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Pakistan, Afghanistan: Heavy rain, storms kill 121
AFP, Kabul
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Afghanistan quake kills 12, including 8 members of same family
Reuters, Kabul
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Myanmar junta chief elected president
Reuters
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Pakistan hikes fuel prices sharply
Agencies
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Nepal holds its first post-polls parliament session
Agencies
3 April 2026, 05:01 AM South Asia
Myanmar House to elect new president today
AFP, Naypyidaw
3 April 2026, 04:44 AM South Asia
Nepal to issue formal apology to Dalits within 15 days
TNN, Kathmandu
2 April 2026, 23:43 PM South Asia

Quader will return home in two weeks: Hanif

Ruling Awami League casts a bright light on the condition of its General Secretary Obaidul Quader and says he will return home in a week or two.
6 March 2019, 05:01 AM

Satellite images show Jaish school standing after Indian bombing

High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number of militants.
6 March 2019, 04:58 AM

Pakistan detains dozens

Pakistan has detained dozens of alleged militants after a suicide attack in Indian-held Kashmir last month which sent tensions between the nuclear-armed foes soaring, its interior minister said yesterday.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

India launches 'smart fencing' in Assam border

India launches “smart fencing” comprising electronic surveillance along a difficult stretch of its border in Assam with Bangladesh.
5 March 2019, 14:06 PM

Bandhan Express to have stoppage at Jashore from Thursday

Bandhan Express will make a three-minute stoppage at Jashore Railway Junction from Thursday (March 7), allowing passengers to get on and off the train during their journey to and from Kolkata.
5 March 2019, 06:50 AM

Modi, Imran bask after Kashmir crisis

As tempers cool after an alarming confrontation between India and Pakistan, analysts say their leaders have emerged stronger -- with Narendra Modi burnishing his nationalist credentials and Imran Khan cast as a peacemaker.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Pakistan resumes firing at Indian border posts

Breaking a two-day lull, Pakistan’s troops resort to firing from mortars and small arms targeting Indian forward posts and villages along the de facto border in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian defence officials say.
4 March 2019, 08:44 AM

[WATCH] #PakistanIsLegendary: Film on the folklore of Sindh through the eyes of Eva zu Beck

You may see desert and sand, but Sindh is actually the land that has been home to one of the oldest civilisations in the world.
4 March 2019, 06:13 AM

Pakistan plans decisive crackdown on militant outfits

A decisive crackdown on extremist and militant organisations in Pakistan looks imminent. “The action would soon be visible as things progress,” a source told a group of journalists in Pakistan.
4 March 2019, 04:48 AM

Bangladesh hands over ‘detained’ Myanmar army man

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over a member of Myanmar Army to Myanmar today, 39 days after he was “detained” along the border in Bandarban on January 24, an official of the Bangladeshi paramilitary force has said.
3 March 2019, 10:08 AM

Bangladesh ranks 9th in most generous country in Asia

Bangladesh stands in the ninth position among its Asian neighbours in an international ranking as the most generous country. With an overall score of 31 per cent, the country has been ranked 74 in the world and fourth in South Asia in the CAF World Giving Index 2018.
3 March 2019, 06:36 AM

Indian defence minister meets IAF pilot Abhinandan

A day after Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s release by Pakistan, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets him and conveyed that the entire country is proud of his courage and determination, officials said.
2 March 2019, 15:50 PM

Part of Mumbai airport evacuated after ‘bomb threat call’

A part of the Mumbai international airport's Terminal 2 in India is evacuated after authorities received what they said was a "non-specific" bomb threat call around 11:00am, reports NDTV.
2 March 2019, 12:58 PM

India-Pakistan fighting kills 6 civilians, 2 Pak troops

Indian and Pakistani soldiers again target each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops, officials say.
2 March 2019, 12:52 PM

Taliban kill 23 Afghan forces

At least 23 Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on a joint US-Afghan base in southwestern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, as fighting continues amid a pause in peace talks between the insurgents and American negotiators.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Toughness in dealing terrorism: Modi

Three days after Indian war planes hit a terror camp in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi drives home his government’s tough posture in dealing with terrorism and said “India will longer be helpless in the wake of terror.”
1 March 2019, 12:06 PM

Pak minister boycotts Islamic council meeting over Indian presence

Pakistan's foreign minister says he would not attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Abu Dhabi this weekend because his Indian counterpart had been invited to the event.
1 March 2019, 07:26 AM

Social media fake news fans Indo-Pak tensions

With India and Pakistan standing on the brink of war this week, several false videos, pictures and messages circulated widely on social media, sparking anger and heightening tension in both countries.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Tension causes global travel chaos

Thousands of air travellers worldwide were left stranded yesterday after Pakistan closed its airspace in response to escalating tensions with India.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM

India will stand like a rock

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asked Indians to "stand as a wall" with anger boiling over Pakistan's capture of a pilot as a crisis escalates between the nuclear-armed rivals.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM