Myanmar finalises Rohingya repatriation preparations as doubts mount

Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media says, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the United Nations.
20 January 2018, 09:21 AM

Maldives promises to block radical websites

The Maldives has promised to block websites seeking to radicalise its Muslim population, officials said, as the US warned extremist
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Three women killed as India, Pak trade fire

Three female civilians and a soldier have been killed in cross-border firing by the Indian and Pakistani armies, officials said yesterday,
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Mother-daughter polio team shot dead in Pak

A mother and daughter polio vaccination team were yesterday gunned down in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta as they were
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

India mulls nationalising river-linking plan

India is mulling giving “national” tag to all projects under the ambitious inter-linking of rivers plan which would make it easier for generating huge funds, including from foreign agencies at softer interest rate, for them and expedite their implementation.
18 January 2018, 06:18 AM

Myanmar sends 1300 names of ARSA men to Bangladesh

Myanmar sends a list containing names of more than 1,300 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) members to Bangladesh.
17 January 2018, 10:56 AM

Deconstructing bitcoins: Future of money or a fraud?

Bitcoin’s popularity in Asia has had a positive influence on other alternative cryptocurrencies such as ethereum and litecoin. Clearly there is a great demand for such digital money, even though its volatility hurts.
17 January 2018, 06:52 AM

Sharif compares graft cases to a 'flop' movie

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday compared the corruption cases against him to a 'flop' movie as he appeared
16 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Lanka SC dashes Sirisena's hope of longer term

Sri Lanka's top court has rejected a controversial attempt to extend President Maithripala Sirisena's term in office by an extra year,
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka lifts 38-yr ban on women buying, selling alcohol

Sri Lanka has revoked a 38-year ban on selling alcohol to women and employing them in places where the drinks are produced and sold.
15 January 2018, 04:48 AM

Rohingyas want to see security, rights ensured before return Myanmar: UNHCR

Rohingyas who fled from the persecution of Myanmar security forces want to see a positive development including citizenship, security, and scope for enjoying their basic rights before they return to their country from Bangladesh, the UNHCR says.
13 January 2018, 09:12 AM

Nation felt betrayed

Pakistan's army chief told a top US general the nation "felt betrayed" at criticism that it was not doing enough to fight terrorism, the
12 January 2018, 18:00 PM

India’s democracy under threat, say 4 SC judges

In an unprecedented development, four senior-most judges of India’s apex court after the Chief Justice address the media and said “sometimes things are not in order" in the administration of the Supreme Court".
12 January 2018, 13:22 PM

Journo flees abductors in Pakistan

A Pakistani journalist known for criticising the powerful military said he had escaped an abduction attempt after being assaulted by
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar cops charge Reuters reporters with breaching law

Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court yesterday with breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya repatriation: Dhaka hopeful for new beginning with Myanmar

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali hopes there will be a new beginning with Myanmar through Rohingya repatriation.
10 January 2018, 07:46 AM

Rohingya children stranded in Myanmar without their parents, says UN

About 100 Rohingya children are stranded in Myanmar without their parents after military operations drove 655,000 people into Bangladesh since August, the United Nations says.
10 January 2018, 04:43 AM

Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ

United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018, 05:18 AM

Bomb blast kills 4 police in Kashmir

Four policemen were killed yesterday in a bomb blast set off by suspected Islamist militants in Indian Kashmir, police and reports said,
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM

48,000 Rohingya babies set to be born in overcrowded Bangladesh camps in 2018

More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, beginning their lives in camps and makeshift settlements where families rely on food rations to survive and live in flimsy tents made of plastic and bamboo.
6 January 2018, 08:11 AM