Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
3 April 2026, 20:42 PM
World
Thailand votes after three leaders in two years
8 February 2026, 08:11 AM
Southeast Asia
Singapore to invest $785 million in public research on AI
24 January 2026, 22:33 PM
Southeast Asia
Thailand train accident kills 28 at China-backed project
14 January 2026, 11:23 AM
Southeast Asia
Youth critically injured in landmine blast near Myanmar border, locals say
12 January 2026, 17:26 PM
Turkey seeks to join Pakistan-Saudi mutual defence pact, report says
12 January 2026, 16:13 PM
Rohingya 'targeted for destruction' by Myanmar, Gambia tells ICJ
12 January 2026, 16:05 PM
Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister
5 January 2026, 09:03 AM
Southeast Asia
Myanmar junta says first phase voter turnout topped 50%
31 December 2025, 11:35 AM
Asia
UN hopes Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire will 'pave the way' for peace
27 December 2025, 12:16 PM
Southeast Asia
IOM appeals for US$ 182m to help Rohingyas, local community
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is appealing for USD 182.1 million to assist 900,000 Rohingya refugees and local community members in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
18 March 2018, 08:44 AM
Crushed hopes greet Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia
The long journey to find peace for Rohingya refugee Kobir Ahmed can be told through the different birth countries of his eight children -- Myanmar, Malaysia and Australia -- although they remain citizens of no nation.
18 March 2018, 04:16 AM
Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018, 04:10 AM
Lawyers in Australia seek to prosecute Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity
Lawyers in Australia file a private application in a Melbourne court seeking prosecution to press charges against Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of crimes against humanity committed against ethnic Rohingya minorities in the country’s Rakhine state.
17 March 2018, 04:33 AM
Canadian aviation expert joins Nepal plane crash probe team
A Canadian aviation expert joins the probe body in Nepal to investigate into the plane crash of US-Bangla Airlines.
16 March 2018, 07:48 AM
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'
Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
16 March 2018, 07:04 AM
Malaysia to dissolve House at end of March
Malaysia's parliament will be dissolved on March 28, 29 or 30, making way for general elections that must be held by August, The Star
15 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Duterte to quit ICC over drug inquiry
President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he was pulling the Philippines out of the treaty underpinning the International Criminal
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar verifies fewer than 400 Rohingya for repatriation
Myanmar is only able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for possible repatriation from Bangladesh, officials say, blaming their neighbour for not providing the correct information about the refugees.
14 March 2018, 15:42 PM
BGB, BGP conduct joint patrol at border
Bangladesh and Myanmar’s border troopers conduct a joint patrol at Cox’s Bazar border.
14 March 2018, 07:21 AM
Govt declares mourning day tomorrow
The government declares to observe mourning day on Thursday following the casualties in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal.
14 March 2018, 06:19 AM
US-Bangla plane crash: What caused it?
Fifty-one people die when a US-Bangla Airlines plane carrying 71 passengers and crew crashes on “abnormal” landing at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Does faulty communication or technical malfunction cause the crash of Flight Bangla Star 211 at Kathmandu’s TIA?
14 March 2018, 04:39 AM
US gives Philippine air force first drones
The United States yesterday gave the Philippine air force its first surveillance drone system, as the two nations step up cooperation in the
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM
UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred
UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar said on Monday that Facebook had played a role in spreading
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Cate Blanchett to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar March 17
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and acclaimed actress Cate Blanchett is set to visit the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh on March 17.
13 March 2018, 15:37 PM
UN investigators cite Facebook role in Myanmar crisis
UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar say that Facebook had played a role in spreading hate speech there.
13 March 2018, 15:06 PM
Atrocity crimes on Rohingya were preventable: UN adviser
United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng says the atrocity crimes on Rohingyas carried out by the Myanmar army were predictable and preventable.
13 March 2018, 11:56 AM
Bodies of US-Bangla crash victims taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for autopsy
Bodies of all 49 passengers who were killed in the US-Bangla plane crash are taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu.
13 March 2018, 11:19 AM
Decent work atmosphere for Bangladesh workers in Singapore to continue, hopes PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes that Singapore will continue providing a decent work atmosphere for Bangladeshi workers as the country continues to be a favourite destination for them.
12 March 2018, 06:35 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