Letting Nawaz go abroad was big mistake: Imran Khan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday admitted that the government made a mistake by allowing PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment.
19 February 2022, 08:03 AM

Lanka clears top officials

Sri Lanka’s High Court yesterday acquitted two top officials accused of “crimes against humanity” for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. 
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM

BGB hands over Indian girl to BSF at Tentulia border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over an Indian girl, who was detained by Tentulia police yesterday near the border for trespassing into Bangladesh, after a company commander-level flag meeting with India's Border Security force (BSF) this afternoon. 
18 February 2022, 14:32 PM

Pak struggles to quell violence on its Afghan border

Pakistan’s military has stepped up operations along the Afghan border in recent weeks after a spate of militant attacks that has dashed any hope the frontier might see more peace and stability after the end of the war in Afghanistan.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Asean envoy seeks Myanmar junta blessing to meet its opponents

A special Southeast Asian envoy to the crisis in Myanmar yesterday said he was seeking to visit the country next month and appealed to its military junta to give its blessing for him to talk with a shadow government it has labelled “terrorists”.
17 February 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Real life Bajrangi Bhaijaan’: Bangladeshi youth, lost in India, reunites with family after years

Liton Bhumij’s family in Bangladesh had begun to lose hope of finding the 25-year-old with special needs, when an activist found him at a tea garden in Assam’s Cachar -- years after Liton accidentally entered Indian territory in 2017.
17 February 2022, 09:49 AM

Fortify Rights wants arms embargo on Myanmar

Fortify Rights has urged ASEAN to support the establishment of a UN Security Council-mandated global embargo on the sale of weapons and military technology to Myanmar.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Pakistan isn’t part of a certain camp: PM

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday dispelled the impression that Pakistan was more inclined towards China than any other country, clarifying that the country’s strategic direction was to “maintain relations with everyone”.
13 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Mob kills man over 'blasphemy' in Pakistan

A mob lynched a man because he had allegedly burnt pages of the Holy Quran in central Pakistan and dozens of people have been arrested, police and officials said on Sunday.
13 February 2022, 13:28 PM

Sri Lanka bans strikes as unions cripple govt hospitals

Sri Lanka’s president banned strikes in the health and electricity sectors yesterday as trade union action that has crippled state-run hospitals entered its sixth day.
12 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Two foreign journos on assignment for UN detained in Kabul

Two international journalists who were on an assignment for the UN refugee agency have been detained in the Afghan capital, the UNHCR said yesterday.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM

All for a baby boy

A pregnant Pakistani woman had a nail hammered into her head by a faith healer who said it would guarantee she gave birth to a boy, a doctor said yesterday.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Nail hammered into head of pregnant woman to ‘guarantee baby boy’ in Pakistan

A pregnant Pakistani woman had a nail hammered into her head by a faith healer who said it would guarantee she gave birth to a boy, a doctor said Wednesday.
9 February 2022, 14:39 PM

Boycott calls in India: Hyundai regrets Pakistani distributor’s tweet

South Korean Hyundai Motor Company today regretted the offence caused to Indians by “unauthorised Kashmir-related social media posts” by its distributor in Pakistan and said the action was against firm’s global policy.
8 February 2022, 08:51 AM

Indians call for boycotting Hyundai over its Pakistani partner's tweets on Kashmir

South Korea's Hyundai Motor faced calls on Monday for a boycott of its cars from Indians incensed over a tweet from the account of its Pakistan partner that expressed solidarity for the people of the disputed territory of Kashmir.
7 February 2022, 16:47 PM

Avalanche kills 19 at mountain pass along Pak-Afghan border

At least 19 people were killed by an avalanche on Monday while crossing a remote mountain pass from Afghanistan to Pakistan, a Taliban official said.
7 February 2022, 13:28 PM

Everest’s highest glacier rapidly losing ice: study

Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.
5 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Lanka president calls for diaspora investment

Sri Lanka marked its independence day yesterday with an appeal to its diaspora to send money home to overcome the island’s worsening economic
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Missing women activists: UN demands info from Taliban

The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained by the group this week from Kabul
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi back in court

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to a junta court yesterday after skipping a previous hearing because she felt unwell, a source with
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM