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Afghanistan quake kills 12, including 8 members of same family
4 April 2026, 09:42 AM
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Myanmar junta chief elected president
4 April 2026, 03:45 AM
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Pakistan hikes fuel prices sharply
4 April 2026, 03:17 AM
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Nepal holds its first post-polls parliament session
3 April 2026, 05:01 AM
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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
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Border Conflict / Burden lies with Afghanistan to end hostilities
2 April 2026, 23:45 PM
South Asia
Ex-wife taunts Pak PM Imran
Attacked by goons, as she claims, Reham Khan, activist and former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has slammed him over the country’s law and order situation.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
2021 saw 244 incidents of firing by BSF along Bangladesh border: Indian media
Firing of lethal and non-lethal weapons by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border has remained consistent during the period from 2015 to 2021, The Indian Express reported today quoting latest Indian Home Ministry data.
3 January 2022, 11:48 AM
Afghan intelligence agents pour 3,000 liters of alcohol in Kabul canal
A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 liters of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.
3 January 2022, 09:53 AM
Pakistan seeing sharp rise in sex crimes, says Imran Khan
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that sexual offences have risen sharply in the country.
3 January 2022, 09:50 AM
Sri Lanka in dire straits
Sri Lanka’s food prices rose by a record 22.1 percent in December, official figures showed yesterday, as the country struggles to finance urgent imports to tackle an acute shortage of essentials.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh, India resume Padma water level measurement
Bangladesh and India have resumed monitoring the water level of the Ganges and Padma rivers at different points under the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty 1996.
1 January 2022, 07:28 AM
Parents selling children shows desperation of destitute Afghans
In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter.
31 December 2021, 08:33 AM
EU for arms embargo on Myanmar
The European Union yesterday called for an international arms embargo on Myanmar’s junta and for toughening its own sanctions following last week’s massacre of more than 30 people.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi aides for sedition
A Myanmar junta court yesterday sentenced two close aides of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in jail for sedition, a legal
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Don’t ‘punish’ ex-employees
The Taliban’s supreme leader has ordered fighters not to punish members of Afghanistan’s former regime for past “crimes”, days after a video of an army commander being beaten went viral on social media.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghan women protest against Taliban killings of former soldiers
A crowd of women marched through the Afghan capital yesterday, accusing Taliban authorities of covertly killing soldiers who served the former US-backed regime.
28 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar Massacre: Two Save the Children staffers killed
Save the Children yesterday confirmed that two of its staff were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre blamed on junta troops that left the charred remains of more than 30 people on a highway in eastern Myanmar.
28 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar court delays Suu Kyi verdict
A Myanmar junta court yesterday again postponed giving its verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial for illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, a source with knowledge of the case said.
27 December 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Horrified’ UN calls for new year truce
The new United Nations special envoy to Myanmar yesterday said she was “deeply concerned” by escalating violence in the country and called for a new year ceasefire between the military and its opponents.
27 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka shuts three foreign missions as dollar crisis worsens
Sri Lanka yesterday announced the closure of three overseas diplomatic missions in a bid to save foreign currency reserves, as the country’s
27 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Taliban force curb on women travel
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghan women must be escorted by male relatives while travelling: Taliban
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative.
26 December 2021, 09:07 AM
Taliban govt scraps Afghan election commission
The Taliban have dissolved Afghanistan’s election commission, a panel that supervised polls during the previous Western-backed administration, a spokesman for the Islamist government said yesterday.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
30 killed, ‘bodies burnt’ Say reports; rights groups condemn brutal killings
More than 30 people, including women and children, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta 'rejected' Indian foreign secretary's request to meet Suu Kyi
Myanmar's military junta did not allow a meeting between visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Indian media reported today.
24 December 2021, 06:06 AM