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Qatar Emir discusses efforts to strengthen security in Afghanistan with US State Secretary
Doha, Sep 7 (UNI/Sputnik) Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held talks in Doha with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, they spoke about Afghanistan after the seizure of power in the country by the…
Ahmad Massoud appeals to Afghans to join resistance, calls Taliban more vicious, more cruel
Kabul, Sep 6 (UNI) Resistance leader Ahmad Massoud on Monday appealed to Afghans in the country and abroad to “rise up against a crippling humiliation being brought on us today by foreigners” and said that the world is under the mistaken…
Collapse of the Last bastion of Resistance in Afghanistan
The fall of Panjshir, (acronym for Land of Five Lions) to the Taliban forces has completed the washout of any democratic, peaceful or secular administration in the incessant strife ridden Afghanistan. After the fall of Trump…
Eight Bangla-born candidates to contest Federal Elections in Canada
Dhaka, Sep 6 (UNI) Eight Bangladeshi candidates are contesting the 44th federal elections in Canada to be held on September 20.
Eight Bangladeshis were nominated from Canada's mainstream political liberals, two from the Conservative Party,…
India’s participation at Venice Film Festival to create new opportunities
New Delhi, Sep 5 (UNI) Dr Neena Malhotra, Ambassador of India to Italy, has said that India's participation as a focus country for the first time in Venice Film festival last year was indeed a step ahead in strengthening co-production ties.…
Jaishankar meets Danish PM, talks on Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan and EU
Copenhagen, Sep 5 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday called on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark during which the discussion focused on the Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan and on the European Union’s global role.…
Yemen’s Houthi militia claims launching missiles at Saudi oil facilities
Sanaa, Sep 5 (UNI/Xinhua) Yemen's Houthi militia on Sunday claimed that they had launched ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones at Aramco oil facilities in the southern cities of Saudi Arabia.
"The operation targeted Aramco…
Ahmad Massoud: ISI chief in Kabul helping Taliban in Panjshir, clear sign of Pakistan’s intervention
Kabul, Sep 5 (UNI) As fighting continues to rage in Panjshir, the Resistance forces have alleged that Pakistan’s spy agency chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was in Kabul primarily to oversee the Taliban’s war against the holdout Afghanistan…
Germany should engage in talks with Taliban, keep helping Afghans
Berlin, Sept 5 (UNI/Sputnik) Germany should negotiate with the Taliban to be able to evacuate people from Afghanistan and render humanitarian aid to locals, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.
The chancellor saw the resumed…
Bangladesh I&B Minister to open media centre at Press Club of India, Delhi
Dhaka, Sep 5 (UNI) Information and Broadcasting Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Hasan Mahmud will inaugurate the Bangabandhu Media Centre at the Press Club of India (PCI) in New Delhi on Monday.
The ‘Bangabandhu Media Centre’ at the PCI will be…
Massoud’s Resistance Front welcomes clerics’ urging for stop to hostilities
Kabul, Sep 5 (UNI) The National Resistance Front led by Ahmad Massoud on Sunday night issued a statement welcoming the declaration by the Ulemas calling for a cessation of hostilities between the Taliban and the resistance forces in…
Priority is to make Armed Forces the most powerful military: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: “Ever since Independence, there has been a constant attempt by some anti-India forces to create an atmosphere of instability within the country. When they realised that they cannot fight with us in front-wars, they resorted to a…
Bangladesh Chief of Army on a three-day visit to India
Dhaka, Sep 4 (UNI) Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Saturday left on a three-day official visit to India by a special Bangladesh Air Force aircraft.
He is leading an eight-member delegation.
During his…
Fierce fighting continues in Panjshir, Resistance forces hold out against Taliban
Kabul, Sep 4 (UNI) Conflicting reports emerged on Saturday from Panjshir in Afghanistan where fierce fighting continues to rage between the Taliban and Resistance forces who are holding out against take over by the Islamist group.…
Amrullah Saleh: Pakistan in charge of Afghanistan effectively as colonial power
London/Kabul, Sep 4 (UNI) Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself the caretaker President of Afghanistan and is holding out against the Taliban along with the Resistance forces of Ahmad Massoud in Panjshir, said on Saturday that the…
PM Narendra Modi likely to visit US this month, meet Joe Biden
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to Washington DC and New York in the last week of September, according to top government sources. This will be his first visit to the United States since President Joe Biden assumed office…
Piyush Goyal sets US$ 100 billion target for Textiles Exports
New Delhi, Sep 3 (UNI) Textiles exports should increase three times and cross US$ 100 billion while domestic production needs to rise to US$ 250 billion at the earliest, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.
Commerce and Industry…
London police say 5 officers injured in clashes in anti-COVID vaccine protests
London, Sep 4 (UNI/Sputnik) Five police officers were injured during clashes with people protesting against coronavirus vaccines in London, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday.
The clashes broke out when demonstrators attempted to force…
Saleh accuses Taliban of atrocities against defiant Panjshir population
UN Chief to hold humanitarian meeting on Afghanistan in Geneva September 13 - UN Spokesman
B’desh Coast Guard seize 13 Indian fishermen along with trawlers
The Coast Guard ship 'Swadhin Bangla' carried out the operation in the waters 18 nautical miles northwest of Mongla Fairway Boy.
The fishermen were fishing with the Indian trawler 'Pita Mata Ashirbad-12'. The trawler was also seized.…
