Bangladeshi investigators say last week’s fire at Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, was a deliberate act of sabotage. A fire in Bangladesh on March 5 displaced 15,000 Rohingya refugees, fortunately there were no casualties. A seven-member panel set up to investigate the fire incident in Bangladesh says militant groups set the fires to take…
The price of gold per tola in the country increased by 500 rupees. According to All Pakistan Gems and Jewelers Association, after this increase, the price of gold per tola in the country has become Rs 1 lakh 99 thousand 200. Similarly, 10 grams of gold has increased by 428 rupees to 1 lakh 70…
A Jordanian citizen was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. The convict’s family says he was tortured into confessing to drug charges. Amnesty International called the execution of the Jordanian citizen extremely unfair. In late 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Office also appealed for his release. According to British media, the person sentenced to…
Photo screen grab All the players and support staff of Lahore Qalandars celebrated the inclusion of two more Qalandars in the national T20 squad. The defending champion also cut a cake at the team hotel in Lahore. Abdullah Shafiq and Zaman Khan joined the announced squad for the series against Afghanistan which was celebrated by…
Myanmar army attacked monastery, killing more than 28 people, according to US media, the Myanmar army shelled the village of Nan Nain in Myanmar on Saturday. According to the local newspaper, the Myanmar army made the people hiding in the monastery stand in front of the monastery and brutally shot them all, including the monks….
Photo courtesy of Twitter IK Today The election rally of Tehreek-e-Insaf under the leadership of Imran Khan is going on in Lahore, the election rally reached the railway station through Garhi Shahu, the rally was welcomed at various places on the way. The administration has provided box security for the PTI rally, the routes along…
Russia announced earlier that it would agree to a 60-day extension, which is half the number of days agreed when it first expired in November. The UN-brokered deal also endorsed by Türkiye in Istanbul – which includes a Memorandum of Understanding between Russia and the UN to facilitate fertiliser exports – has allowed the exports of 24…
Underlining the “urgent need to end global heating with cold, hard facts”, he said the panel’s forthcoming report ahead of the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), to be held in Dubai in November, comes at a pivotal time. ‘Tip of the tipping point’ “Our world is at a crossroads, and our planet is in…
Mr. Grandi met with people who have been affected by the catastrophe, as well as aid workers on the ground. He also reviewed and discussed the immediate humanitarian response with the authorities. The earthquakes struck on 6 February, killing some 54,000 people across the region, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, which he heads….
The town hall with representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was held as part of the annual session of the UN Committee on the Status of Women (CSW), which meets in New York every March. Its latest two-week session – known as CSW67, which runs through Friday – is focused on the theme of innovation,…
