Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
AFP, Singapore
14 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
AFP
10 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
AFP, Nonthaburi
7 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur
5 August 2026 Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
Reuters, Bangkok
13 July 2026 Accidents & Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
The Star, Petaling Jaya
5 July 2026 Crime & Justice
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
AFP, Vientiane
30 May 2026 Southeast Asia

Thailand confirms first MERS case

Thai health officials yesterday said a 75-year-old man from Qatar was confirmed to have MERS, the country's first case after a deadly outbreak of the virus hit South Korea.
18 June 2015

Suu Kyi says Rohingya issue needs careful handling

In rare comments on Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged caution on granting citizenship to minorities, saying the sensitive
18 June 2015

Khaplang's deal changed rebel equation

Burmese Naga rebel chieftain SS Khaplang's truce with Myanmar's Thein Sein government in 2012 is believed to have reinvigorated
15 June 2015

Malaysian trafficking ring kingpins’ cover blown

Malaysian businessmen are kingpins of network involved in trafficking of Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingyas at Malaysian-Thai border, police say.
15 June 2015

Suu Kyi wraps up China visit

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wrapped up her first visit to China yesterday, a trip that saw her meet the country's President Xi Jinping ahead of Myanmar
14 June 2015

War crimes trial: Forkan verdict any day

A tribunal in Dhaka concludes trial proceedings of war crimes suspect Forkan Mallik and keep the case waiting for verdict delivery. He faces five war crimes charges.
14 June 2015

Man found dead

Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a sugar cane field in Kaharol upazila of the district on Friday. Locals found the
13 June 2015

Heavy rains halt train service in Mymensingh

Train service on Mymensingh-Jamalpur route disrupts for three hours as rail tracks went under water in Mymensingh after the city experienced the highest rainfall.
13 June 2015

Pakistan warns aid groups after Save the Children expelled

Pakistan's interior minister says the government was ready to throw out more foreign aid groups, a day after Save the Children were expelled for "working against the country".
12 June 2015

Lightning kills 5, injures 13 in five districts

At least five people were killed and 13 others injured by lightning in Barisal, Thakurgaon, Chandpur and Munshiganj districts
11 June 2015

5 Ctg detectives suspended for drive without permission

Authorities suspend five detectives of Chittagong Metropolitan Police as they went on an operation without permission from higher authorities.
11 June 2015

Modi better salesman than me: Manmohan

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ripped into the Narendra Modi government's claims on economic revival.
9 June 2015

Joynal made press secretary to president

Joynal Abedin, additional principal information officer of Press Information Department, has been appointed as the press secretary to the president.
9 June 2015

Malaysia quake toll hits 16

Six Singapore primary school students and one teacher were among 16 people so far confirmed killed by an earthquake that rocked Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, government
7 June 2015

Burma's drug-fuelled economic boom

Visitors flying into this buzzing tropical metropolis step into a modern glass-and-steel airport that symbolizes both Myanmar's aspirations to rejoin the wider world after years of isolation and the country's troubled past.
7 June 2015

Trafficking: Top Thai army officer surrenders

A top army officer of Thailand, Lt General Manas Khongpaen, turns himself in days after a Thai provincial court allowed police to arrest him over his alleged involvement in trafficking of Rohingyas and other boatpeople, The Guardian reports.
3 June 2015

China ship capsize: Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors

The death toll in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years doubles to 14.
3 June 2015

4 of a family killed in Bandarban

Four of a family including two children are killed over what police suspect family feud in Bandarban Sadar upazila.
29 May 2015

Shopkeeper found dead

Police recovered the body of a shopkeeper from a paddy field at Abur Khil village in Raozan upazila yesterday morning.
28 May 2015

HC to decide on Niko case proceedings against Khaleda in mid June

The High Court will deliver its decision in mid of June on whether the trial proceedings of Niko corruption case against of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will run at the lower court.
28 May 2015