Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that the country's 13th national parliamentary election, along with the July Charter referendum, will be held next year on February 12, local media reported.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund’s approval of a $1.2 billion tranche for Pakistan will help the country avoid immediate default on foreign debt repayments but is unlikely to ease the squeeze on mainstream households, a new report has stressed.
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Pakistan's former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed has been sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty on multiple charges by a military court, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Thursday, local media reported.
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) The deepening HIV crisis in Pakistan is not only a medical emergency but also demonstrates institutional rot and showcases the consequences of years of neglect, the failure to implement basic health standards and the human cost of corruption. According to regional data, Pakistan, with a sharp increase in HIV cases, is ranked second among nations in the Asia-Pacific, a report has stated.
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Anti-India sentiment is now squarely a domestic state policy for the Pakistani Army rather than an international issue as Field Marshal Asim Munir continues to work towards achieving his goal of constant militarization of the Pakistani hybrid state, a report detailed on Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani stated on Thursday that he discussed in detail the strategic and future common action to increase India-Italy bilateral cooperation during his meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar. He expressed optimism that the two sides will continue to keep working to have more Italy in India and more India in Italy.
Kabul, Dec 11 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has warned that 1.7 million children in Afghanistan are at risk of death due to severe malnutrition and termed the situation as "shocking."
Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) In an escalating internal conflict within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one worker of the party's student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) died and five others were injured after a violent clash broke out between two factions of the party in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong district, local media reported on Thursday.
Brasilia, Dec 11 (IANS) Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi met Chief Advisor to the Brazilian President, Celso Amorim, and Defence Minister Jose Mucio Monteiro on Thursday, discussing opportunities in defence industry collaboration and capacity building initiatives to support shared security objectives and long-term interoperability.
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) India's Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Brian Schatz and discussed deeper engagement between the two nations in energy, technology and innovation.
