New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s long-running energy crisis has once again come under global scrutiny, this time through a hard-hitting report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Hong Kong, Nov 27 (IANS) The death toll in a major fire that tore through a residential area in Hong Kong from Wednesday afternoon has risen to 55, said the Fire Services Department (FSD) in a press briefing on Thursday.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Responding to rumours of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan having died in custody, Rawalpindi's Adiala jail authorities have said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder has not been shifted from prison and remains "in good health", local media reported on Thursday.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi has announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members will hold a peaceful protest outside the Islamabad High Court every Tuesday for delays in the hearing of cases against PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife, local media reported on Thursday.
Yunnan (China), Nov 27 (IANS) A test train crashed into a group of railway workers in China's southwestern Yunnan province early Thursday (local time), killing 11 people and injuring two others, according to state media.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s economy has become stagnant due to “a deep investment downturn’’ and no new employment is being created while the inflation rate is the highest in South Asia at "over 8 per cent,” according to an article in the country’s Prothom Alo news outlet.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Economic inequality in Bangladesh is expected to grow further in the short term as high inflation, stagnant wages and weakening household purchasing power continue to affect low-income families, a report has said.
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years of imprisonment in three corruption cases filed by the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over the irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Purbachal New City Project.
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) Several members of the left-leaning Democratic Students' Alliance in Bangladesh were injured after they organised a human chain in Khulna district protesting the nationwide attacks on shrines and Sufi sites and demanding the release of Baul singer Abul Sarkar.
Dhaka/New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) An investigative report published by Blitz, a leading Bangladesh weekly, has alleged that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus's global 'Grameen' network has long-standing connections with individuals identified by Western intelligence agencies as financiers of Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network.
