Watch ‘super blue blood moon’ and lunar eclipse in Bangladesh sky

If you miss it tonight, you will have to wait for another 35 years to get the chance to see it. On Bangladesh sky, the entire lunar event – also named “super blue blood moon” -- started at 4:49pm and will end at 10:09pm (local time).
31 January 2018, 07:05 AM

India observes 69th Republic Day

India displays its military muscle, socio-cultural diversity and its unprecedented outreach to South East Asian countries as it celebrates the 69th Republic Day with a grand parade at the Rajpath in New Delhi, the principal promenade of the Indian capital.
26 January 2018, 07:57 AM

Convict gets prison break to father child

An Indian court has freed for two weeks a convicted murderer serving a life jail term so that he can try to become a father, his lawyer said yesterday.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Newsweek reviews Pak franchise ties

US publication Newsweek said it was reviewing ties with its Pakistan franchise after the magazine's local editor made offensive remarks about child abuse and rape.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Padmaavat opens in India amid violence threats

Thousands of police in riot gear yesterday guarded cinemas across India amid threats of violence by Hindu hardliners opposed to the release of a movie about a legendary Hindu queen and a Muslim king.
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Kabul hotel attack toll rises to 25

An Afghan official yesterday said at least 25 people were killed in the attack on a Kabul hotel, as confusion reigned over the true toll with
25 January 2018, 18:00 PM

New York court dismisses all charges against Bangladeshi diplomat

A court in the United States yesterday dismissed all felony charges (33 counts) against Bangladesh's deputy consul general in New York, seven months after he was indicted in a case filed by the diplomat’s former domestic help.
24 January 2018, 05:32 AM

Pak principal shot dead by student

A Pakistani student shot and killed his school principal on Monday, in a dispute over the student skipping classes to attend rallies
23 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Global brand to pay $2.3m for worker safety in Bangladesh garment sector

In a victory for labour unions, a global clothing brand has agreed to pay $2.3 million to meet fire and building safety regulations in 150 garment factories across its supply chain in Bangladesh, unions say.
23 January 2018, 04:10 AM

India cuts onion export price by $150 per tonne

Bangladeshi traders hope to do good business as India cuts onion prices by $150 per tonne, nearly two months after they raised it to $852. As the decision came into effect yesterday, importers in Bangladesh can now buy each tonne of onion from the neighbouring country at $702.
21 January 2018, 07:53 AM

Vidya Balan, Irrfan Khan reign in 63rd Filmfare awards

Vidya Balan and Irrfan Khan win in the best actor (female) and best actor (male) categories respectively for their performance in Hindi feature films ‘Tumhari Sullu’ and ‘Hindi Medium’ at the 63rd edition of the Filmfare awards.
21 January 2018, 04:44 AM

17 killed in north Delhi factory fire

Seventeen people, including ten women and two children, were killed and 30 injured as a major fire ripped through a factory in north Delhi of India last night.
21 January 2018, 03:53 AM

Myanmar finalises Rohingya repatriation preparations as doubts mount

Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media says, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the United Nations.
20 January 2018, 09:21 AM

Maldives promises to block radical websites

The Maldives has promised to block websites seeking to radicalise its Muslim population, officials said, as the US warned extremist
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Three women killed as India, Pak trade fire

Three female civilians and a soldier have been killed in cross-border firing by the Indian and Pakistani armies, officials said yesterday,
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Mother-daughter polio team shot dead in Pak

A mother and daughter polio vaccination team were yesterday gunned down in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta as they were
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

India mulls nationalising river-linking plan

India is mulling giving “national” tag to all projects under the ambitious inter-linking of rivers plan which would make it easier for generating huge funds, including from foreign agencies at softer interest rate, for them and expedite their implementation.
18 January 2018, 06:18 AM

Myanmar sends 1300 names of ARSA men to Bangladesh

Myanmar sends a list containing names of more than 1,300 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) members to Bangladesh.
17 January 2018, 10:56 AM

Deconstructing bitcoins: Future of money or a fraud?

Bitcoin’s popularity in Asia has had a positive influence on other alternative cryptocurrencies such as ethereum and litecoin. Clearly there is a great demand for such digital money, even though its volatility hurts.
17 January 2018, 06:52 AM

Sharif compares graft cases to a 'flop' movie

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday compared the corruption cases against him to a 'flop' movie as he appeared
16 January 2018, 18:00 PM