Over three lakh Rohingyas verified for repatriation
16 August 2026
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Asia
Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
14 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Cyber threat: North Korean hackers build AI tools for attacks
11 August 2026
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Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead official over money row
11 August 2026
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Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home, school
8 August 2026
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Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Four dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy minister
7 August 2026
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Asia
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
7 August 2026
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Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Symbols distributed among candidates
Symbols were yesterday distributed among four candidates contesting the Tangail-4 (Kalihati) by-polls slated for
22 October 2015
Xi Jinping to sign Hinkley Point nuclear power deal in UK
China's leader Xi Jinping is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.
21 October 2015
Malaysia's PM faces no-confidence vote
Malaysia's opposition leader said yesterday she would seek a parliamentary vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Najib Razak, who faces fierce scrutiny over corruption allegations.
19 October 2015
China's economic growth falls to 6.9%
China's economy grows 6.9 percent in the third quarter, the weakest rate since the global financial crisis.
19 October 2015
Beijing tries to soothe S China Sea jitters
Beijing sought to soothe tensions over its South China Sea claims yesterday, saying it will avoid the use of force in the region as the US ponders sending warships close to territory claimed by the Asian giant.
17 October 2015
Youth found murdered
Police recovered body of an unidentified young man from an abandoned house near Jessore-Satkhira highway in
15 October 2015
Mojaheed, SQ Chy to file review pleas tomorrow
War criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will file petitions with the Supreme Court tomorrow seeking review of their death penalty.
13 October 2015
RAF helicopter crash: Five Nato staff die in Afghanistan
Five people, including two RAF personnel, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
12 October 2015
Local body polls under party banner unrealistic: BNP
BNP alleges that the government has decided to hold the local body polls under party banner in December and January only to avoid the demand of national polls.
9 October 2015
Four-year-old boy in China dies in escalator accident
A four-year-old boy in the Chinese city of Chongqing has died after becoming wedged under an escalator handrail at a subway station.
9 October 2015
HK univ protest over academic freedoms
Around 2,000 protesters at Hong Kong University marched yesterday to support academic freedom as fears grow that Beijing is interfering
6 October 2015
HK ex-leader Tsang charged with graft
Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang, who ended his term in disgrace after accepting favours from tycoons, appeared in court yesterday charged with misconduct in the latest high-profile corruption case to hit the city.
5 October 2015
N Korea releases NY university student
North Korea yesterday released and deported a South Korean man studying at New York University who was arrested back in April for
5 October 2015
Medical test protesters withdraw Shahbagh sit-in
Students seeking retake of the MBBS and BDS admission tests withdraw their six-hour sit-in at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka for today.
4 October 2015
Australia shootings: 'Two dead' near Sydney police HQ
Two people are killed in a shooting outside New South Wales state police headquarters in western Sydney, Australian police say.
2 October 2015
Afghan Taliban attack: Fierce clashes for control of Kunduz
Fierce fighting is continuing between Afghan forces and the Taliban in parts of Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz, despite government claims that it had regained control of the city.
2 October 2015
Series of bombs in China kills seven people
A series of package bombs exploded yesterday in the southwest China city of Liuzhou, killing at least seven people and injuring 51, state media said.
30 September 2015
Afghans battle to retake Taliban city
Afghan troops backed by US air support launched a counter-offensive yesterday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran
29 September 2015
Thai junta mulls 'Great Firewall'
Thailand's junta is facing growing opposition over plans to introduce a single Internet gateway for the country to make it easier to
28 September 2015
Taliban overrun key Afghan city
The Taliban seized control of half of a major Afghan city yesterday, witnesses said, the first time they have done so since being ousted
28 September 2015