NEW DELHI — Bangladesh’s veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is amongst 156 people named in a murder case FIR filed in Dhaka’s Adabor area, in connection with the protests called by students in the country earlier this month. According to a report in Cricbuzz, the FIR was filed on August 22 by Rubel’s father, Rafiqul […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s capital was tense on Thursday after jailed former prime Imran Khan’s party threatened to go ahead with its plan to hold a rally here in the capital despite the government’s refusal to permit it. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had sought to hold a power show after months of political wrangling over […]
DHAKA — Tax authorities in Bangladesh on Monday decided to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, 17 years after banks were ordered to block them. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has instructed banks to unfreeze the accounts of BNP Chairperson Zia, the Daily Star newspaper reported. In August 2007, […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next chancellor of Britain’s prestigious University of Oxford, his party said. Khan, prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has just marked one year in prison on various charges from corruption to inciting violence that he said are politically motivated and designed […]
DHAKA — A team of UN experts will visit Bangladesh next week to investigate the killings of the protesters ahead of and in the aftermath of Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as the prime minister last week, it was announced on Thursday. This will be the first time the UN is sending a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh […]
ISLAMABAD — Three former Pakistan Army officers have been arrested by the military for their alleged connection with the court martial proceedings against former spymaster Lt Gen (retd.) Faiz Hameed, the army said on Thursday. Hameed, who served as director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 2019 to 2021, was arrested following action in […]
KABUL — Afghan caretaker government’s Acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund on Tuesday called for efforts to maintain peace and security in Afghanistan and to rebuild the war-torn central Asian country, a statement by Prime Minister’s Office released here said. The current opportunity provided by returning peace and security in Afghanistan should be used […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s ruling coalition has hailed the arrest of former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd.) Faiz Hameed in connection with a housing scheme scandal but jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party decided to stay neutral and termed it the army’s “internal matter”. Hameed served as the director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 2019 […]
DHAKA — A top adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday said that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India will not hurt bilateral relations and Dhaka will always try to maintain good relations with New Delhi. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain made the comments when he was asked whether bilateral ties with […]
ISLAMABAD — Former intelligence chief Faiz Hameed has been taken into military custody and the process for his court martial has been initiated in connection with the Top City housing scheme scandal, the army’s media wing said on Monday. The development is a first in the country’s history where a court martial has been initiated […]