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

Hindu woman elected to Pakistan's senate in historic first

A woman from Pakistan's marginalised Hindu minority is elected to the senate for the first time ever in an election over the weekend in which a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated.
4 March 2018, 11:17 AM

Bangladesh, India, Russia ink MoU for Rooppur power plant implementation

Bangladesh, India and Russia sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for implementation of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
2 March 2018, 07:01 AM

Sri Lanka begins probe into disappearances

Sri Lanka has appointed commissioners to a special panel tasked with investigating war-era disappearances, three years after President
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM

India approves first anti-human trafficking bill

India's cabinet on Wednesday approved the country's first anti-human trafficking bill, increasing penalties for perpetrators and focusing on helping them recover from their ordeal, in a bid to battle the growing scourge.
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM