'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
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Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
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Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
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Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
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98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
26 August 2026
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Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
26 August 2026
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South Asia
Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
22 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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South Asia
Man dies after 'custody abuse' in Myanmar's Rakhine
A detainee in Myanmar's Rakhine state dies from injuries allegedly sustained in custody, his family said, as the army wages war against rebels in the same area which saw the 2017 mass expulsion of Rohingya Muslims.
4 July 2019
Rahul Gandhi resigns as Congress president
Congress MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi says that he is no longer the President of the party. He also said that the party’s working committee should meet immediately and decide on who would be the next president of the Congress.
3 July 2019
June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth: EU satellite agency
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across Western Europe, satellite data showed on Tuesday.
2 July 2019
Myanmar to send envoys to Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Myanmar is sending a high-level delegation soon to camps in Bangladesh to explain to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims how they can return home, Myanmar's UN ambassador says.
2 July 2019
Wall collapse kills 22 as monsoon causes chaos in Mumbai
At least 22 people are killed, 16 of them in India’s financial capital Mumbai, and over 80 injured in separate incidents of wall collapse in Maharashtra today following heavy rains.
2 July 2019
US calls for end to mobile data blackout in 2 Myanmar states
The United States urges an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest.
30 June 2019
Millions urge Indian govt to declare a 'climate emergency'
More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country.
29 June 2019
ICC forms pre-trial chamber on atrocities against Rohingyas
In a step forward, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has constituted a pre-trial chamber and assigned it to the situation in Bangladesh and Myanmar in regard to the alleged crimes against the Rohingyas.
26 June 2019
Rohingyas may be threat for security if not repatriated soon: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells parliament that the security and stability of Bangladesh may be hampered if the displaced Rohingyas cannot be repatriated soon.
26 June 2019
Assam excludes additional 1 lakh people in NRC
An additional 1,02,462 persons have been excluded from the draft final National Register of Citizens (NRC), a list of Indian nationals, in Assam, said a statement released today by the state NRC Coordinator.
26 June 2019
Three killed as fresh violence rocks Kolkata
Armed mobs rampaged through a town in India’s West Bengal state yesterday, hurling homemade bombs and firing weapons in new
20 June 2019
Sri Lanka to charge police for ‘lapses’
Sri Lankan authorities yesterday ordered the first criminal charges against security personnel for “lapses” before the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
20 June 2019
Imran Khan trolled after he quotes Tagore as Gibran
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tweets an inspirational quote but mistakenly attributes it to another writer which makes his tweet viral on social media.
20 June 2019
Lanka cop testifies, defying president
A Sri Lankan police officer yesterday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
18 June 2019
Four Indian troops killed in J&K clashes
Indian troops yesterday fought a gun battle with Kashmir rebels after a car bomb attack and other clashes left four soldiers and three militants dead in 24 hours, military officials said.
18 June 2019
India gunbattle kills 2 terrorists, soldier
Two terrorists and an Indian soldier were killed in a gun battle in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police say.
18 June 2019
Include Rohingyas in talks on repatriation: Rights groups
International human rights organisations have called on Asean to pressure Myanmar into allowing the ethnic group to participate in the process of their safe return.
18 June 2019
Tamanna, Nayma become role models for Congolese women
Two Bangladeshi female pilots have become the role models for Congolese women and girls while serving the United Nations peacekeeping mission and overcoming challenges boldly.
17 June 2019
India’s cricket diplomacy in the Maldives
One of the most abiding images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first bilateral visit to the Maldives on June 8 was him gifting President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih a cricket bat, containing the autographs of all the members of the Indian national team playing in the ongoing World Cup in England.
16 June 2019
India migrant girl died in US desert as mother sought water
A six-year-old girl from India died of heat stroke in an Arizona desert after her mother left her with other migrants to go in search of water, a medical examiner and U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday.
15 June 2019