Bangladesh remains lowest in Asian hydropower production

Bangladesh remains the lowest hydropower producer among other countries in Asia since 2017. However, Bangladesh, with a capacity of 230 megawatts, is working towards increasing their capacity by commissioning more projects, says a latest report.
3 November 2018, 04:51 AM

Court orders arrest of military chief

A Sri Lankan court yesterday ordered the arrest the country's top military officer over the abduction and murder of 11 people during the Tamil civil war.
2 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Speaker defies president

Sri Lanka's speaker yesterday summoned parliament to meet next week in defiance of the president as a constitutional crisis darkened with an MP saying he was offered millions of dollars and a minister's post to defect to a rival camp.
2 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Ex-Maldives president ends exile

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed returned home from exile yesterday, two days after the country's Supreme Court withdrew a warrant for his arrest.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM

POK BUS SERVICE: India lodges protest with Pak, China

India has lodged a strong protest against a proposed bus service from China using a road through Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir saying the move will be “ in violation ” of India's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM

PM praised for his stance

Pakistan's Imran Khan won praise for his stance against religious hardliners yesterday, as demonstrators blocked major roads to protest the Supreme Court's overturning of a blasphemy conviction.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM

President's party u-turns on parliament suspension

The Sri Lankan president's party yesterday reignited a constitutional crisis over which of two rival prime ministers heads the government by insisting that parliament will remain suspended.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar officials try to convince Rohingya to return, accept ID cards

Myanmar officials visit camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, in an effort to kickstart a process to repatriate hundreds of thousands who fled an army crackdown last year.
1 November 2018, 06:12 AM

Another blow to Sirisena

Sri Lanka's attorney general yesterday refused to endorse the president's dismissal of the prime minister for a former strongman accused of rights abuses, the strongest sign yet the move may be unconstitutional.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM

16 cops jailed for life for killing 42 Muslims

An Indian court yesterday sentenced 16 police officers to life imprisonment for rounding up and massacring dozens of unarmed Muslims during historic riots in the country's north decades ago.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian SC gives govt 10 days to reveal details

India's top court yesterday gave the government 10 days to disclose the details of an $8.7-billion military jet deal with France's Dassault Aviation to former ministers and an activist who say the information should be in the public domain.
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM

'Down with the rogue PM'

Tens of thousands of supporters of sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe blocked roads in Sri Lanka's capital yesterday, stepping up a showdown with the country's newly appointed leader -- a former strongman accused of grave rights abuses.
30 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Angry Lankans denounce 'coup'

More than 10,000 protesting supporters of Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, brought parts of the capital, Colombo, to a standstill yesterday as political turmoil on the island entered its fifth day.
30 October 2018, 18:00 PM

IS suicide blast kills 1 near Afghan EC office

A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) yesterday killed at least one person
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Lanka stuck in power vacuum

Ousted Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday demanded parliament be allowed to choose between the two rivals to run the country's government amid warnings that the constitutional crisis could become a "bloodbath".
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Pak opens complaint portal for citizens

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday inaugurated the Pakistan Citizens' Portal — set up at the Prime Minister Office with an aim to "timely address the problems of the people and get their feedback".
28 October 2018, 18:00 PM

4-nation summit calls for lasting Idlib ceasefire

The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a political solution to Syria's devastating seven-year civil war and a lasting ceasefire in the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib.
28 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Pakistan's 'penniless billionaires'

It took rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed a year to save 300 rupees to buy his daughter a bike, so when he found three billion rupees ($22.5 million) had passed through an unused bank account in his name, he was stunned ... and scared.
28 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Pakistan bans Indian content on its TV

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday ordered a ban on all Indian content on TV channels, setting aside an earlier verdict by a lower court, officials said.
27 October 2018, 20:12 PM

Myanmar court frees journalists on bail in incitement case

A Myanmar judge frees on bail three journalists from the country’s largest private newspaper detained on incitement charges after publishing an article that raised questions over government spending.
27 October 2018, 04:08 AM