At least 19 people have been killed and 140 injured in an explosion inside an office building in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police and fire service officials have said. According to international media reports, the explosion shook the fourth and fifth floors of a five-storey building in Gulistan, a major hub for wholesale goods in مزید پڑھیں

The United States government on Tuesday announced 500 new scholarships for Pakistani university students from flood-affected districts to “assist them in completing their degrees”. The calamitous Pakistan floods of 2022 were the tenth most expensive climate disaster to have buffeted a nation over the last decade. The floods inflicted an estimated loss of $3 billion مزید پڑھیں

China’s foreign minister Qin Gang has blamed the United States for rising tensions between Washington and Beijing and said that if the United States does not change paths no number of preventive measures could avert a confrontation. The US had engaged in suppression and containment of China rather than fair competition, and such provocation could مزید پڑھیں

South Korea announced plans on Monday to compensate victims of Japan’s forced wartime labour, aiming to end a “vicious cycle” in the Asian powers’ relations and boost ties to counter the nuclear-armed North. Japan and the United States immediately welcomed the announcement, but victims’ groups said it fell far short of their demand for a مزید پڑھیں

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked مزید پڑھیں

A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said. According to international media reports, no casualties were reported immediately at the Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, said Emdadul Haque, a fire service official. The UNHCR in مزید پڑھیں

The M23 rebels have agreed to cease hostilities next week after recent fighting displaced thousands of residents in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities have said. According to international media reports, a statement by the Presidency in Angola said the deal was reached after days of mediation by President Joao Lourenco. “The leadership of مزید پڑھیں

The massive earthquakes and aftershocks in February has caused an estimated $5.1 billion in direct physical damage in Syria, said the World Bank. “The current value of the damaged and destroyed capital stock is estimated at about 10 percent of GDP,” said the World Bank in its latest estimate. “The widespread damages impacted four governorates, مزید پڑھیں

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have called for a ceasefire and negotiations to bring about a political settlement to the Ukraine conflict at talks in Beijing. According to international media reports, the two leaders issued a joint statement on Wednesday in which they expressed “deep concern about the development of مزید پڑھیں

President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than 45,000 people in Turkiye. “This nation will do what is necessary on May 14, God willing,” Erdogan said in مزید پڑھیں