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South Asia
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South Asia
How is South Asia tackling the Iran war-driven energy crisis?
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South Asia
Pakistan, Afghanistan: Heavy rain, storms kill 121
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Afghanistan quake kills 12, including 8 members of same family
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South Asia
Myanmar junta chief elected president
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South Asia
Pakistan hikes fuel prices sharply
4 April 2026, 03:17 AM
South Asia
Nepal holds its first post-polls parliament session
3 April 2026, 05:01 AM
South Asia
Myanmar House to elect new president today
3 April 2026, 04:44 AM
South Asia
Nepal to issue formal apology to Dalits within 15 days
2 April 2026, 23:43 PM
South Asia
India has no right to mistreat refugees: HRW
Human Rights Watch slams Indian authorities for “mistreating” the Rohingya refugees and said the country had no rights to conduct such behaviour.
25 September 2017, 07:35 AM
Youth tortured dead by BSF in Thakurgaon
A Bangladeshi young man is tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Dabri border area in Haripur upazila.
25 September 2017, 07:14 AM
Indian senior journalist, mother killed in Punjab
A former senior news editor of The Indian Express and his 92-year-old mother have been killed at their residence in Mohali in Punjab of India.
23 September 2017, 11:45 AM
World must join to stop Rohingya genocide: Shabana Azmi
The violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar amounts to genocide and the world must get together to stop it, says actor-activist Shabana Azmi.
23 September 2017, 07:29 AM
Process for taking back some Rohingya refugees ‘anytime’, Suu Kei tells Nikkei
Facing worldwide outrage over ethnic violence that forced over four lakhs of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her country is willing to start the verification process “any time” to take back some of the Rohingya refugees.
23 September 2017, 06:23 AM
Cooperation among SAARC countries at risk: Sushma Swaraj
India cautions that cooperation among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries “remains at serious risk due to rising number of threats and incidents” that threaten the region’s peace and stability.
23 September 2017, 06:18 AM
Fires continue at Rohingya villages in Myanmar: Amnesty
Amnesty International says new satellite images and videos taken as recently as Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicting Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims that military operations there have ended.
23 September 2017, 04:16 AM
Pak won't be 'scapegoat' in Afghan war
Pakistan refuses to be a "scapegoat" for Afghanistan's bloodshed or to fight wars for others, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told
22 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya crisis dents Myanmar hopes of Western investment boom
When officials from Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon toured six European countries in June, they were hoping to drum up investment in transport, energy and education.
22 September 2017, 06:09 AM
India’s 'Falahari Baba' charged with rape
At a time when self-declared godmen and "saints" are in the public glare, the famed "Falahari Baba" in Rajasthan has been charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at his ashram, reports NDTV.
21 September 2017, 14:40 PM
Trump urges 'strong and swift' UN action to end Rohingya crisis: Mike Pence
US President Donald Trump is urging the United Nations Security Council to take "strong and swift action" to bring Myanmar's Rohingya crisis to an end, US Vice President Mike Pence says.
20 September 2017, 16:56 PM
BIMSTEC joint exercise in Nov
Senior disaster management officials from seven countries of South and South East Asia, including Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, are to gather here to conduct a joint exercise to test their readiness for a united response to major natural disasters in a region prone to cyclones, flood, drought and earthquake.
20 September 2017, 06:34 AM
Nawaz Sharif skips Pak court hearing
Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday failed to appear before a court hearing corruption cases against him as he was in
19 September 2017, 18:26 PM
Rohingya refugee crisis: Britain suspends Myanmar military training
Britain suspended its training programme for military in Myanmar due to the violence in Rakhine state, a British government spokesman says.
19 September 2017, 16:50 PM
India deeply concerned at recent spate of violence in Myanmar
India’s permanent representative to UN in Geneva, Rajiv K. Chander says India is deeply concerned about the recent spate of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state that has forced to flee a large number of Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017, 13:31 PM
5 dubious claims Myanmar's Suu Kyi made in her speech
Here are five dubious claims Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi made in her speech addressing the situation in Rakhine State.
19 September 2017, 12:47 PM
New satellite imagery shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed in Rakhine
A new analysis of satellite imagery from Myanmar’s Rakhine state shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed, Human Rights Watch says.
19 September 2017, 11:20 AM
Reactions to speech by Myanmar's Suu Kyi on violence in Rakhine state
Here are some reactions from diplomats, aid agency officials, human rights groups and others to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's first address to the nation since attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on August 25 sparked a military response that has forced more than 410,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017, 10:31 AM
Rohingya Muslims being wiped off Myanmar’s map
For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, they are, quite literally, being wiped off the map.
19 September 2017, 07:04 AM
Nepal holds final phase of local polls
Nepal yesterday completed its first local elections for nearly two decades, a key step in the country's protracted post-war transition to
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM