Accused handed 4 counts of the death sentence, life term in Zainab rape and murder case

An anti-terrorism court finds Imran Ali -- the man accused of raping and murdering six-year-old Zainab Amin in Kasur -- guilty of the charges brought against him, hands him four counts of the death penalty, one life term, a 7-year jail term and at least Rs 2 million in fines.
17 February 2018, 10:33 AM

UN hopes for free, fair polls in Bangladesh

United Nations secretary general’s office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could take place,” in Bangladesh.
17 February 2018, 04:39 AM

Myanmar, Bangladesh home ministers’ meeting begins

Myanmar Home Minister Lt Gen Kyaw Swe sits in a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan at the home ministry in Dhaka.
16 February 2018, 09:19 AM

Pakistan seizes assets from JuD militant group

Pakistan on Wednesday began seizing assets from Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD), a UN-designated terrorist organisation, whose leader Hafiz
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Nepal gets new PM

The leader of Nepal's largest Communist party was sworn in as prime minister yesterday, two months after leading his party to a
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian company NTCP wins deal for 300-megawatt power supply to Bangladesh from June

Indian state-owned cross-border power trading arm National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd wins a contract for supplying 300 megawatts electricity to Bangladesh for 15 years. The power supply is expected to start from June this year.
14 February 2018, 06:37 AM

Donors losing interest in providing food for Rohingyas: WFP

Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley has said donor agencies are gradually losing their interest in providing food assistance for the displaced Rohingyas who have taken shelter in Bangladesh.
13 February 2018, 06:53 AM

2 ethnic groups sign up to Myanmar’s ‘broken’ peace process

Two armed ethnic groups will sign on to a ceasefire in Myanmar in a ceremony the government hopes will showcase a significant victory for a peace process derided as “broken” by critics.
13 February 2018, 04:14 AM

Sri Lanka coalition suffers humiliation at local vote

Sri Lanka's ruling alliance was humiliated in local elections seen as a test of its leadership and the party of ex-president Mahinda
11 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Lanka's ruling coalition faces local vote test

Polling was under way in Sri Lanka yesterday to elect local councils in what is seen as a crucial mid-term test for the uneasy coalition of
10 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Top judge faces death threat

The Maldives' top judge received death threats before his arrest in a regime crackdown, his lawyer said yesterday ahead of a United
8 February 2018, 18:20 PM

Nepal Communist parties poised to take power

Nepal's Communist parties have secured a majority of seats in the upper house of parliament, the election commission said yesterday,
8 February 2018, 18:18 PM

Top militant freed, police official killed

Two gunmen yesterday opened fire in a hospital in Indian Kashmir where a Pakistani militant was brought for treatment, an official said, escaping with the high-profile prisoner and killing a police officer in the daring assault.
6 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Suicide bomber kills 11 soldiers in northern Pakistan

At least 11 soldiers are killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials say, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.
4 February 2018, 04:36 AM

World failed to protect Rohingya women: UN Women

The world has failed to protect the Rohingya women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says. “I think their [Myanmar] government to begin with. Their country has failed them in a massive way,” she said.
3 February 2018, 07:09 AM

India-Asean trade on the rise

India-Asean trade relations have been growing steadily, with Asean being India’s fourth largest trading partner. Both sides have set a target of at least US$200 billion in two-way trade by 2022 compared to US$ 71 billion in 2016-17.
3 February 2018, 06:01 AM

Pak minister shoots wife thrice before killing self: Police

Pakistani provincial minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who was found dead in his house along with his wife, first killed her and then committed suicide with the same weapon, police say.
3 February 2018, 05:56 AM

Myanmar government denies AP report of Rohingya mass graves

Myanmar’s government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbors, saying that only “terrorists” were killed and they were “carefully buried.”
3 February 2018, 04:43 AM

Pakistan court issues notices to Sharif, aides

The legal woes of Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family mounted on Wednesday when a top court issued notices
1 February 2018, 18:00 PM

India's budget focuses on rural economy ahead of elections

India unveils its budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 on Thursday, in what is being seen as a test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to maintain fiscal discipline without stifling economic growth ahead of general elections next year.
1 February 2018, 07:30 AM