Dhaka: Abdul Hamid was Monday elected unopposed the president of Bangladesh which has been reeling under a violent political stand-off between the ruling and the main opposition parties. “Abdul Hamid, speaker of the National Assembly, is elected president of Bangladesh as per section 7 of the Presidential Election Law 1991,” said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) [...]
Islamabad: Nine people were killed in Pakistan Tuesday following a powerful earthquake in neighbouring Iran, a media report said. Nine people were killed in Mashkel in Balochistan while at least 1,000 homes have been destroyed, reported Geo TV. An earlier report said that five people, including two children, were killed Tuesday when their house collapsed [...]
New Delhi: Strong tremors rocked large parts of north India, including the national capital and its adjoining areas, Tuesday evening following a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake on the Pakistan-Iran border. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake, which was felt in Pakistan too, killed at least 40 people in Iran. “The epicentre of [...]
Islamabad: Rejecting an appeal by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan’s election tribunal Monday barred him from contesting polls. The Election Tribunal, comprising Lahore High Court judges Justice Abdur Rauf and Justice Mamoon-ur-Rasheed, declared the former premier ineligible to contest the May 11 parliamentary elections from NA-51 Gujar Khan area, Geo News reported. Ashraf, [...]
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has vowed to bring the convicted killers of her father and the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, back home as the nation celebrated his 93rd birth anniversary on March 17. Sheikh Mujib was born in Tungipara of Gopalganj in 1920. He was the third among six [...]
United Nations: As international forces led by the United States prepare to draw down from Afghanistan, India has warned that Kabul still faces an existential threat from terrorist groups ranging from Al Qaeda to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). “It is particularly worrying that the overall security situation remains volatile in the country amidst the ongoing simultaneous security, [...]
London: Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for defying their ban on girl’s education, is back in school. Unfortunately, she is not going to a school back her home of Swat Valley, but in Birmingham. On her first day at the local Edgbaston High School for [...]
UAE Exchange, a leading global remittance and foreign exchange brand held a Transact & Win promotional scheme from Jan 20th to Feb 28th for all expatriates living in Canada. Every customer, who sent money home during this period were eligible to participate in this lucky draw. The lucky draw was held on March 4th and [...]
Geneva: India voted for the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which was adopted 25-13 here Thursday. “India votes for Resolution on Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in SriLanka @UNHRC,” said India’s external affairs spokesperson on Twitter. Pakistan was among the 13 countries that voted against the resolution. India’s [...]
Islamabad: A Pakistani soldier was stoned to death on the order of a tribal court in the country’s northwestern Kurram region for having an affair with a local woman, according to reports. Pakistan’s semi-autonomous region bordering Afghanistan are largely controlled by such tribes, and functions outside of the Federal laws despite a series of military [...]
