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Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 3 : Twenty houses of Hindus were set on fire by unidentified miscreants in Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur on Saturday.The Daily Star quoted officer-in-charge of Bochaganj Police Station, Habibur Rahman as saying, the tin-shed ho…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 3 : Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, will travel to India on Sunday for the Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference that began today in Amritsar, Punjab.The visit comes amid escalating tensi…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 3 : Insurgents from the Taliban militant group hanged a Kabul Polytechnic University engineering student in Maidan Wardak province yesterday for spying.According to local officials, the student named Faizul Rahman Rahmani was …

Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec. 3 : Top leaders of Madhes-based parties have floated three proposals, including setting up a federal commission and entirely revising the federal boundaries or scrapping the existing seven-province model, before the central gove…

London [UK], Dec. 3 : US President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters have asked the courts to stop recounting of votes in the states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan where the Republic candidate narrowly defeated Hillary Clinton.Legal submissions …

Washington [USA], Dec. 3 : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s special assistant for foreign affairs, Tariq Fatemi, will meet with officials of the US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team in the United States this weekend.”Besides meeting …

Seoul [S. Korea], Dec. 3 : The South Korean lawmakers will vote upon the bill to impeach scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye on December 9, thereby marking the second such impeachment proposal since the country’s constitutional government was launched …

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 3 : Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three Pakistan custom officials from Gwadar district in Balochistan.”Gunmen seized the vehicle of customs officials at Zero Point in Pasni tehsil of Gwadar,” the Dawn quoted Deputy Commi…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 3 : Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three Pakistan custom officials from Gwadar district in Balochistan.”Gunmen seized the vehicle of customs officials at Zero Point in Pasni tehsil of Gwadar,” the Dawn quoted Deputy Commi…

London [UK], Dec. 3 : Experts have expressed fear of a showdown between China and the United States as President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen over telephone on Friday.The call is thought to be the first between the leader o…