ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday increased the tariff on electricity by Rs0.26 per unit. A notification was issued by the ministry of power, energy division after the authority's approval. (Source: geo.tv)

On the 7th of December 2019, relatives and friends of political prisoners from different cities of Russia met in Moscow in the Memorial Human Rights Center building. The biggest part of all the participants were mothers of the arrested members of Hizb utTahrir. The same day mothers went to solitary pickets throughout the city and even near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. Parents stood at a picket near the…

The United States has hailed Bangladesh for the verdict in a case over the terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery, reiterating its support to fight against terrorism. The verdict “gives some closure” to the families of those who suffered from the “brutal” murders committed on July 1, 2016, the US Embassy in Dhaka said in a statement on Wednesday after the verdict (bdnews24.com, 28 Nov 2019).

For the past few weeks heavy rains have pounded the country in which the media outlets have been reporting cases of devastation and deaths across the country — including the Central, Coastal and Northeastern regions — with experts warning of possible worse occurrences. The most recent deadly tragedy is the death of more than 50 people in West Pokot from raging floods that destroyed homes and caused landslides that buried…