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
Indian army chief takes tough stand on terror
The new army chief takes a tough stand on terrorism and ceasefire violations along the border.
15 January 2017, 04:14 AM
23 drown as boat capsizes in India’s Ganga river
At least 23 people are drowned when an overloaded boat capsizes in the Ganga river near Patna in India.
14 January 2017, 17:00 PM
Writ against big bellied cops in Kolkata
Kolkata High Court directs the authorities concerned to submit a fitness status report of the policemen in the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police forces in a month.
14 January 2017, 14:15 PM
Displaced Rakhine Muslim women share their shocking stories
Keeping themselves confined to a tiny room with no light inside, two young Rakhine Muslim women have been struggling to get rid of the trauma and forget the brutality they had gone through.They remain speechless for minutes seeing the presence of a newsman at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Later, they reveal the horrors -- reprisals, rape and burning people and houses.
13 January 2017, 15:13 PM
Rakhine MPs refuse to meet UN envoy probing Rohingya abuse
The ruling party MPs in Myanmar's Rakhine state government refuse to meet a UN envoy.
13 January 2017, 09:23 AM
Supreme Court denies Sahara more time to make $88 million payment
Supreme Court rejects a request from the Sahara conglomerate to be given more time to deposit 6 billion rupees ($88 million) by February 6, despite the group's argument that a shortage of cash in the country is making it hard to raise the funds.
13 January 2017, 06:01 AM
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to boost support on security: Minister
Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to boost cooperation on security between the two countries. Both the countries agree to sign two memorandums of understating (MoUs) on holding a dialogue on security, cooperation and construction of a border liaison office.
12 January 2017, 08:27 AM
Congress won’t return to power even in 2090: M Venkaiah Naidu
Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi for his remarks about Congress coming back to power at the Centre in 2019, information & broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu says the Congress vice-president is "daydreaming", according to a report published in The Times of India.
12 January 2017, 06:10 AM
Nepal sacks quake reconstruction chief
Nepal yesterday sacked the chief of its earthquake reconstruction body, a move seen by critics as politically motivated and likely to
11 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Long meeting with Myanmar envoy, no press talk
Bangladesh holds a long talk with visiting Myanmar envoy, which very likely has the Rohingya issue in major focus and ended without a press talk.
11 January 2017, 11:19 AM
Thousands flee fighting on Myanmar's border with China
Thousands of people flee heavy fighting on Myanmar's northern border with China overnight, activists say.
11 January 2017, 06:01 AM
Myanmar envoy arrives, talks on Rohingyas likely
Myanmar’s special envoy and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin arrives in Dhaka to discuss bilateral issues with special focus on Rohingya crisis.
10 January 2017, 13:06 PM
Pak test-fires first submarine cruise missile
Pakistan yesterday test-fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and giving the country a
9 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Lanka strips suit from dress code
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday overturned a 26-year-old decree that required top bureaucrats to wear a suit and tie,
9 January 2017, 18:00 PM
3 killed as militants attack construction workers in Kashmir
Several unidentified militants attack a camp housing road construction workers in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, killing three labourers before fleeing.
9 January 2017, 06:03 AM
Anti-graft chief unfit for role: Nepal court
Nepal's Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the powerful head of the anti-corruption commission was not fit to hold the position and
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Rupee to fall to record low over coming year: Reuters poll
The rupee is expected to fall further against the US dollar this year to a record low, hit by rising global bond yields and an economic blow from New Delhi's dramatic currency crackdown launched two months ago, a Reuters poll finds.
7 January 2017, 12:49 PM
‘Subhas Bose didn’t die in plane crash’
A new book by a former senior officer of Indian army claims that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in a plane crash but during interrogation and torture by the British at a prison in the former Soviet Union.
7 January 2017, 09:44 AM
UN rights envoy to probe Myanmar Rohingya violence
United Nations says its human rights envoy for Myanmar will probe escalating violence in the country, including a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
6 January 2017, 07:49 AM
India arrests 4 over New Year attack on woman
Police arrest four men in India's technology hub of Bengaluru over a video recording of a New Year attack on a woman that has sparked a national public debate about women's safety.
5 January 2017, 09:38 AM