Nepal-China floods: Rain, rising rivers hamper rescue ops
31 August 2026
•
South Asia
Pakistan suspends eight officials after infant ward fire
31 August 2026
•
South Asia
Pakistan suspends eight officials after deadly infant ward fire
30 August 2026
•
World
Nepal-China flash floods: Race against time to find nearly 3,000 missing
30 August 2026
•
South Asia
Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
29 August 2026
•
South Asia
Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
29 August 2026
•
South Asia
Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
•
Natural Disaster
I watched my village disappear in an instant
28 August 2026
•
South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
•
South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
•
South Asia
Indian IT companies worried over Trump's new visa plans
As the United States looks at tightening visa rules for skilled foreign workers, concerns are mounting that India's software industry will take a hit.
11 February 2017
Which Asian country consumes more oil?
Three countries -- China, India and Japan -- account for more than 63% of the Asia’s total oil consumption, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy report.
11 February 2017
Malaysia ship arrives in Myanmar port
A small group of protesters greeted a ship from Malaysia when it docked in Myanmar yesterday carrying aid bound
9 February 2017
Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize replica stolen
Indian social activist Kailash Satyarthi's house in south Delhi has been burgled and his Nobel prize replica is among the objects that have been stolen, the country’s police said on Tuesday.
7 February 2017
Start-up fever grips young tech-savvy Indians
In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg.
7 February 2017
Afghan diplomat shot dead at Karachi consulate
An Afghan diplomat is shot dead by a guard at the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in a personal dispute, officials say.
6 February 2017
Myanmar forces raped Rohingya women: HRW
Myanmar government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls during security operations in northern Rakhine State in late 2016, Human Rights Watch says.
6 February 2017
Dhaka calls out to support relocating Rohingyas to Hatiya
Bangladesh calls out to the United Nations and other international communities for supporting the government’s plan to relocate Rohingyas to Thengar char in Hatiya.
5 February 2017
JuD rebrands under new name in Pakistan
Jamaat-ud-Dawa has rebranded under the new name of 'Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir', just days after its chief Hafiz Saeed was put
4 February 2017
Did not expect Pakistan to behave so harshly: Sharbat Gula
National Geographic's famed 'Afghan Girl' Sharbat Gula says in an exclusive interview with BBC that she was taken aback by the Pakistani government.
4 February 2017
100 Indian children died from eating litchis on empty stomach: Study
More than 100 children died of mystery illness for eating litchis on an empty stomach in a year in northern India, according to a research.
2 February 2017
India road victim dies of bleeding as bystanders film
In a horrific instance of public apathy, an 18-year-old boy bleeds to death following a road accident as people take photos on their phones and film him instead of offering help in India’s Bengaluru city.
2 February 2017
India’s objection to a Pakistani secretary general may hurt Saarc
New Delhi, however, through a diplomatic note last month asked the secretariat to adhere to the “due working procedures” in the appointment of Thapa’s successor.
2 February 2017
WATCH what happened when Salman met Jackie Chan
Salman Khan didn't want to miss a rendezvous with Jackie Chan when the king of martial arts came down to India.
1 February 2017
India’s oldest elephant dies
Indira, India’s oldest elephant dies at 99, reports The Hindu.
1 February 2017
Pakistan detains top suspect Hafiz Saeed
A militant group held protests in Pakistan's major cities yesterday after its leader, one of the alleged masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai
31 January 2017
Bangladesh pushes on with Rohingya island plan
Bangladesh will push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to a remote island despite warnings it is uninhabitable and prone to flooding.
31 January 2017
Pakistan orders house arrest for alleged brain of 2008 Mumbai attacks
Pakistan orders Hafiz Saeed, accused by the United States and India of masterminding the 2008 attacks on the Indian financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people, to be placed under house arrest.
31 January 2017
Maldives rejects UN call to free ex-minister
The Maldives yesterday rejected a UN call to release former defence minister Mohamed Nazim and pay him damages after he was jailed
30 January 2017
Muslim lawyer's killing political
The killing of a top Muslim lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi who was gunned down outside Yangon airport was a political assassination and a "terrorist act", Myanmar's ruling party said yesterday.
30 January 2017