Pakistan has detained over 100,000 Afghans between January 1 and mid-November 2025 according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Most arrests were made in Chagai and Quetta districts of Balochistan and Attock districts of Punjab.
UNHCR said 76 per cent of those detained were Afghan Citizen Card...
In Bangladesh, the International Crimes Tribunal will announce its verdict today in the high-profile crimes against humanity case involving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her close aides. The three-judge panel, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, confirmed the verdict date as security has been stepped...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained seven Bangladeshi nationals, including four women and three men, as they attempted to cross into India illegally through the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah district.
In a statement issued by the Maheshpur 58 BGB Battalion, officials said the interception took place today at around 5:30...
Bangladesh’s interim government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has announced that the country’s next national parliamentary election and a nationwide referendum on the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order 2025 will be held on the same day, in the first half of February next year.
In a televised address...
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Anil Kumar Sinha in New Delhi today.
During the meeting, both countries exchanged Letters of Exchange (LoE) amending the Protocol to the Treaty of Transit between India and Nepal.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that...
India and Sri Lanka have agreed to extend the framework for implementing High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Sri Lanka through Indian grant assistance for another five years. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Colombo by High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha and Secretary,...
Several incidents of bomb blasts, gunfire, and arson in different parts of Dhaka have sparked major security concerns in the Bangladeshi capital ahead of next week’s political demonstrations.
According to police and local media reports, unidentified miscreants carried out a series of small crude bomb explosions late last night in...
In Bangladesh, at least 34 leaders and activists of the Awami League have been arrested in Dhaka over the past 24 hours as police intensified their crackdown ahead of the party’s announced ‘Dhaka Lockdown’ programme scheduled for November 13.
According to officials from the Detective Branch, the arrests were made...
Calling India a "steadfast ally", ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday voiced concern over rising extremism under Muhammad Yunus’ interim government, warning that it could damage Dhaka’s long-standing relationship with New Delhi.
In an email interview with Hindustan Times, the exiled leader said India had always been a trusted friend of...
Bowing down to the Islamists, the Yunus government in Bangladesh has scrapped the posts of music and physical education teachers in government primary schools, media reports said.
In a change introduced on Monday, the new recruitment rules would exclude the two posts.
Earlier, the Bangladesh interim government under the leadership of...
