Dhaka, Oct 23 (IANS) Recurring worker deaths and lack of accountability in Bangladesh's industrial sector stands exposed after the recent fire incident in Mirpur that resulted in the death of 16 people, a top official of the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) said on Thursday.
Quetta, Oct 23 (IANS) At least three students were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday.
Dhaka, Oct 23 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday raised concerns over attempts by some political parties to delay or derail the national election, scheduled for early February 2026, local media reported.
Dhaka, Oct 23 (IANS) At least five workers at a textile factory in Bangladesh were injured on Thursday while staging a protest over unpaid wages and blocking the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Pakistan's federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Thursday, approved a ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan under Article 17 of the Constitution, citing national security concerns. The cabinet's decision to ban TLP under Anti-Terrorism Act comes after the Punjab government's proposal to outlaw the religious group, local media reported.
Nairobi, Oct 23 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to Kenya Adarsh Swaika met Somalia's Ambassador to Kenya Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle on Thursday, discussing bilateral cooperation.
Bratislava, Oct 23 (IANS) The Indian Embassy in Slovakia on Thursday presented a collection of books to the Slovak Television and Radio Library in Bratislava for creating an 'India Corner'.
Dhaka, Oct 23 (IANS) As many as four people have died due to dengue in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8 am Dhaka time on Thursday, raising the 2025 death toll in the country to 259.
Oct 23 (IANS) Three members of Ireland's national police and security service, An Garda Siochana were injured and 23 other people arrested during second consecutive night of public disorder in Ireland's capital Dublin, local media reported on Thursday.
Moscow, Oct 23 (IANS) Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday called the US sanctions against two Russian oil companies "counterproductive" and stressed that Moscow would not face any issue due to the sanctions as it has "strong immunity" to Western sanctions.
