Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home, school
8 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026, 20:48 PM
Southeast Asia
Four dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy minister
7 August 2026, 11:40 AM
Asia
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026, 20:03 PM
South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026, 17:30 PM
South Asia
India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026, 09:08 AM
India
Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026, 08:59 AM
South Asia
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026, 00:00 AM
India
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026, 17:02 PM
Southeast Asia
MERS claims 16 in S Korea
Another patient has died in South Korea amid an outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome bringing total fatalities to 16.
15 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong rallies ahead of key vote
Pro-democracy campaigners took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday, but in far smaller numbers than expected, before a vote on a political reform package that has divided
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
S Korea reports 15th MERS death
South Korea yesterday reported its 15th death from the MERS virus as the growing outbreak that has now infected 145 forced one of the nation's biggest hospitals to suspend
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistan imposes one-month moratorium on executions
Pakistan imposes one-month moratorium on executions during Ramadan, giving temporary reprieve to a death row prisoner whose lawyers say he was a juvenile at the time of the crime.
14 June 2015, 15:13 PM
Waist wars: China belly button challenge gets trending
Can you touch your belly button by reaching behind your back and around your waist?
12 June 2015, 13:15 PM
Myanmar to bar Rohingyas from fleeing, but won’t address their plight
Myanmar says it is determined to stop the departures of migrants fleeing religious persecution, but won't address the reasons behind their exodus.
12 June 2015, 12:04 PM
China ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life term
China's ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life - the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule.
11 June 2015, 13:11 PM
No condition on $2b Indian loan: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says no condition was imposed on US$ 2 billion Line of Credit to be provided as loans to Bangladesh by India.
10 June 2015, 13:59 PM
3D printer helps separate conjoined twins in China
Chinese surgeons uses 3D printing technology as part of a successful operation to separate conjoined twins.
10 June 2015, 13:40 PM
Schoolgirl raped in Bandarban
A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by her neighbour in Bhangamura area under Sadar upazila of Bandarban district on Saturday.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Three kidnappers to walk gallows in Cox's Bazar
A court here yesterday sentenced three people to death for killing a schoolboy after abduction in 2013.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
China riverboat tragedy toll hits 431; 11 missing
Rescuers bowed their heads and ships' hooters blared in tribute to the victims of Communist China's worst shipping disaster yesterday, as relatives of the 431 dead and 11 still
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upholds the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry.
7 June 2015, 15:39 PM
Indian war veteran’s letter to Modi, Hasina
Brig RP Singh, VSM (retd), an Indian war veteran who participated in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh, has written an open letter to the prime ministers of India and Bangladesh.
7 June 2015, 15:12 PM
The fake pictures of the Rohingya crisis
The plight of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar has been in the spotlight last month after thousands of migrants have been left stranded at sea but not all the images being shared online are what they seem to be.
7 June 2015, 13:22 PM
Chinese cruise ship lifted from river
The Eastern Star is upright once again, looking almost normal with its bottom resting on the water and its deck and cabins clear above it.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Lawyers to seek Manas trial by military court
A team of lawyers representing key human-trafficking suspect Thai army officer Lt-General Manas Khongpaen is planning to make a legal
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Thai PM vows no escape for officials in probe
Thailand's junta leader yesterday said government officials involved in the illicit trade in migrants would not be spared and vowed to
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi to make first China trip next week
Myanmar's opposition leader and democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi will visit China for the first time next week, Beijing and her party
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Vietnam eyes Western jets to counter China
Vietnam is in talks with European and US contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM