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Hasina says Khaleda Zia would be tried for 'terrorism' in Bangladesh one day
Hasina says Khaleda Zia would be tried f...

Hasina says Khaleda Zia would be tried for ‘terrorism’ in Bangl...

Islamabad – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country would hold the trial of main opposition leader Khaleda Zia one day for unleashing terrorism in the name of movement. Speaking at a public rally in Faridpur, Hasina said that Zia would be charged with issuing orders for... read more »

Pakistan says ready for dialogue with India
Pakistan says ready for dialogue with In...

Pakistan says ready for dialogue with India

Islamabad – Pakistan is ready to move forward if India gives green signal over the dialogue process, Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said. Talking to a private TV channel, he said that the meeting between the Director General of Military Operations of Pakistan and India was a first... read more »

Thai govt rejects call to delay elections after clashes
Thai govt rejects call to delay election...

Thai govt rejects call to delay elections after clashes

Johannesburg – The Thailand Government has rejected calls by the election commission to postpone February elections. The decision by the government came after violent clashes between police and opposition protesters trying to disrupt preparations for the vote. According to news24, in a... read more »

Musharraf committed to facing all legal cases against him in Pak
Musharraf committed to facing all legal ...

Musharraf committed to facing all legal cases against him in Pak

Islamabad – Former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has once again shown commitment to face all the cases against him in the courts of law. According to the sources in All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), their chief is not planning to flee the country and is busy finalising the... read more »

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Kerry likens Kim Jong Un to Saddam Hussein

Kerry likens Kim Jong Un to Saddam Hussein

Washington – United States Secretary John Kerry has said that the purge and execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle was similar to the actions taken by slain Iraqi... read more »

Former president Hassan returns to Maldives

Former president Hassan returns to Maldives

Male – Former Maldives president Mohamed Waheed Hassan, who left for Hong Kong on the eve of the Nov 16 presidential elections, returned to the Maldives, media reports said... read more »

Nepal's Maoist party not to join government

Nepal’s CPN-Maoist party demands roundtable conference

Kathmandu – The Communist Party of Nepal, Maoist (CPN-Maoist), which boycotted the Nov 19 national elections, has reiterated its demand for holding a roundtable conference to end the... read more »

US court asks Sonia to respond to 1984 case by Jan 2

US court asks Sonia to respond to 1984 case by Jan 2

New York – A US federal court has given Congress president Sonia Gandhi till Jan 2 to respond to a Sikh body’s charges of protecting and shielding party leaders allegedly... read more »

21 killed in Philippine accident

21 killed in Philippine accident

Manila – At least 21 people were killed and scores were wounded when a passenger bus fell from an elevated Skyway in Taguig City, Metro Manila, and hit a van under the highway early Monday... read more »