Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) As the Trump administration announced new restrictions on H-1B visas, a leading immigration expert in Washington believes that the Trump administration has taken a "shockingly anti-business stance" in its crackdown on the visa programme.
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) A leading minority rights group highlighted the horrific assassination attempt on a Christian spiritual leader in Islamabad amid a growing wave of violence targetting the community across Pakistan.
Dhaka: A series of infrastructure projects and economic hubs coming up under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) will give Beijing access to the Indian Ocean in the garb of promoting bilateral economic and trade cooperation. CMEC is part of the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China's multi-stakeholder strategy involves increasing intervention and support.
Quetta, Sep 24 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent brutal massacre of innocent Pashtoon civilians in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, describing it as a deliberate policy of genocide that has long targeted “oppressed nations” within the country.
Quetta, Sep 24 (IANS) At least two more Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan as the cycle of persecution continues amid an escalating wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province, said leading human rights organisations on Wednesday.
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Commerce and Industry, Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday attended a high-level session on energy security in New York where he called for expanding India-US energy trade.
Colombo, Sep 24 (IANS) Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, addressed the participants of the National Defence College in Colombo on Wednesday, highlighting the deep historical, cultural and strategic ties binding two nations in the Indian Ocean Region.
Dhaka, Sep 24 (IANS) Ahead of Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus' address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a report has highlighted that the lives of entire population in the South Asian nation has been turned into a "nightmare" as law and order has collapsed fully with increase in mob rule in absence of the security architecture. Several terror attacks on more than 450 police stations under pretext of celebration after the collapse of Awami League government has proved this, a report has revealed.
Naypyidaw, Sep 24 (IANS) China likes to showcase the Chengdu J-20 as proof that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) now has a world-class, fifth-generation stealth fighter. However, when considering the core measures that are important in high-end air combat - mature engines, true low observability, avionics/sensor fusion, sustainment and operational doctrine — the J-20 demonstrates structural weaknesses in China’s aerospace sector and in the PLA’s efforts to modernise it, a report has revealed.
Dhaka, Sep 24 (IANS) At least five people have died due to dengue in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8 am (local time) on Wednesday, raising the total number of fatalities in 2025 to 187, local media reported.
