Japan quake toll hits 30 as survivors struggle in heat
30 July 2026, 08:57 AM
Japan
Myanmar to take back 5,000 Rohingya refugees
30 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Deadly clashes break out as Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes
28 July 2026, 22:18 PM
South Asia
Japan issues tsunami alert after 7.1-magnitude quake
28 July 2026, 15:04 PM
Japan
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026, 12:10 PM
Southeast Asia
India suspends policeman for firing AK-47 at student protesters
27 July 2026, 20:58 PM
India
Indian activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters
27 July 2026, 17:18 PM
India
Post-youth protests: Modi announces panel to overhaul exam system
27 July 2026, 00:00 AM
India
Analysis / India's Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls
26 July 2026, 13:20 PM
India
Pralhad Joshi gets additional charge of India's education ministry
26 July 2026, 09:39 AM
India
Suicide blast kills 6 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed three children, age between 4 and 11, and three soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan,
15 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka lifts curfew for Buddhist festival
Sri Lankan authorities lifted a nationwide curfew yesterday for an important Buddhist festival, but celebrations were muted as the island nation’s new premier struggled to find his footing and tackle a worsening economic crisis.
15 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Manik Saha takes oath as chief minister of Tripura
Doctor-turned-politician Manik Saha was today sworn in as the chief minister of north eastern Indian state of Tripura, a day after Biplab Deb stepped down amid feud in the party.
15 May 2022, 08:00 AM
Sri Lanka eases curfew
Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours yesterday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made first his cabinet appointments after clashes between pro- and anti-government groups killed nine people.
14 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Tripura CM Bilab Dev resigns amid party infighting
Chief Minister of India’s BJP-ruled Tripura state Biplab Kumar Deb yesterday resigned from the post amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections there.
14 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Protesters, opposition reject new Sri Lankan PM's appointment, call for president's resignation
Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and insisted the president resign to take responsibility for the country's disastrous economic crisis.
14 May 2022, 16:07 PM
Wheat export ban won’t affect South Asian neighbours: India
India today indicated that it would not allow the food security of its South Asian neighbours to be hit by the ban imposed on exports of wheat and that the measure was a temporary one.
14 May 2022, 15:18 PM
Manik Saha replaces Biplab Kumar Deb as Tripura CM
India’s ruling BJP today effected a change of top leadership in the north eastern state of Tripura as Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today resigned and replaced by Manik Saha amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections there.
14 May 2022, 14:58 PM
Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigns amid state BJP infighting
Chief Minister of India’s BJP-ruled Tripura state Biplab Kumar Deb today resigned from the post amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections.
14 May 2022, 12:58 PM
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka: New PM struggles to form unity govt
Sri Lanka’s new prime minister yesterday struggled to forge a unity government and forestall an imminent economic collapse as opposition lawmakers refused to join his cabinet and demanded fresh elections.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
27 dead in Delhi fire
Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi yesterday, emergency services said.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
G7 condemns Taliban over growing curbs
The Group of Seven industrialised nations condemned the growing restrictions placed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, accusing the hardline Islamist group of isolating the country.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
North Korea reports first Covid-19 death
At least one person confirmed to have Covid-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
26 dead, 60 wounded at metro rail station fire in India's Delhi
At least 26 people were dead and more than 60 received burn injuries in a fire near a metro rail station in Delhi on Friday (May 13, 2022), Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said.
13 May 2022, 17:56 PM
Bangladesh, India willing to collaborate in use of radiation technology for cancer care
Bangladesh and India have stated their desire to collaborate on societal applications of radiation technologies in the areas like cancer care, nuclear medicine and food preservation.
13 May 2022, 09:54 AM
Taj Mahal cells don't contain idols: Archaeological Survey of India
Top officials of Archaeological Survey of India have said that the contention in the petition filed with Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench seeking opening of the 22 locked rooms of Taj Mahal is “factually incorrect,” reports Times of India.
13 May 2022, 08:44 AM
Sri Lanka's new PM Wickremesinghe struggles to form unity government
Sri Lanka's new prime minister was struggling Friday to forge a unity government and forestall an imminent economic collapse after a senior opposition figure refused to helm the finance ministry.
13 May 2022, 07:00 AM
Ustad Zakir Hussain's last goodbye to santoor wizard Shivkumar Sharma
The two virtuoso classical musicians may have done ‘jugalbandi’ several times but in the end, death left one of them a forlorn figure.
12 May 2022, 18:52 PM
Wickremesinghe takes oath as Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis
Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed on Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and economic crisis.
12 May 2022, 18:16 PM
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka gets new PM
Sri Lanka’s president swore in a new prime minister yesterday to replace his brother, who was banned from leaving the country after his supporters launched violent attacks on a protest against the nation’s dire economic crisis.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM