Everything you need to know about Kot Abdul Khaliq: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kot Abdul Khaliq: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Dhaka, May 21 (IANS) With a hoot and a honk, meandering through Dhaka's famed traffic snarls, the legion of psychedelic rickshaws that are an essential part of Bangladesh's capital have a new claim to fame - they ferried protestors for free from parts of the city to the site of the revolutionary Shahbag movement during its peak in February and March.
Srinagar, May 20 (IANS) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairperson of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest Monday, a day before the group has called for a march to the Eidgah here.
Washington, May 19 (ANI): A leading senior religious clerics in Saudi Arabia has said that Saudi citizens using Twitter will risk damnation.
Ghaziabad, May 16 (IANS) A team of government officials, including two policemen, were brutally assaulted Thursday by henchmen of a sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh, police said. They even tried to run them over with a tractor.
London, May 16 (ANI): The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter.
London, May 14 (ANI): Fashion chains in Bangladesh have agreed to sign up to a legally binding agreement to help finance fire safety and building improvements in the factories, following an order by the Bangladesh Government to allow the country's four million garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners.
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Malaysian pilot James Anthony Tan, a dyslexia patient attempting to fly half-way around the world in a single-engined aircraft, touched down here Saturday after completing nearly 36,400 km of solo flying.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Queues formed outside polling stations in Pakistan Saturday, with voters eager to cast their ballot.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Tihar Jail authorities Friday described media reports of attack on a Pakistani prisoner as "false, frivolous and mischievous" and said there was no threat to his life.
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey building here in the Bangladesh capital approached 1,000 Thursday, after 55 more bodies were pulled out from the rubble, officials said.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani was abducted Thursday in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province by armed men who attacked his street corner meeting with guns blazing, killing one person and injuring four others.
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani was kidnapped Thursday in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province by armed men who stormed his street corner meeting with their guns blazing, killing one and injuring five.
Manama, May 7 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has asked foreigners staying illegally in the country to take advantage of the three-month grace period to regularise their situation.
Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): A petition seeking to register a murder case against former President Pervez Musharraf for ordering 'Operation Silence' against Lal Masjid has been moved to the Islamabad High Court.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A report of an India-Pakistan judicial panel that visited three jails in Pakistan, including Kot Lakhpat in Lahore where Sarabjit Singh was lodged, said Friday that 535 Indian prisoners, including 483 fishermen, 'were presented before the committee'.
Singapore, May 2 (IANS) Ahead of the general elections in Malaysia, Sikhs in a town in the country's state of Perak have come out in support of their sitting Chinese-origin member of parliament.
Abu Dhabi, May 1 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sudan have held talks over avenues of cooperation in all domains, particularly investment opportunities in Sudan as well as the UAE companies' condition in Sudan.
Dhaka, April 30 (IANS) Bangladesh's parliament Tuesday elected Shrin Sharmin Chowdhury, currently the state minister for women and child affairs, as its first woman and youngest speaker.
Beijing, Apr. 30 (Xinhua-ANI): Bangladesh for the first time is going to get a woman speaker for its parliament as the ruling Awami League Parliamentary Party has unanimously nominated State Minister of Women and Child Affairs Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury for the post of speaker of parliament Monday evening.
Kabul, Apr. 30 (Xinhua-ANI): A cargo plane crash which took place on Monday in Bagram district in eastern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of all seven people aboard, a provincial source said Tuesday.
Dhaka, April 29 (IANS) Bangladesh will get its first ever woman speaker for its parliament as the ruling Awami League parliamentary party unanimously nominated Minister of Women and Child Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury for the post Monday evening. reported Xinhua.
Dubai, April. 25 (ANI): A Saudi man, believed to be the oldest male in the country, has died, his family has said.
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) Elected unopposed, Abudl Hamid was sworn in as Bangladesh's new president Wednesday evening at the Bangabhaban presidential palace.
Islamabad, Apr 23 (ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office has said that patience is running out with Pakistan as the country has not taken practical measures to maintain peace with Kabul.
Dhaka, April 22 (IANS) Abdul Hamid was Monday elected unopposed the president of Bangladesh which has been reeling under a violent political stand-off between the ruling and the main opposition parties.
