China’s Communist Party said yesterday that it had elected all the delegates attending a key political meeting starting October 16, where President Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term.

The Chinese embassy in Bangladesh in collaboration with the foreign affairs office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province and Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Dhaka organised a programme to celebrate the 73rd National Day of the People’s Republic of China on Saturday. 

North Korea fired a ballistic missile yesterday, Seoul’s military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang.

An audio recording of an alleged conversation, purportedly between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a government official, was leaked on social media on Saturday, with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders claiming that it shows the PM putting his family’s business interests before those of the state.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has urged the international community to listen to “more voices of reason” and experiences “more acts of goodwill” in these turbulent times and said his country “is willing and able on both counts.”

North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, ahead of planned military drills by South Korean and US forces involving an aircraft carrier and a visit to the region by US Vice President Kamala Harris.

Sri Lankan police dispersed hundreds of demonstrators yesterday, a day after severely curtailing protest rights in response to months of unrest sparked by the island nation’s sharp economic downturn. 

Hazardous weather has killed at least 36 people in northern India over the past 24 hours, including 12 who died after being struck by lightning. 

In a hard-hitting response to Pakistan, India has said in the UNGA that a country which claims to seek peace with its neighbours would neither sponsor cross-border terrorism nor would it shelter planners of the horrific Mumbai terrorist attack of November 26, 2008.

India told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the trajectory of the Ukraine conflict was very concerning and that the outlook was more so, as New Delhi sharpened its calls for peace.

Hayabusa-2 probe was launched in 2014 on its mission to Ryugu, and returned to Earth’s orbit two years ago to drop off a capsule containing the sample.

Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study said.

A blast outside a mosque attended by Taliban members in the Afghan capital killed seven people minutes after Friday prayers had ended, according to a hospital.

At least four people were killed and 10 injured by a blast near a mosque in the Afghan capital which struck as worshippers were streaming out of afternoon prayers on Friday, a nearby hospital said.

Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict yesterday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence

Japan’s defence ministry yesterday said it will halt training for members of Myanmar’s military from next year over the junta’s executions of pro-

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has apologised for criticising a magistrate, his lawyer said yesterday, likely averting a court case

Observing that hate speech “completely poisons” the very fabric of the nation, India’s Supreme Court has denounced TV news channels and said it is the duty of TV anchors to prevent hate speeches from happening during debates.

In a landmark move, India’s Supreme Court has decided to allow livestreaming of hearings before its five-judge Constitution benches from September 27.

A clash between Nepal’s government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil yesterday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign proposed amendments in the law.