ICJ genocide case 'flawed and unfounded': Myanmar govt
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Asia
Myanmar made lives of the Rohingyas a nightmare
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12 January 2026, 13:58 PM
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Japan PM mulling snap election in coming weeks: reports
11 January 2026, 02:08 AM
Bangabandhu’s autobiography translated to Korean
2 July 2021, 08:18 AM
Asia
Japan minister says necessary to 'wake up' to protect Taiwan
29 June 2021, 02:49 AM
Japan
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of ‘self-defence’ groups: report
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Asia
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: media
28 June 2021, 11:36 AM
China
China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam
28 June 2021, 08:40 AM
China
Indo-Sino ties may get even worse: US intel
India's ties with China and not just Pakistan are likely to get even worse than they already are, according to the US's intelligence chief.
14 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Indian company NTCP wins deal for 300-megawatt power supply to Bangladesh from June
Indian state-owned cross-border power trading arm National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd wins a contract for supplying 300 megawatts electricity to Bangladesh for 15 years.
The power supply is expected to start from June this year.
14 February 2018, 06:37 AM
Woman climbs into X-ray machine with handbag at China train station
A train commuter goes through extreme lengths to keep her valuables by her side during a security check at a station in China, when she climbed into an X-ray machine while holding on to her handbag.
14 February 2018, 04:54 AM
Pak army chief in Kabul for conference
Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived in Kabul yesterday to participate in a high-level conference, local media
13 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Pentagon asks for record $686b
Citing increasing threats from China and Russia, the Pentagon is asking for a major boost in military spending for 2019, requesting
13 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Pak Taliban deputy chief killed
The Pakistani Taliban yesterday confirmed that their deputy leader was killed in a suspected US drone strike last week and said they had
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Ex-president demands snap polls after victory
Sri Lanka's former leader Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday demanded a snap general election and challenged his successor's right to
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Pence raises prospect of US talks with N Korea
Comments by US Vice President Mike Pence suggest the United States may be looking more favourably at diplomatic engagement with
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
PM mourns death of Asma Jahangir
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses profound shock at the death of noted human rights lawyer and social activist of Pakistan Asma Jahangir.
12 February 2018, 10:28 AM
Search for Taiwan quake victims ends
Rescuers yesterday ended their search of a Taiwan building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as the last trapped pair
11 February 2018, 18:00 PM
US, South united despite inter-Korea talks: Pence
The US and South Korea stand united against North Korea's nuclear program, even as the two Koreas hold talks in conjunction with the
11 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Dr Mahathir Mohamad admitted to hospital for chest infection
Pakatan Harapan Chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Malaysia for a chest infection.
11 February 2018, 04:56 AM
Samsung chairman named as suspect
Samsung Electronics' ailing chairman, Lee Kun-hee, was yesterday named by South Korean police as a suspect in an 8.2 billion won ($7.5
8 February 2018, 18:13 PM
SKorea police say Samsung Chairman suspected of tax evasion- Yonhap
South Korean police say Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee was suspected of evading tax for 8.2 billion won ($7.5 million), and of using bank accounts held by employees that held 400 billion won, Yonhap News Agency says.
8 February 2018, 04:29 AM
Pak man to hang for blasphemy murder
A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced one person to death and five others to life imprisonment for lynching a student accused of
7 February 2018, 18:00 PM
HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED
When North Korea's chef de mission at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South visited an athletes' village fitness centre he made a
7 February 2018, 18:00 PM
CHINESE POLICE DON HIGH-TECH GLASSES TO NAB SUSPECTS
Chinese police are sporting high-tech sunglasses that can spot suspects in a crowded train station, the newest use of facial recognition
7 February 2018, 18:00 PM
33 infected with HIV in Uttar Pradesh after "quack" uses tainted syringe
At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in Bangarmau town of Uttar Pradesh after an unqualified medical practitioner injected some of them with an infected syringe, a government official says.
7 February 2018, 08:00 AM
Taiwan quake kills 4, tilts buildings; over 145 missing
Rescuers comb through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, some using their hands as they searched for about 145 people missing after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien overnight.
7 February 2018, 04:44 AM
China activity has eroded trust: Asean
China's continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said yesterday.
6 February 2018, 18:00 PM