Berlin, April 22 (IANS/WAM) The 9th meeting of the UAE-German joint economic commission, held under the chairmanship of UAE's Economy Minister Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri and German Minister for Economics and Technology Philipp Roesler, has concluded here.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A day after it gave four weeks' time to film star Sanjay Dutt to surrender to serve his remaining sentence in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case, the Supreme Court Thursday also granted a similar respite to seven other convicts.
Solan (Himachal Pradesh), April 18 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday said India would have to graduate to knowledge and innovative research to emerge as a global leader.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Six decades after India's partition made Muslim politics a dirty word, parties founded by Muslims to espouse the cause of the country's largest minority are again making a mark.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Six decades after India's partition made Muslim politics a dirty word, parties founded by Muslims to espouse the cause of the country's largest minority are again making a mark.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the plea of three 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convicts that they may be permitted not to surrender to serve the remainder of their sentences till their clemency petitions are decided by the president.
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress MP has threatened violence if anyone dares to harm party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, attracting criticism from the opposition.
London, Apr. 13 (ANI): An Indian toddler is suffering from a rare disorder that has caused her head to swell to three times its usual size.
Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Two sons and a brother of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have got tickets for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Dhaka, April 10 (IANS) Bangladesh's election commission has declared April 29 as the date to hold presidential election in the country.
Islamabad, Apr 9 (ANI): Pakistani media has lambasted the list of 30 probables for the ICC Champions Trophy announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last week, saying that selection may cost the country any hopes of winning the ICC Champions Trophy.
Srinagar, April 7 (IANS) The tragedy that struck Sarah Groves of Guernsey (UK) Saturday as she was holidaying in Kashmir has brought back memories of another British tourist, 19-year-old Alison MacDonald, who disappeared 32 years ago.
Hyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju Saturday appealed to Andhra Pradesh government to release Abdul Qadeer, a former police constable who is in jail for last 22 years for gunning down a police officer.
Washington, April 5 (IANS) Terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) recruits from Pakistan's elite, contradicting "a lingering belief that Islamist terrorists are the product of low or no education or are produced in madrassahs", a media report said Friday quoting an exhaustive study.
Islamabad, Apr 4 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief selector Iqbal Qasim has insisted that the board has no intentions to end the career of all-rounder Abdul Razzaq after the player was excluded from the preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Four sisters were sprayed with acid by bike-borne assailants when the girls were returning home from a coaching centre in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter has been granted asylum in Oman after she was thrown out of her Algerian safe-house because she repeatedly set it on fire in fits of anger.
Baghdad, April 1 (IANS) The Iraqi justice ministry Monday said it has executed an Al Qaeda leader and three others convicted of terrorist and criminal activities.
Dhaka, March 31 (IANS) Amid heightened political tensions, a group of Bangladesh Islamic scholars Sunday submitted a list of bloggers who they alleged had committed blasphemy.
Los Angeles, March 31 (IANS) In the Los Angeles Lakers' 103-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings, Kobe Bryant's pull-up jumper in the second quarter gave him 31,421 points for his career, edging past Chamberlain's 31,419 and moving Kobe into the fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 31 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan Friday as a convoy of security personnel near the US Consulate in Peshawar city, was targetted, police said.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Six people were killed and 14 injured in a massive explosion that targeted a convoy of security personnel a short distance away from the US Consulate in Peshawar, a media report said.
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Movie Moghul J.P. Dutta, whose last directorial venture was 2006 release "Umrao Jaan", is all set to direct three back-to-back war films, all biopics on Param Vir Chakra winning war heroes.
Jammu, March 28 (IANS) In an effort to reduce non-plan expenditure, Jammu and Kashmir has adopted a new recruitment policy to fill up about 80,000 vacant government posts, a minister said Thursday.
Sydney, March 26 (IANS) Australia avoided a shocking upset Tuesday after the Socceroos recovered from two goals down to draw with Oman 2-2 in an Asian qualifier for the 2014 World Cup.
Dhaka, Mar.26 (ANI): Bangladesh's Acting President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on Tuesday led the nation in paying rich tributes to martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the 1971 War of Liberation against Pakistan.
