Human rights groups yesterday expressed alarm at Sri Lanka's leader for praising Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody war on drugs as an "example to the whole world".

Myanmar postpones a planned visit by the UN refugee chief to Rakhine state following renewed fighting between security forces and insurgents, a spokesman says.

Responding to an outbreak of chicken pox in the Rohingya refugee camps, health sector partners led by the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization steps up surveillance and initiates measures to curtail further spread of the disease and prevent any complications.

The United Nations (UN) calls on the Myanmar government to allow “rapid and unimpeded” humanitarian access to Rakhine State, where fighting between government troops and autonomy-seeking rebels has displaced thousands of people.

The Rakhine State government has banned all humanitarian assistance groups from villages in northern Rakhine State where renewed violence recently has sparked security concerns, reports Myanmar Times.

A Myanmar court yesterday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defence had not provided sufficient evidence to show they were innocent.

In a flagrant violation of international law, Myanmar has been building a concrete structure in the no-man's land on its border with Bangladesh in Bandarban's Ghumdhum area.

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee will arrive in Bangladesh on January 19 for a six-day visit to meet the Rohingya community.

A court in the Philippines yesterday convicted a former branch manager at Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of money laundering, in the first conviction over the Bangladesh Bank reserves heist in which $81 million was stolen nearly three years ago.

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Malaysia must properly define what statements are considered insulting to the royal institution, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday.

Malaysia must properly define what statements are considered insulting to the royal institution, says the country's Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Astronomers in Canada have detected a mysterious volley of radio waves from far outside our galaxy, according to two studies published Wednesday in Nature.

A Dhaka Court today sends 13 Rohingyas to the jail on charges of securing Bangladeshi passports through forgery.

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.

The head of the United Nations in Myanmar on Wednesday expressed concern about the situation in the western state of Rakhine, where fighting between the military and the rebel Arakan Army has displaced about 4,500 people since early December.

Bhutan's Information and Communications Minister Karma Donnen Wangdi says the government will provide ex-country training opportunities for about 292 media professionals during the 12th Plan as part of its media development programme.

Myanmar President Win Myint expresses his interest to work more closely with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address common challenges of the two countries for the mutual benefit of the people.

Australia said yesterday it will "carefully consider" the asylum claim of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled alleged abuse from her family and is now in the care of the UN in Bangkok, after she fended off deportation in a gripping, live-tweeted ordeal.

China should rein in the methamphetamine-producing militias under its influence in eastern Myanmar and stem the flow of precursor chemicals fuelling the multi-billion-dollar drug trade, a report said yesterday.