US, UN discuss int’l community’s efforts to end violence after Myanmar coup
23 June 2021, 16:58 PM
South Asia
Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Biden’s reluctance in engaging Pakistan 'stunning', says US senator
23 June 2021, 07:00 AM
South Asia
Chinese national’s arrest near Bangladesh border: Indian agencies probe 'larger conspiracy'
23 June 2021, 05:23 AM
South Asia
'Women wearing few clothes impact men, unless robots': Imran Khan's rape remark draws flak
21 June 2021, 17:51 PM
South Asia
Taliban say committed to Afghan peace talks
20 June 2021, 07:16 AM
South Asia
Govts of South Asian countries fail to devise Covid-19 recovery solutions: experts
19 June 2021, 05:38 AM
Business
Chinese, Indian workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods, 25 missing
18 June 2021, 11:54 AM
South Asia
India calls for ‘open and inclusive’ Indo-Pacific based on sovereignty, peace
16 June 2021, 09:57 AM
South Asia
Police trying to find out if Chinese man illegally entering India from Bangladesh is a spy
16 June 2021, 05:38 AM
South Asia
‘Illegally crossing over from Bangladesh’: Chinese national remanded in West Bengal
13 June 2021, 08:33 AM
South Asia
Hundreds moved after Lanka dump collapse
Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on Friday, killing at
17 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Nepal convicts soldiers of killing during war
Three former Nepalese soldiers have each been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in jail for killing a teenage girl, only the second
17 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka garbage dump toll hits 15
Sri Lankan soldiers dug through rubbish with their bare hands yesterday to pull out victims after a huge garbage mountain collapsed on
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Pakistan arrests '3 RAW spies targeting CPEC'
Even as Indo-Pak relations are on the boil over the death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan said it has arrested three suspected
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
'Pakistanis themselves give a bad name to Pakistan, Islam'
Referring to the recent mob-lynching of a university student for 'blasphemy', Pakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, in a strongly-
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Porn video on Delhi's Rajiv Chowk Metro Station screen: Report
A video goes viral on social media of porn being played out on a big screen at one of the busiest metro stations in Delhi.
15 April 2017, 14:39 PM
South Asian Satellite to be launched on May 5
Indian Space Research Organisation plans to launch on May 5 the 'South Asia Satellite' that will benefit all the countries in South Asian region, except Pakistan which is not a part of the project.
14 April 2017, 18:29 PM
Dhaka-Delhi ties in new heights: Indian HC
Ties between Dhaka and Delhi have reached a new height, Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla says.
14 April 2017, 15:38 PM
Malala, 19, becomes honorary Canadian
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai became only the sixth person to receive honorary Canadian citizenship Wednesday, as she
13 April 2017, 18:34 PM
Lok Sabha condemns BJP man’s bounty offer for beheading Mamata
The Lok Sabha, the lower House of Indian parliament, condemns a BJP youth wing leader's offer for a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
12 April 2017, 05:50 AM
Malala becomes UN Messenger of Peace
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace on Monday to
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Malala Yousafzai made United Nations Messenger of Peace
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace to promote girls education, more than four years after a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on her school bus in 2012.
11 April 2017, 08:29 AM
India clamps down on Kashmir transport
Indian police yesterday imposed curfew-like curbs on movement of people across several parts of disputed Kashmir, a day after clashes
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Pak sentences accused Indian 'spy' to death
Pakistan will execute an Indian who allegedly confessed to spying for Indian intelligence, the powerful military said yesterday in a move that quickly raised tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh, India companies strike deals worth nearly $10b
Leading companies from India and Bangladesh sign 13 MoUs and agreements for electricity, oil and gas projects, including the controversial Rampal thermal power plant, worth nearly $10 billion, aimed at deepening the bilateral economic partnership.
10 April 2017, 13:08 PM
Pakistani court sentences accused Indian spy to death
A Pakistani military court sentences an Indian accused of espionage to death, potentially ratcheting up tension between the two nuclear-armed states.
10 April 2017, 11:30 AM
'Have I sold out the country?'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams critics who opposed the deals signed with India and said those who made such remarks are “novice or motivated”.
10 April 2017, 07:26 AM
India, China navies rescue hijacked ship
The navies of India and China yesterday carried out a joint operation to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of
9 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Sonia assures PM of their common stand on Bangladesh
Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi assures Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of taking common stand of all political parties of India regarding next-door neighbor Bangladesh.
9 April 2017, 16:06 PM
PM offers prayers at Ajmer shrine
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in India on a four-day official visit, offers prayers at the dargah (shrine) of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (RA) in Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan.
9 April 2017, 05:20 AM