Islamabad, Mar. 25 (ANI): The chief cleric of Lal Masjid has filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan requesting it to order to add former president Pervez Musharraf's name to the Exit Control List (ECL).
Sydney, Mar. 24 (ANI): A top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia has criticized social media website Twitter, calling it 'a council for jokesters' and a place for unjust, incorrect messages.
Srinagar, Mar 23 (ANI): A fire caused extensive damage to properties, gutting at least 20 homes in Srinagar on Saturday, rendering innumerable homeless.
New Delhi/Mumbai, Mar.21 (ANI): Maintaining that he was not a terrorist and reiterating that he is a patriotic lover of his country, actor Sanjay Dutt on Thursday said he was still coming to terms with the Supreme Court's verdict to uphold a TADA court's sentence to send him to jail for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) Upholding the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, currently lodged in Nagpur Jail, and commuting death sentences of 10 accused to life terms, the Supreme Court Thursday drew the final curtain on the March 12, 1993, Mumbai serial blasts case.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Twenty years after the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai, the Supreme Court Thursday upheld the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon and commuted the death sentence of 10 others. The apex court also upheld the conviction of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act and sent him to five years in prison.
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) After the Supreme Court upheld Sanjay Dutt's conviction under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and sent him to five years in jail, his counsel Majid Memon Thursday said the Bollywood actor was "foolish" for illegally possessing weapons.
New Delhi, Mar.21 (ANI): The visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit to Kabul had been greeted by two suicide attacks on March 9 that left 18 dead. The Taliban were obviously leaving their calling card.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday confirmed the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and commuted the death sentence of 10 others.
Shimla, March 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will address the Himachal Pradesh assembly May 24 to mark its golden jubilee, Speaker B.B. Butail said Wednesday.
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday said here that education should not be treated as business and called for an integrated delivery of education at the primary level by involving parents, students and teachers.
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) Abdul Wasay Tarin, the missing prosecutor general of Pakistan's Balochistan province, has been found with the help of tribals, Geo News reported citing his family.
Dubai, March 15 (IANS/WAM) The number of women entrepreneurs in the UAE is expected to grow this year, as conditions for starting a business in the emirates have improved, says a new report.
Abu Dhabi, March 14 (IANS/WAM) The UAE's justice ministry has held discussions with the envoys of Sudan and Russia on ways to boost judicial and legal cooperation.
Nagpur, Mar 13 (ANI): Forest officials have arrested six persons for selling tiger and leopard skins worth Rs.80 lakhs.
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to the UAE en route to Durban in South Africa for the BRICS summit March 26-27 is not taking place due to "scheduling" issues.
New Delhi, Mar. 12 (ANI): Indian diplomat-cum-poet Abhay K has been given the SAARC Literature Award for 2013 along with four other luminaries - poet Suman Pokhrel of Nepal, script writer and poet Farheen Chaudhary of Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Rashid of Afghanistan and novelist Daya Dissanayake of Sri Lanka.
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Monday said there was a need for creating an educational system that highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) An exhibition depicting the evolution of Urdu calligraphy - one of the most ornate alphabet writings - from the confines of fine print into a high art form was inaugurated at the Jamia Millia Islamia by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the presence of Saudi Arabian ambassador Saud Mohammed Al-Sati.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) An exhibition depicting the evolution of Urdu calligraphy - one of the most ornate alphabet writings - from the confines of fine print into a high art form was inaugurated at the Jamia Millia Islamia by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the presence of the ambassador of Saudi Arabia in India, Saud Mohammed Al-Sati.
Dubai, March 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran will start exporting gas to Iraq within next three months, according to Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi.
Bangalore, March 7 (IANS) A court here Thursday allowed Kerala's People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, in jail here facing trial in the 2008 Bangalore serial blast case, to attend his daughter's marriage in his home state.
Male, March 6 (IANS) Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed was released from police custody Wednesday after his court hearing was concluded, officials said.
Faizabad (Afghanistan), March 6 (IANS) Anti-government militants ambushed and killed over a dozen soldiers of the national army in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, 315 km northeast of Kabul, a local official confirmed Wednesday.
