ constitution buried
Dhaka (TIP): The Anti-Discrimination Students Movement on December 29 announced that it would issue a belated Proclamation of July Uprising…
Read MoreHelicopter makes emergency landing near Kathmandu after being hit by bird
Kathmandu (TIP): A helicopter en route to Kathmandu carrying five US nationals had to make an emergency landing at Banepa,…
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Afghan forces retaliate, target Pak sites
Kabul (TIP): Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry said on December 28 that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for…
Read MoreSri Lanka’s navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawler
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TIP): Sri Lanka’s navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found…
Read More52 killed in two bus accidents in central Afghanistan
KABUL (TIP): Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52…
Read MorePakistan court extends interim bail of Imran Khan, his wife in second Toshakhana case until January 7
Lahore (TIP): A Pakistani court on December 17 extended the interim bail of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and…
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Women’s rights under threat in Bangladesh amid growing radicalism, intolerance
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh is not going to become another Iran or Afghanistan, as far as the rights of women are…
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Pak court indicts Imran, wife Bushra in 2nd Toshakhana case
Islamabad (TIP): A Pakistani court indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on fresh charges of illegally…
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Bangladesh summons Kolkata mission head for consultations
Kolkata (TIP): Bangladesh has summoned Shikder Mohammad Ashrafur Rahman, the Acting Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, for urgent consultations following…
Read MoreYunus regime fascist: Hasina vows justice for atrocities
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh's deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its Chief Adviser…
Read MoreJalaluddin Haqqani’s brother killed in Kabul suicide blast
Kabul (TIP): The Afghan Taliban's acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani — the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder…
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