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Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 1,000 homes, thousands displaced
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Pakistan announces power cuts in bid to control energy prices
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US-Israel war on Iran
Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
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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
Bangladesh to surprise world in SDGs too, says PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh is committed to leading by example again in case of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as it surprised the world with its achievements in MDGs.
30 September 2015, 05:53 AM
Toxic gas kills 3 workers in Bogra
Two workers die after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning the chest house of a paper mill at Baromile of Kahaloo upazila in Bogra.
28 September 2015, 09:57 AM
'Dead' woman wakes up at Pakistan morgue
Woman wakes up at Pakistan morgue during the ritual bath ceremony.
22 September 2015, 07:25 AM
Pakistani girl honoured for standing against underage marriage
A 14-year-old Pakistani girl, Hadiqa Bashir, is honoured with ‘Mohammad Ali International Humanitarian Award’ in the US for her struggle against underage marriages.
21 September 2015, 07:55 AM
Myanmar adopts marriage bill
Myanmar's president has signed a law requiring Buddhist women to seek permission before marrying outside their faith. Parliament passed the bill in July
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Truck overturns in Odisha, 8 kabaddi players dead
Eight persons died when a mini truck carrying around 20 people, a team of local kabaddi players, overturned and fell off a bridge near Suarapalli village on the Lahunipara-Baharaposi in Sundargarh district.
20 September 2015, 07:40 AM
Nepal to adopt new secular constitution
Nepal has formally adopted a new constitution, nearly a decade after the country ended a long-running civil war.
20 September 2015, 06:49 AM
Motorcycle bomb kills 3 in Thai south
Three people were killed and 14 wounded by a motorcycle bomb blast in Thailand's deep south, officials said yesterday. Since 2004 more than 6,400 people
18 September 2015, 18:00 PM
PM greets Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sends a greeting card to her political archrival BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims.
17 September 2015, 12:55 PM
Erosion threatens country's largest seed farm
River erosion threatens the country's largest seed farm covering 1,044 acres of land in Dashmina upazila under the district.
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Elections likely in June 2017: Thai junta
Thailand's junta yesterday said elections are unlikely to take place before June 2017 in the latest delay to the restoration of democracy since the military seized
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Enceladus ocean 'must be global'
Scientists determines that the sub-surface body of water on the Saturnian moon Enceladus must be far more extensive than first thought.
16 September 2015, 12:48 PM
Child among 4 killed in Nepal protest
Police in Nepal fire rubber bullets into a crowd of demonstrators killing four people including a four-year-old boy, officials said, the latest in a series of clashes over a plan to set up a federal system.
16 September 2015, 10:10 AM
Jamuna erosion makes 200 families homeless in Bogra
Following the recession of flood water in Sariakandi upazila, the Jamuna River has eroded vast areas of four unions, rendering around
15 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Thai journo held for attitude adjustment
A prominent Thai journalist has been detained by the junta for so-called "attitude adjustment", a military official said yesterday, the latest deployment of the
14 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Key suspect fled to Turkey
A key suspect in August's deadly Bangkok shrine bombing has fled to Turkey, Thai police say. They believe Abudusataer Abudureheman, also known as Ishan, organised the bombing, which killed 20 people.
14 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Cops looking for 'Chinese' suspect
Thai police yesterday said an arrest warrant had been issued for a "Chinese" man over last month's deadly Bangkok blast, backtracking
12 September 2015, 18:00 PM
2 human traffickers held in Cox’s Bazar
Police, in a drive, arrested two human traffickers in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
12 September 2015, 05:56 AM
25 dead in mine explosive blast in India
At least 25 people are killed and 35 injured when explosives kept inside a building went off at a town in central Indian town of Madhya Pradesh.
12 September 2015, 05:21 AM
Singaporeans vote in general election
Singapore voted yesterday in its most hotly contested general election with the outcome expected to test the long-ruling People's Action Party's (PAP) dominance of politics even though it is bound to win.
11 September 2015, 18:00 PM