Pakistan train blast kills 24, injures 70
Reuters
25 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Leaked cable hints at US role in Imran’s ouster
Star Desk
19 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pakistan sends new Iranian proposal to US
Agencies
19 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Car bomb kills 15 cops in Pakistan
AFP, Peshawar
11 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pakistan eyes Chinese capital markets with panda bond
Reuters
10 May 2026, 09:44 AM Global Economy
BJP names Suvendu Adhikari as Chief Minister of West Bengal
AFP, Kolkata 
8 May 2026, 19:44 PM South Asia
Sri Lanka raises fuel prices as inflation spikes
AFP
3 May 2026, 14:36 PM South Asia

Nepal ruling coalition in fresh turmoil

Nepal’s ruling coalition was in turmoil yesterday after the prime minister said he planned to support a presidential candidate from an opposition party, a decision that prompted the deputy prime minister and three other ministers to resign.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

G20 meet in India: Division emerges over Russia-Ukraine war

India wants the geopolitical tension to be referred to as a "crisis" or a "challenge" while the US and other western nations want to describe it as nothing short of "war"
24 February 2023, 17:45 PM

Adani invests in bankrupt Sri Lanka

The project comes after Sri Lanka awarded Adani a $700 million strategic port terminal project in Colombo in 2021
23 February 2023, 12:31 PM

China lends Pak further $700m

Pakistan will this week receive a new $700 million loan from China to help shore up its foreign exchange reserves, the country’s finance minister said yesterday, in another step to help the South Asian nation recover from an economic crisis.
22 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Austerity drive: Pakistan to cut govt expenses by 15%

The belt-tightening comes as Islamabad - which is facing a balance of payment crisis - thrashes out a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure funds worth $1 billion
22 February 2023, 16:13 PM

Sri Lanka set to postpone local polls

Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests yesterday that forced parliament
21 February 2023, 18:00 PM

China blasts US over ‘hysterical’ balloon claim

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi yesterday blasted the United States’s reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as “hysterical and absurd”, in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Pak Taliban warns of more attacks on cops

Pakistan’s Taliban yesterday warned of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four people were killed when a suicide squad stormed a police compound in Karachi.
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

N Korea fires ‘ICBM, lands in Japan EEZ’

A North Korean missile that is believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone was intercontinental ballistic missile-class, the government in Tokyo said yesterday.
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

China officials make rare visit to Taiwan

A group of officials from Shanghai arrived in Taiwan yesterday for the first visit to the island by Chinese politicians since 2020.
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Militants storm office of Karachi police chief

Militants yesterday stormed the office of the Karachi police chief in southern Pakistan, which was cleared after hours-long operation that left at least three gunmen dead.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM

3 militants, 4 others killed in Karachi Police Office attack

Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement
17 February 2023, 15:14 PM

Survey at BBC: India’s tax officials found 'discrepancies'

India's Central Board of Direct Taxes said its income tax teams during the survey have "unearthed crucial evidence by way of statement of employees, digital proof and documents"
17 February 2023, 13:18 PM

Escaped pet leopard runs amok in Pakistan capital

A pet leopard escaped from a house in the Pakistan capital and roamed the streets for hours before being shot with a sedation dart, wildlife officials said Friday
17 February 2023, 11:11 AM

India wraps up 'survey' at BBC offices after 3 days

The survey operation, which had begun at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offices at around 11:30am on Tuesday, lasted for nearly sixty hours
16 February 2023, 18:02 PM

Lanka hikes power prices by 66pc

Sri Lanka’s electricity board hiked consumer rates by up to 275 percent, officials said yesterday, the second steep increase in months as the bankrupt island nation works to secure an IMF bailout.
16 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Afghan Taliban bans contraception

Taliban fighters have stopped the sale of contraceptives in two of Afghanistan’s main cities, claiming their use by women is a western conspiracy to control the Muslim population, according to a media report.
16 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Pak court rejects Imran Khan bail

An Islamabad court yesterday rejected the request of PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan, for an extension of his interim bail.
15 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court rejects Imran Khan’s bail extension plea

The plea was made in a case pertaining to a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) following its decision in the Toshakhana case
15 February 2023, 10:53 AM

Sri Lanka bans single-use plastics to save elephants

Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning.
14 February 2023, 07:45 AM