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Oil prices up 1pc after Trump says India promised to stop buying Russian oil

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Oil prices rose by around 1% in early trade on Thursday after US President Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pledged his country would stop buying oil from Ru... Read More


Dollar soft as Sino-US trade tension weighs

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The US dollar slipped on Thursday as the Sino-US trade war sapped investor sentiment, while growing confidence of the US Federal Reserve cutting its policy interest rate this year al... Read More


Muhammad Yunus's special envoy meets US Ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus's Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi held a high-level meeting with US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia and the US Ambassador-designate to ... Read More


Vietnam welcomes Timor-Leste's admission as 11th member of ASEAN

Hanoi, Oct. 16 -- Vietnam welcomes Timor-Leste's upcoming official admission as the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ph... Read More


Pakistan agrees to truce on Kabul's requestPublished on: October 16, 2025 4:20 AM

Pakistan, Oct. 16 -- The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday announced that a temporary ceasefire has been agreed with Afghanistan for the next 48 hours amid recent border hostilities between the two cou... Read More


Pakistan-Afghanistan's conflict dates back to British Raj in India | A brief history of the rivalry

India, Oct. 16 -- Amid the escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan following the deadly border clashes, both countries have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire. This truce brings a temporary ha... Read More


Civil, military leaders take stock of national securityPublished on: October 16, 2025 4:17 AM

Pakistan, Oct. 16 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr and discussed the ongoing national political and security situation besides the int... Read More


Punjab CM approves establishment of new industrial estate in SialkotPublished on: October 16, 2025 4:11 AM

Pakistan, Oct. 16 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has given approval in principle for establishment of a new industrial estate in Sialkot. She chaired a special meeting to review the ove... Read More


Mos MEA Kirti Vardhan Singh meets Uganda President Museveni, conveys PM Modi's greetings

Kampala, Oct. 16 -- Minister of State for External Affairs and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, met with Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and conveyed the personal g... Read More


पाकिस्तान-तालिबान जंग में कौन सी भूमिका निभाने को चीन तैयार, ड्रैगन ने कह दी बड़ी बात

बीजिंग, अक्टूबर 16 -- Pakistan-Taliban War: पाकिस्तान और तालिबान शासित अफगानिस्तान के बीच भले ही 48 घंटे का सीजफायर हो गया हो, लेकिन तनाव अब भी बरकरार है। इस बीच, चीन की भी प्रतिक्रिया आई है और उसने ब... Read More