Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
14 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026
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Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
13 July 2026
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Accidents & Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
5 July 2026
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Crime & Justice
Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Youth shot dead in Jhenidah
A youth was shot dead by unknown criminals at Krishnapur village under Moheshpur upazila of the district on Saturday night.
1 November 2015
Astronaut Scott Kelly hits spaceflight milestone
US astronaut Scott Kelly touches a new milestone remaining away from Earth for the longest period in his single mission in the space.
31 October 2015
Woman UP member lands in Gaibandha jail
A Gaibandha court sent Mahmuda Begum, 38, a woman member of Dhaperhat Union Parishad in Sadullapur upazila of the district, to jail
29 October 2015
Complex 'character test' facing tardy Chinese students
A professor in China invents a taxing new way of preventing students from turning up late for his classes.
29 October 2015
Business climate ranking: Bangladesh slips 2 notches
Bangladesh went down two positions to 174 in the international ranking of World Bank’s (WB) Ease of Doing Business 2016 report.
28 October 2015
Hotel staff 'shot dead by employer’
Muggers allegedly shot a restaurant worker to death in Dhaka’s Motijheel area.
28 October 2015
Malaysia becoming 'police state': HRW
Malaysia increasingly resembles a "police state" as the government uses repressive laws to silence critics including those demanding the prime
27 October 2015
Bullet-hit Sourav returns home
Sourav Mia, the 10-year-old boy who was shot by Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton is released from Rangpur Medical College hospital (RMCH) today after 25 days of treatment.
26 October 2015
Pluto's moon Kerberos finally shows itself
An image of Kerberos, one of the two tiny moons of Pluto, is finally been returned by the US space agency's New Horizons probe.
23 October 2015
'Worst haze in a decade' blankets South Thailand
Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said yesterday, cancelling flights in
22 October 2015
Jubo Dal leader held
Police arrested a local Jubo Dal leader in Langalbandh Bazar area under Shailkupa upazila of the district on Monday. The arrestee is Nayeb
20 October 2015
Food official caught red-handed with bribe in Naogaon
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) catches a food controller red-handed with bribe money worth Tk 50,000 in Nogan Sadar upazila.
20 October 2015
India Uber driver guilty of rape
An Indian court is found an Uber taxi driver guilty of raping a female passenger last year in Delhi.
20 October 2015
Hearing on Ananta murder case deferred
A Sylhet court yesterday deferred the hearing on the blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case to November 4.
19 October 2015
Indonesia's Aceh province tears down churches after religious violence
Authorities in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday began tearing down several small Christian churches after hardline Muslims demanded their closure.
19 October 2015
Bus workers go on instant strike in Dhaka
Hundreds of people in Dhaka suffered immensely as transport workers suspended bus operations for hours protesting the sentencing of a bus helper to one-month imprisonment and the alleged beating up of a bus driver.
18 October 2015
Minor girl raped
An eight-year-old girl was rapped allegedly by a neighbouring youth at Bibhar village in Aditmari upazila on Friday.
17 October 2015
'JMB organiser' arrested
Chittagong detectives have detained a suspected organiser of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) over the
17 October 2015
Philippines on alert as Typhoon Koppu nears
The Philippines is preparing for a typhoon that is forecast to dump heavy rain and cause severe flooding when it arrives at the weekend.
17 October 2015
Watch simulation: The final moments of MH17
A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine tells the graphic story of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile.
14 October 2015