BEIJING — China on Monday waded into the furore over the controversial remarks by two now-suspended BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad, expressing the hope that the incident can be properly managed. China, which faces serious allegations of a mass crackdown on Uygur Muslims in the volatile Xinjiang province, said it “believes that different civilisations, different […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said on Monday that it has summoned the Indian chargé d’affaires to convey its categorical rejection and condemnation of the controversial remarks by two BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammed. The Indian diplomat was told that these remarks are totally unacceptable and have not only deeply hurt the sentiments of the people of […]
DHAKA — A devastating fire broke out at a private container depot in Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Saturday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring 450 people. The fire broke out at BM Container Depot in the Kadamrasul area of Upazilazila. The Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Police Outpost Sub-Inspector (SI), Nurul […]
BEIJING — Four people were killed and 14 others injured after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Ya’an in China’s Sichuan province, authorities have confirmed. The earthquake struck Lushan county at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicentre, with a depth […]
KATHMANDU — Rescuers on Monday pulled out 14 bodies from the wreckage of the Tara Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district with 22 people on board, including four Indians, according to a media report. Pieces of the wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed on Sunday morning were found at 14,500ft in […]
KABUL — Afghanistan’s central bank is planning to implement an “Islamic banking system”, a spokesman said. Sabir Momand, the spokesman of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), however did not elaborate on the details of the new system, reports TOLO News. “The implementation of the Islamic banking system will be a long process and it is being […]
ISLAMABAD — A five-member Pakistani delegation will visit India next week for talks on the water dispute between the two countries, according to a media report on Saturday. The talks will be held in New Delhi from May 30-31, the Dawn newspaper quoted Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters Syed Muhammad Mehr Ali Shah as saying. […]
NEW YORK — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his country’s relationship with India has been “particularly complicated” by New Delhi’s decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent recommendation by a delimitation commission, underlining that at this moment the “practical space” for economic activity, dialogue and diplomacy […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has said the appointment of a ‘trade minister’ in New Delhi was a routine process and there was ‘no change’ in its trade policy with India. On Tuesday, media reports said Qamar Zaman had been made Pakistan’s “trade minister in New Delhi”, giving rise to speculation of a thaw in the present […]
BEIJING — Twenty-five people were injured after a passenger plane veered off the runway during take-off and caught fire at an airport in southwest China’s Chongqing at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, airport sources said. The passenger plane operated by Tibet Airlines was carrying 113 passengers and nine crew members on board, said the sources. […]