Jammu, March 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Wednesday presented the fifth budget of the present National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition government which was a zero-deficit annual financial statement of Rs.38,068 crore.
Kolkata, Mar 2 (IANS) Observing that the Shahbag protests in Dhaka demanding the death penalty for alleged war criminals was inhuman, Muslim religious and rights groups here Saturday urged the Bangladeshi government to allow the accused a fair trial.
Islamabad, Mar. 1 (ANI): Balochistan Prosecutor General Abdul Wasey Tareen has reportedly gone missing while travelling from Quetta to Islamabad.
Islamabad, Mar. 1 (ANI): Balochistan Prosecutor General Abdul Wasey Tareen has reportedly gone missing while travelling from Quetta to Islamabad.
Colombo, Feb 26 (IANS) Former longtime ruler of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said Tuesday he will not contest the upcoming presidential elections, ending months of speculation.
Manama, Feb. 26 (ANI): Women in Saudi Arabia created history when they took their 30 seats at the Shura Council session for the first time during the much-anticipated opening of the sixth term of the advisory council.
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Protestors seeking the death penalty for war criminals held a rally here Monday, the 21st day of such demonstrations to press their demande.
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Protestors seeking the death penalty for war criminals plan to hold a rally here as their demonstration entered its 21st day Monday.
Islamabad, Feb 22 (ANI): Two main witnesses in former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's murder case have told the Anti-Terrorism Court that the crime scene was washed off after all necessary evidence were collected.
London, February 20 (ANI): Miss Alabama Katherine Webb and reality show star Kendra Wilkinson confidently showed off their curvaceous figures in revealing one pieces as they practiced for celebrity diving show Splash in Los Angeles on Monday
Abu Dhabi, Feb 19 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Algeria have held talks on strengthening bilateral relations to serve the interests of the two countries and their citizens.
London, Feb. 18 (ANI): Bangladesh parliament has amended a law that will allow the state to appeal against the life sentence of an Islamist party leader, after protesters called for his execution.
Colombo, Feb 16 (IANS/WAM) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met the ambassador of the UAE, Abdul Fattah Kazim Al-Mulla, at a programme held in the capital.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A vibrant protest movement against the ongoing influence of conservative, politicized Islam has erupted in one of the world's most populous Muslim nations-Bangladesh.
Islamabad, Feb. 11 (ANI): Bangladesh is planning to amend a law to allow the government to appeal for tougher penalties for war criminals, according to law minister Shafique Ahmed.
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistani political leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman has gone on a "private visit" to Qatar to hold talks with the Afghan Taliban, a media report said Sunday.
Kabul, Feb 10 (IANS) A Taliban leader known for coordinating suicide attacks has been killed in an operation in Kandahar province, NATO-led forces said Sunday.
Dhaka, Feb 9 (Xinhua-ANI): Frustrated at a war crimes verdict, thousands of people, mostly pro-ruling party men, flocked to Shahbag square, an iconic place in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, for the second consecutive day Wednesday, demanding death penalty for crimes against humanity in 1971.
Dhaka, Feb.8 (ANI): The sentencing of Abdul Quader Mollah, an Islamist cleric, to life in prison for crimes against humanity in the nation's 1971 war of independence, has evoked angry protests in Dhaka and in other parts of Bangladesh.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) India is witnessing a decline in standards in the quality of higher education and the trend needs to be reversed, President Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday.
Abu Dhabi, Feb 4 (IANS/WAM) The Khalifa bin Zayed Foundation of the UAE has given 12 state-of-the-art ambulances to Tunisia.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) With its focus on improving quality of education, President Pranab Mukherjee will host a conference of vice chancellors of 40 central universities here Tuesday.
Washington, Feb. 4 (ANI): The Afghan peace effort is floundering, filled with mistrust and confusion among key players even though the hard-line Taliban militants have shown signs of softening.
Riyadh, Feb 3 (IANS) US defence-tech giant Lockheed Martin has launched a branch here in the Saudi capital, a media report said Sunday.
Kabul, Feb 1 (IANS) A Taliban militant held in temporary detention Friday snatched a gun, opened fire and killed two policemen in Afghanistan, Xinhua reported.
