Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
Star Report
11 HOUR(s) South Asia
Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
AFP, Nuwakot
11 HOUR(s) South Asia
I watched my village disappear in an instant
The Kathmandu Post
28 August 2026 South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
Agencies
28 August 2026 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

US-Bangla plane crash: Control room opens at Dhaka airport

A control room has been opened at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to provide necessary information and counselling to the families of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash.
13 March 2018

US-Bangla pledges support to crash victims

US-Bangla Airlines says it will bear the medical cost of the victims who survived the plane crash at Tribhuban International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
13 March 2018

Video of crashed US-Bangla plane

A journalist of Kantipur Media Group (KMG) posts a video of the crashed plane of US-Bangla Airlines at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu.
12 March 2018

Bangladesh, Singapore sign two MoUs

Bangladesh and Singapore sign two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for collaboration over Public Private Partnership (PPP) and air services.
12 March 2018

Myanmar erects security structures atop burned Rohingya land: Amnesty

Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International says, casting doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
12 March 2018

Trying to resolve Teesta issue, Modi tells Hamid

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, they are trying to resolve the hurdles to the signing of the Teesta water-sharing deal with Bangladesh 'keeping all concerned on board'.
11 March 2018

Shoe thrown at Nawaz Sharif in Lahore

A day after ink was thrown on Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in Sialkot, a shoe was thrown at PML-N's supreme leader Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Sunday, Dawn News TV reports.
11 March 2018

Indian SC allows passive euthanasia, ‘living will’

In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients if they give “living will” and under strict guidelines.
9 March 2018

Suu Kyi’s lost honours

Since the beginning of ongoing Rohingya crisis, the world’s biggest humanitarian catastrophe, many international organisations withdrew or suspended awards and titles they gave to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her contribution and struggle in democracy.
8 March 2018

US Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum says.
8 March 2018

State of emergency in Sri Lanka after communal clash

Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island's central district of Kandy.
6 March 2018

Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Kandy

Sri Lanka yesterday imposed a curfew in a central hill station town popular with tourists after days of communal unrest that saw a man
5 March 2018

Hindu woman elected to Pakistan's senate in historic first

A woman from Pakistan's marginalised Hindu minority is elected to the senate for the first time ever in an election over the weekend in which a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated.
4 March 2018

Bangladesh, India, Russia ink MoU for Rooppur power plant implementation

Bangladesh, India and Russia sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for implementation of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
2 March 2018

Sri Lanka begins probe into disappearances

Sri Lanka has appointed commissioners to a special panel tasked with investigating war-era disappearances, three years after President
1 March 2018

India approves first anti-human trafficking bill

India's cabinet on Wednesday approved the country's first anti-human trafficking bill, increasing penalties for perpetrators and focusing on helping them recover from their ordeal, in a bid to battle the growing scourge.
1 March 2018

Fight against terrorism isn't war on any religion

The visiting King of Jordan Abdullah II yesterday said the global battle against terror was not a fight among different religions but a fight against extremism, hate and violence.
1 March 2018

Sri Lanka mosque damaged in clash

At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a clash between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and
27 February 2018

Ousted Pak PM's brother inches closer to power

The brother of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif took a small step closer to the premiership yesterday after he was named
27 February 2018

Afghan Taliban calls for direct talks with US

The Taliban has called for direct talks with the US to find a "peaceful solution" to the conflict in Afghanistan, in an apparent policy shift
27 February 2018