Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
Agencies
7 HOUR(s) South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
The Kathmandu Post
27 August 2026 South Asia
'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
Reuters, Kathmandu
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
AFP, Nuwakot, Nepal
27 August 2026 South Asia
98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
Reuters, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
AFP, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
Reuters, Lahore
22 August 2026 South Asia

Pak PM sacks heads of gas utilities over crisis

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday sacked the chiefs of Sui Natural Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas
10 January 2019

Ayodhya case hearing adjourned till Jan 29

A new five-judge Constitution bench of the Indian Supreme Court will hear the Ayodhya title dispute case on another day as one of the
10 January 2019

Delhi cows, elderly to moo-ve in together

Delhi plans to create a special home for both elderly people and some of the Indian megacity's thousands of cows, in a new animal welfare blitz also aimed at reducing numbers of monkeys and stray dogs.
10 January 2019

Lanka struggles to repay record foreign debt: PM

Sri Lanka's prime minister said yesterday the country was struggling to pay back its ballooning foreign debt, blaming a recent political crisis for dealing a "death blow" to the economy.
10 January 2019

Modi-led panel removes Verma as CBI chief

India's federal police chief was ousted on Thursday by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government said, drawing criticism from the main opposition Congress party.
10 January 2019

'ARSA, Arakan Army Bases': Dhaka protests 'baseless' claim by Myanmar

Dhaka is utterly disappointed and aggrieved at Myanmar's allegation of existence of Arakan Army and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) bases in Bangladesh, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
9 January 2019

Non-Muslim Migrants: India passes bill to give citizenship

After a walkout by the main opposition Congress Party, the contentious constitution amendment bill seeking to give Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed by the Lok Sabha (LS) yesterday.
8 January 2019

Bangladesh 2nd largest economy in South Asia

Bangladesh has been ranked 41st among the largest economies in the world in 2019, up from the 43rd position since last year, according to an analysis by a UK based think tank.
7 January 2019

‘30 killed in Afghanistan gold mine collapse’

At least 30 people are killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan, officials say, in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country.
6 January 2019

India SC slams govt over trapped miners

India's Supreme Court yesterday slammed authorities for their failure to rescue 15 workers trapped for 21 days in a flooded coal mine in the country's remote northeast.
3 January 2019

India deports second group

India on Thursday deported a Rohingya Muslim family of five to neighbouring Myanmar, the second such group expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
3 January 2019

Protests paralyse Indian state

Conservative Hindu groups forced India's southern state of Kerala to a standstill yesterday as they protested against the state government for allowing two women to defy an ancient ban and enter a Hindu temple.
3 January 2019

Which country has the most public holidays in a year?

Cambodia enjoys the most number of non - working days with 28 public holidays in a year among the countries of the world, according to date collected by the World Atlas.
2 January 2019

India, Pakistan exchange list

New Delhi and Islamabad yesterday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations and prisoners, officials said.
1 January 2019

Hasina’s win ‘good news’: Indian newspaper editorials

Leading Indian newspapers editorially commented on the outcome of parliamentary elections in Bangladesh saying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s return to power is “good news” for relations with India, but cautioned against her government’s “authoritarian” strait.
1 January 2019

PIA fires pilots with fake school degrees

Pakistan's national flag carrier has fired 50 staffers including three pilots for holding fake high school degrees, an airline official said yesterday, in the latest embarrassing mishap to hit the troubled airline.
31 December 2018

278 skeletons found at Lanka mass grave

Some 278 skeletons have been found at one of the biggest mass graves uncovered in Sri Lanka since the end of civil war almost a decade ago, an investigator said yesterday.
28 December 2018

Rebels breach Myanmar ceasefire in army attack

Myanmar's army yesterday accused rebels of attacking and killing "some" of its soldiers, the first skirmish acknowledged by the military in the wake of a rare ceasefire with ethnic armed groups.
28 December 2018

India to send crew on space mission

India will send a three-member team into space for up to a week when it launches its first manned mission expected in 2022, the government announced yesterday.
28 December 2018

Assad's net tightens

Syrian troops deployed in support of Kurdish forces around a strategic northern city yesterday, in a shift of alliances hastened by last week's announcement of a US military withdrawal.
28 December 2018