Sylhet: Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s senior leader Tarique Rahman launched his election campaign by addressing thousands of supporters in Sylhet. General elections will be held on February 12, in which 350 members of parliament will be elected.In his passionate speech, Tarique Rahman appealed to supporters to unite for the restoration of democracy. He said these elections…
Nawal Al-MaghafiSenior international investigations correspondent, Yemen Liam weir / BBC One of the sites had several shipping containers with little ventilation, where detainees said up to 60 men were held The BBC has been given access to detention facilities on former United Arab Emirates military bases in Yemen, confirming long-standing allegations of a network of…
The death toll in a fire which engulfed a shopping centre in Pakistan has climbed to 67, police have confirmed. Police say 77 people are currently reported as missing by their families following the fire at Gul Plaza, in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, on Saturday evening. But the scale of the damage following the blaze…
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Telangana have launched an investigation after hundreds of stray dogs were killed across at least six villages in the past month. Police say they have confirmed at least 354 killings so far and arrested nine people in connection with some of the cases. Animal welfare activists have told…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha were arrested by police in Islamabad despite a High Court order granting them protection from arrest in an ongoing case.The arrests occurred near Serena Chowk underpass when police stopped their vehicle. The couple was traveling from the Islamabad High Court Bar…
Heavy snowfall has paralyzed normal life in the mountainous regions of the country. Link roads have been closed at several locations, trapping hundreds of tourists, while 2 people have lost their lives in various incidents.A series of snowstorms continues in the northern mountainous areas of Balochistan. Dozens of vehicles carrying tourists to Ziarat have been…
Reuters US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invite for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace, in the latest spat between the North American neighbours. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining,” Trump said on Truth Social in…
EPA US President Donald Trump has announced there is a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland”. Wednesday’s statement came as a surprise after days and weeks of mounting tensions – even a threat to use military force to seize the semi-autonomous territory of Nato ally Denmark. So what could this deal entail…
Ugandan police have detained a lawmaker, and close ally of opposition leader Bobi Wine, for his alleged role in election-related violence last week. Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy leader of Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP), is accused of organising attacks on a police station and a vote-tallying centre after their electoral loss, which the party denies….
