Kashmiris protest amid curfew
An Indian soldier was killed by Pakistani forces on the Kashmir border, the military said Friday, as a tense lockdown in the region of seven million residents continued for the 19th day.
NAWAZ SHARIF’S CASE Pakistan SC orders action against judge
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered disciplinary action against a judge who convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, effectively giving a boost to Sharif’s appeal against a seven-year jail term for corruption.
Foreign debt to double in 5 years
The country’s external credit will more than double in 2022 – just in a span of five years – amid high growth of suppliers credits and short-term borrowings to finance big infrastructure projects.
NAP president Muzaffar dies
The last surviving member of the advisory council of Bangladesh’s government in exile during the war of independence in 1971, Muzaffar Ahmed, died at a Dhaka hospital on Friday. He was 97.
DEEP SEA DISPUTES WITH INDIA FM for amicable solution
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said Bangladesh and India agreed to withdraw their objections lodged with the United Nations on the disputes involving claims to the deep sea floor as the issue would be resolved amicably.
Rohingya camp attacked, road blocked as JL leader shot dead
Local people took to the streets and attacked a Rohingya camp on Friday after a Juba League leader was shot dead allegedly by Rohingya thugs at Jadimura area under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night.
Incomplete Savar tannery park pollute environment
The authorities failed to complete the Tannery Industrial Park at Savar even over two years after the tanneries were shifted there from Hazaribagh in the capital, adversely affecting leather exports and causing fresh pollutions around the new industrial site.
Overstock CEO resigns after his 'deep state' comments sparked stock selloff
The outspoken CEO of online home goods retailer Overstock.com resigned Thursday, days after he issued a press release entitled "Comments on Deep State" that claimed he helped the FBI carry out "political espionage."
Macron delivers tough Brexit message to Johnson
When Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson spoke to reporters ahead of their meeting in Paris on Thursday, they stood side by side but sounded as if they were living in parallel universes.
India faces defiance in ‘Kashmir’s Gaza’
Young men sit beside a pile of rocks and a bonfire, protecting the only entrance to a besieged neighbourhood they call ‘Kashmir’s Gaza’ as a mosque loudspeaker broadcasts slogans of liberation.
