North Korea accuses US of biological warfare in Ukraine

North Korea accused the United States on Sunday of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian claim dismissed by the United Nations in March.
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

China launches second space station module

China yesterday launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s end.
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Pakistan High Commission removes ‘objectionable’ photo from FB

The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka yesterday removed the photo combining the flags of Bangladesh and Pakistan used on its official Facebook page.
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Delhi reports India’s 4th monkeypox case

A 34-year-old man in Delhi with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for monkeypox virus, making it the fourth case of the infection in India and the first in the national capital.
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan’: China heightens warning to US

China has issued stark private warnings to the Biden administration about a possible trip to Taiwan in August by US House of Representatives
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Manila university shooting kills 3

Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines’ capital region yesterday, including a former mayor from
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Arrest Gotabaya: Rights group urges Singapore

A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore’s attorney general, seeking the arrest of
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Gunman kills 3 during graduation ceremony at top Philippines university

Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines' capital region on Sunday, including a former mayor from the volatile south of the country, police said.
24 July 2022, 13:35 PM

China launches second module to its permanent space station

China on Sunday launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year's end.
24 July 2022, 10:50 AM

Pakistan not far from a “Sri Lanka moment”: Imran Khan

Imran Khan, former prime minister and head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), warned on Saturday that the South Asian country is on the verge of a “Sri Lanka moment” in which the populace will take to the streets against the “mafia” headed by Asif Zardari and the Sharif family.
24 July 2022, 10:14 AM

Inflation forces bakers in Philippines to shrink size of "poor man's bread"

As the war in Ukraine pushes up wheat prices and a weaker peso raises the cost of imported edible oil, many Philippine bakers are shrinking the size of a popular breakfast roll to cope with higher inflation.
24 July 2022, 09:46 AM

Man with no foreign travel history tests positive for monkeypox in Delhi

A 34-year-old man in Delhi with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for monkeypox virus, making it the fourth case of the infection in India and the first in the national capital.
24 July 2022, 06:49 AM

‘Recruitment scam’: West Bengal minister, aide arrested

West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee, a trusted aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged scam relating to the recruitment of teachers in government schools.
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Rights groups urge Lanka not to use force on protesters

International human rights groups have urged Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease all unlawful use of force against protesters, who have been demonstrating over the country’s economic meltdown.
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Thai PM survives 4th no-confidence vote

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and 10 cabinet ministers survived no-confidence votes in parliament yesterday, with the government
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Punjab provincial assembly: PTI protests against mandate ‘theft’

Protests have been held in major cities across Pakistan to denounce what they called a “theft” of the mandate of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party in the Punjab provincial assembly.
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Death toll from over 5 weeks of flood in Pakistan reaches 304

The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 304, authorities said Saturday.
23 July 2022, 14:14 PM

India’s forex reserves at 20-month low, currently $572bn

India’s forex reserves fell by $7.5 billion to $572.7 billion – a 20-month low – as of July 15, due to spiraling costs of imports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said.
23 July 2022, 13:57 PM

Shinzo Abe murder suspect to undergo psychiatric evaluation: report

The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
23 July 2022, 13:16 PM

West Bengal commerce minister arrested for school-teacher recruitment scam

Industry and Commerce Minister of India’s West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee was arrested today.
23 July 2022, 05:40 AM