Saarc member states to meet in Nepal this week

Senior officials of the eight member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will meet in Kathmandu to attend the Programming Committee.
30 January 2017, 06:32 AM

3rd Pak activist 'safe'

A third Pakistani activist who went missing earlier this month is safe, his family told AFP yesterday, a day after two of the other
29 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Myanmar ruling party lawyer shot dead at Yangon airport

A legal adviser for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy is shot dead outside the country's busiest airport in Yangon.
29 January 2017, 17:05 PM

Malala 'heartbroken'

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate, said Friday she was "heartbroken" by Donald Trump's order on
28 January 2017, 18:12 PM

Nepal’s trail runner Mira Rai NatGeo People’s Choice Adventurer 2017

Nepalese trail runner Mira Rai, also a brand promoter of ekantipur.com, is named the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year by the National Geographic Channel selecting her over nine other nominees.
28 January 2017, 06:07 AM

Beijing remains Asia’s busiest airport

Eight Asian airports are among the World's busiest passenger airports. Beijing Capital International Airport remains the busiest airport in the region, according to the recently released data by Airports Council International (ACI).
28 January 2017, 05:08 AM

Bangladesh mission in Kolkata launches machine readable visas

Bangladesh mission in Kolkata launches machine readable visas (MRV) to relax the visa procedures for people of the neighbouring India.
27 January 2017, 13:04 PM

15 Indian soldiers among 19 dead in Kashmir avalanches

The death toll in avalanches in the heavily militarised Himalayan region of Kashmir rises to 19 after the bodies of four more Indian soldiers are recovered, army and police officials say.
27 January 2017, 07:51 AM

Avalanches kill 10 soldiers in Kashmir

Avalanches killed 10 Indian soldiers in Kashmir after cascading onto an army post and a patrol along the de facto
26 January 2017, 18:00 PM

'Raees', 'Kaabil' create 'fantastic' buzz on opening day

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans "Raees" and actor Hrithik Roshan-starrer "Kaabil" have both managed to create a strong buzz at the box office, despite a clash. While "Raees" raked in Rs 20.42 crore, "Kaabil", which had a slow start, managed to collect Rs 10.43 crore, according to trade pundits.
26 January 2017, 11:57 AM

Pakistan envoy summoned over security in Bangladesh missions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Dhaka, Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui, and asks him to beef up security in all Bangladesh missions in the country.
25 January 2017, 14:28 PM

Pakistani female lawmaker harassed in parliament

A Pakistani female lawmaker threatens to self-immolate after she was harassed by male colleagues in parliament.
25 January 2017, 07:54 AM

A transgender ‘birthday’ party in Pakistan

At a party in Peshawar, the guests' saris twirled as they danced to the music and fed each other pieces of cake, but armed police guarding the door indicated this was no normal carefree birthday gathering.
25 January 2017, 05:50 AM

Myanmar asks for 'time and space' to solve Rohingya crisis

Myanmar's deputy defence chief urges world to give his government "time and space" to solve a crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim minority amid concerns jihadists could exploit the situation. At least 66,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, alleging rape, murder and torture at the hands of security forces.
23 January 2017, 06:38 AM

Suspected rebels kill 2 soldiers in Assam

Suspected militants ambushed an army vehicle Sunday and killed two paramilitary troopers in India's restive
22 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Educated girl can’t cry rape if ditched by boyfriend: Bombay HC

A promise to marry cannot be considered an inducement in every rape case, the Bombay high court has ruled.
22 January 2017, 09:06 AM

Myanmar govt risks credibility by denying abuses: UN envoy

UN Human Rights envoy to Myanmar Yanghee Lee has said Myanmar government will lose credibility if it continues to defend the reported human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. The United Nations said around 65,000 Rohingya Muslim villagers from northern Rakhine have fled across the border into Bangladesh over the past three months.
22 January 2017, 04:25 AM

India rail disaster kills 36, fears toll may rise

Rescuers struggle to pull survivors from the wreckage of a train crash which killed 36 passengers in southern India, the latest in a series of disasters on the country's creaking rail network.
22 January 2017, 02:48 AM

Nasheed plans return to save sinking Maldives

He faces jail in the Maldives but former president Mohamed Nasheed says he wants to contest elections and guide
21 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Blast kills at least 21 in Pakistan vegetable market, says official

An explosion in a busy vegetable market kills at least 21 people in Pakistan's remote northwestern tribal region.
21 January 2017, 07:21 AM