Army helicopters flew sorties over cut-off areas in Pakistan’s mountainous north yesterday and rescue parties fanned out across waterlogged plains in the south as misery mounted for millions trapped by the worst floods in the country’s history.

On August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed along with most of his family members and a government of turncoats was installed in power.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will on Tuesday slash defence and other expenditures in a bid to win International Monetary Fund (IMF) support as he presents his first budget since taking over as leader of his crisis-hit country.

Pakistan’s flooded southern Sindh province yesterday braced for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year’s monsoon topped 1,000.

Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe.”

Two mortar shells from Myanmar side were fired across the border today (August 28, 2022) at Tumbru area under Bandarban's Naikhyangchhari upazila creating panic among locals.

Pakistan witnessed another day of deaths and devastation yesterday as dozens of people were left dead and thousands stranded as a result of landslides and floods in the country’s north amid “high to very high” floods in Kabul and Indus rivers.

Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in northern Pakistan on Saturday after a fast-rising river destroyed a major bridge, as deadly floods cause devastation across the country.

Suspended Thai leader Prayuth Chan-ocha said on social media he will continue in his role as defence minister, in his first direct address to the public since a court ordered him to cease his duties as prime minister while it reviews his term limit.

Heavy rain pounded much of Pakistan yesterday after the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding it said had affected more than 30 million people.

More than 180 people have been killed and 3,000 homes destroyed by floods in Afghanistan over the past month, a government spokesman said yesterday.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan yesterday accused the government of trying to score a “technical knockout” against him, after being granted bail on charges brought under the country’s anti-terrorism act.

Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country's climate change minister said on Thursday, calling the situation a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions."

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today (August 25, 2022) said the military regime in Myanmar is patronising yaba traders in the country to smuggle the drug into Bangladesh.

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Thursday granted PTI chief Imran Khan interim bail in a case registered against him for his controversial remarks about a female judge during a rally in the capital last week.

Pakistan has urged the international community to help with relief efforts as it struggles to cope with the aftermath of torrential rains that triggered massive floods last month, killing more than 800 people, officials said.

Record monsoon rains are causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said on Wednesday (Aug 24), announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed more than 800 people since June.

Islamabad police has registered a case against Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of the PTI for violations of Section 144 (ban on public gatherings exceeding four persons) in the capital on August 20 — the day the party held a rally to protest against incarcerated member Shahbaz Gill's arrest.

The Islamabad High Court yesterday issued a show-cause notice to PTI chief Imran Khan and summoned him in his personal capacity on August 31 in contempt proceedings initiated against him for passing controversial remarks regarding an additional district and sessions judge, who approved his chief of staff, Shahbaz Gill’s remand in a sedition case.

The Islamabad High Court today (August 23, 2022) issued a show-cause notice to PTI chief Imran Khan and summoned him in his personal capacity on August 31 in contempt proceedings initiated against him for passing controversial remarks regarding additional district and sessions judge Zeba Chaudhry, who approved his chief of staff, Shahbaz Gill’s remand in a sedition case.