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Holy Shab-e-Qadr today
Soon the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts will be calm: Obaidul Quader
KNF attack to loot money and show capability: RAB
Kidnapped manager of Sonali Bank returns to his family
Home Minister to visit Bandarban tomorrow to inspect situation
Rocket attacks kill 3 in Afghanistan
Kabul, June 1: At least three people were killed as a rocket landed on residential areas in southern Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.
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Schools reopen in earthquake-hit Nepal
Kathmandu, May 31: Schools, which remained closed following devastating earthquakes in Nepal, reopened on Sunday.
Gunmen kill 19 bus passengers in Pakistan
Quetta, Pakistan, May 30: Gunmen have killed at least 19 passengers of a bus in Mastung town, 40 km off the western Pakistani city of Quetta.
J&K:Policeman injured in militant firing
Srinagar, May 29: Militants on Friday struck again as they fired at the police guard posted outside a bank in Shopian town of Kashmir, injuring the policeman and decamping with his service rifle.
Another man shot at in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 28: In the third attack in three successive days unknown gunmen on Wednesday shot at a man in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.
Some 500,000 homes and temples across Nepal damaged by earthquake: UN official
New York, May 27: As teams of trekkers and Nepalese sherpas are now reaching remote, high-altitude villages with humanitarian aid, a senior United Nations development official on Tuesday drew attention to the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction needs of more than 500,000 homes and cultural heritage sites in the rural areas.
Nepal: UN races humanitarian relief to quake-affected communities
New York, May 26: Marking one month after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal killing thousands and devastating large swathes of the country's Kathmandu valley, the United Nations relief arm is continuing to intensify its humanitarian operations as it supports national and local authorities with critical life-saving efforts.
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Pakistan: 3 killed in blast targeting President Mamnoon Hussain's son
Quetta, May 25: At least three people were killed and a dozen injured as an improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside a local restaurant in Balochistan's industrial city Hub in Pakistan on Sunday night.
Nepal: WHO marks one month since devastating earthquake as it ramps up aid
New York, May 23: Nearly one month after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, flattening large swathes of the country’s Kathmandu valley and affecting millions of people, the United Nations health agency is continuing its emergency response aimed at saving lives and addressing the urgent health needs of the Himalayan nation.
Nepal: UN underscores need to act before monsoon rains risk further disaster
New York, May 22: As Nepalese communities devastated by two major earthquakes struggle to restore and rebuild, United Nations humanitarian workers and their partners are in a fierce race against time to reach survivors in the remote mountains before the monsoon rains hit and further complicate logistics.
Hurriyat Conference calls for strike in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 21: Life in the Kashmir Valley was crippled on Thursday due to a general strike called by the moderate Hurriyat Conference which coincided with the death anniversary of Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq.
J&K encounter ends
Srinagar, May 20: The brief gunfight which starts Tuesday evening in Shopian District of south Kashmir has ended with both the militants escaping from the spot in darkness.
Kabul explosion kills 4
Kabul, May 19: At least four people were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.
Ban urging UN to help Nepal build back better
New York, May 16: Over the past three weeks, the lives of eight million Nepalese people has been “changed beyond recognition,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, as he called on the international community to rally in support of the country and invest for the long haul so that it can sustain itself as it recovers and rebuilds from a devastating earthquake.
Nepal’s emergency preparedness saved lives in earthquake aftermath: WHO
New York, May 14: The emergency preparedness efforts implemented by the Government of Nepal over the past 15 years have ensured that key elements of the health sector remained ready and able to function during the recent earthquake that devastated large swathes of the mountainous country, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.