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
Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018, 04:10 AM
Experts from Bangladesh, Nepal, Canada to decide where black box will be decoded
A joint-team of experts will decide the place where the black box of the crashed US-Bangla aircraft will be decoded, the chief of Nepalese investigation team says.
17 March 2018, 06:28 AM
US-Bangla plane crash: Nepal endorses condolence motion
Four days after the US-Bangla aircraft crash, the House of Representatives in Nepal endorses a condolence motion in remembrance of the deceased.
17 March 2018, 04:57 AM
Sri Lanka lifts Facebook ban
Sri Lanka has lifted a week-long ban on Facebook after the tech giant agreed to step up efforts to remove hate speech posted on its
15 March 2018, 18:00 PM
US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal: One-day state mourning being observed
The nation is observing one-day state mourning with due solemnity in memory of the victims of the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal.
15 March 2018, 04:09 AM
Nepal CJ sacked for faked date of birth
Nepal's divisive Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli was sacked yesterday for faking his date of birth in order to remain in office longer.
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Nepal's president wins second term
Nepal's lawmakers yesterday elected President Bidya Bhandari for a second term, extending the tenure of the Himalayan nation's first
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Ousted Pak PM's brother takes charge of party
The brother of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif formally took charge of the country's ruling party yesterday. The debacle at
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM
US-Bangla plane crash: Control room opens at Dhaka airport
A control room has been opened at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to provide necessary information and counselling to the families of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash.
13 March 2018, 11:02 AM
US-Bangla pledges support to crash victims
US-Bangla Airlines says it will bear the medical cost of the victims who survived the plane crash at Tribhuban International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
13 March 2018, 08:50 AM
Video of crashed US-Bangla plane
A journalist of Kantipur Media Group (KMG) posts a video of the crashed plane of US-Bangla Airlines at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu.
12 March 2018, 10:02 AM
Bangladesh, Singapore sign two MoUs
Bangladesh and Singapore sign two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for collaboration over Public Private Partnership (PPP) and air services.
12 March 2018, 06:13 AM
Myanmar erects security structures atop burned Rohingya land: Amnesty
Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International says, casting doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
12 March 2018, 03:10 AM
Trying to resolve Teesta issue, Modi tells Hamid
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, they are trying to resolve the hurdles to the signing of the Teesta water-sharing deal with Bangladesh 'keeping all concerned on board'.
11 March 2018, 14:22 PM
Shoe thrown at Nawaz Sharif in Lahore
A day after ink was thrown on Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in Sialkot, a shoe was thrown at PML-N's supreme leader Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Sunday, Dawn News TV reports.
11 March 2018, 11:46 AM
Indian SC allows passive euthanasia, ‘living will’
In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients if they give “living will” and under strict guidelines.
9 March 2018, 12:52 PM
Suu Kyi’s lost honours
Since the beginning of ongoing Rohingya crisis, the world’s biggest humanitarian catastrophe, many international organisations withdrew or suspended awards and titles they gave to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her contribution and struggle in democracy.
8 March 2018, 08:47 AM
US Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum says.
8 March 2018, 04:24 AM
State of emergency in Sri Lanka after communal clash
Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island's central district of Kandy.
6 March 2018, 08:53 AM
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Kandy
Sri Lanka yesterday imposed a curfew in a central hill station town popular with tourists after days of communal unrest that saw a man
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM