Momen’s comments “help” anti-India forces in Bangladesh: MEA sources

Sources in India's Ministry of External Affairs said Momen’s comments are equally “embarrassing” for India and help anti-India forces in Bangladesh.
20 August 2022, 11:11 AM

Suu Kyi could return home after verdicts, says junta chief

Myanmar's junta chief said on Friday he would consider allowing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest from prison but only after verdicts in a litany of cases against her have been reached.
20 August 2022, 06:05 AM

5 killed, 25 injured in Rajasthan road accident

At least five people were killed and 25 injured in a road accident in Indian state of Rajasthan late Friday (August 19, 2022) night.
20 August 2022, 05:12 AM

Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunch

A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM

India firm to develop Nepal hydropower plant left by China

Nepal has signed a pact with an Indian company to develop a hydroelectric plant in the west of the nation years after a Chinese firm backed out over terms, officials said.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Abandoned yacht sparks terror scare in Mumbai

An unmanned yacht carrying assault rifles and ammo triggered a brief security scare after it mysteriously washed up on the Indian coast, officials said.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM

China tycoon jailed for 13 yrs for graft

A Chinese-Canadian tycoon who disappeared from a Hong Kong hotel five years ago has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and his company fined $8 billion for embezzlement and bribery, a Shanghai court said yesterday.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Sharia will decide foreign engagement’

The Taliban will deal with the international community in line with sharia law, Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the hardline Islamist group said, according to a copy of his speech given to around 3,000 tribal leaders and shared by the information ministry yesterday.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Negotiations with Suu Kyi after her trial

Myanmar’s military chief yesterday said the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials in a junta-run court have concluded.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Nearly 3.78m tourists visited Thailand from January to mid-August

Thailand saw 3.78 million tourist arrivals from January to Aug 17, a government official said on Friday (August 19, 2022).
19 August 2022, 11:42 AM

Kabul mosque blast kills 21

A blast that ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital killed at least 21 people and wounded more than two dozen others, police said yesterday.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Fresh protest breaks out in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon on a small protest to break up the first demonstration since the crisis-hit island nation lifted a state of emergency.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM

16 killed, many missing in China floods

Sixteen people were killed and many left missing in flash flooding in northwest China, state media reported yesterday, as the country battles extreme weather that has shuttered factories and caused rolling power cuts.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM

Indian gang ran fake police station for eight months

An Indian gang operated a fake police station from a hotel for eight months where they dressed up as officers and are believed to have extorted money from hundreds of people, an official said yesterday.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM

India to register up to 2.5m voters in J&K

India is expected to register as many as 2.5 million new voters in the Jammu and Kashmir region, a top official said late on Wednesday.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM

China to pursue ‘growing coercion’ of Taiwan

The United States expects China to ramp up its military, diplomatic and economic “coercion” of Taiwan, its top envoy in East Asia said yesterday, after Beijing’s unprecedented drills around the island it claims as its own.
18 August 2022, 18:00 PM

21 killed in Kabul mosque blast

A blast which ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 21 people and wounded more than two dozen others, police said Thursday.
18 August 2022, 04:00 AM

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka: Ex-president will return next week

Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass protests, local broadcaster Newsfirst
17 August 2022, 22:26 PM

India backtracks on support for Rohingya refugees

India’s home ministry yesterday said that Rohingya refugees in the capital New Delhi would be held at a detention centre and then deported, contradicting a minister’s earlier statement promising flats and security to members of the Muslim minority.
17 August 2022, 22:26 PM

N Korea fires two cruise missiles

North Korea fired two cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, ending a month-long lull in Pyongyang’s record-breaking spate of weapons tests
17 August 2022, 22:26 PM