China plans bullet train to India via Bangladesh

Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu has said his country is mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Three terrorists killed in J&K encounter

Three Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) terrorists were killed and twelve security personnel, including a DSP, injured yesterday in an encounter in
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Opposition seeks FM's resignation

The leader of India's opposition Congress Party has called for the resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over what he termed an act of "collusion" in the case of Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya - an accusation Jaitley denies.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Pak army curbs press freedom

Pakistan's military is using fear and intimidation to stifle the media and undermine press freedom even as overall violence against reporters has fallen, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Wednesday.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Ease visa rules for foreign journos

The main Maldives opposition party said on Wednesday that President Abdulla Yameen's government must ease "draconian" visa measures limiting the number of foreign journalists coming to cover a presidential election on September 23.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Pakistan military 'quietly' stifles press with intimidation: CPJ

Pakistan's military is using fear and intimidation to stifle the media and undermine press freedom even as overall violence against reporters has fallen, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
13 September 2018, 06:22 AM

Death toll in Afghan suicide attack hits 68

The death toll from a suicide attack on Afghan protesters has soared to 68, officials said yesterday, as violence flares across the country
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Ex-Pak PM released on parole

Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter have been temporarily released on parole for the funeral of his wife, government and party sources said yesterday.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

India sentences two to death over 2007 blasts

An Indian court Monday sentenced two members of a banned Islamist militant group to death for carrying out twin blasts in August 2007 in the southern city of Hyderabad that killed 44 people.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM

‘Illegal Bangladeshis are not in Assam alone, but all over India’

Ahead of national elections, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has stepped up its campaign on the issue of National Register of Citizens making a strong pitch for widening its ambit from Assam to all other states of the country.
11 September 2018, 05:08 AM

Fuel Price Protests in India: Opposition blocks roads, railways

Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of India yesterday, and in some places protesters blocked trains and roads and vandalised vehicles.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

9,000MW power to be imported by 2041

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has planned to import 9000 MW electricity from neighbouring countries by 2041 to maintain the country's high economic growth.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Pak sitting on billions worth of 'dead capital'

Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday said Pakistan is sitting on hundreds of billions of rupees in "dead capital" in the form of state land and rest houses and official residences built on that land.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM

China dominates Asian economies

From Xi’s China to Duterte’s Philippines, Asian economies have risen as the world’s best countries in terms of GDP.
9 September 2018, 05:08 AM

5 killed in Nepal chopper crash

A helicopter crashed into a hillside in central Nepal yesterday, killing five on board, including a Japanese tourist, officials said. One
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM

BGB-BSF conference adopts measures against border crimes

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) agree on different measures against criminal activities at the border between the two countries.
7 September 2018, 11:26 AM

Gay sex no more a crime in India

India's top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex yesterday, in a landmark judgement that sparked celebrations across India and elsewhere in South Asia, where activists hope to push for similar reform.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Lanka's ex-leader seeks comeback with night vigil

Tens of thousands of supporters of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse staged a huge night rally in Colombo late Wednesday as the ex-leader demanded snap elections.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM

US, India seek to deepen ties

Top Indian and US officials yesterday touted deepening ties that will see greater cooperation between the two countries' militaries -- and will likely result in India buying more American arms.
6 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Indian girl, 9, gang-raped, murdered

Indian police have arrested a woman and four others after her nine-year-old stepdaughter was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, in
5 September 2018, 18:00 PM