Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
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Asia
Nepal’s high-tech disaster response meets low-tech reality
30 August 2026
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World
Nepal's flood damage may cost up to a tenth of economy to rebuild
29 August 2026
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World
Nepal floods leave trail of destruction, aid challenge
29 August 2026
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Asia
Russia-backed port plan: Myanmar military offensive targets land in south
22 August 2026
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Asia
Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Khmer Rouge Trial: Court upholds previous verdicts
Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict yesterday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence
22 September 2022
Japan to stop Myanmar military training: ministry
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-
22 September 2022
Contempt of court case: Former Pak PM Khan apologises
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has apologised for criticising a magistrate, his lawyer said yesterday, likely averting a court case
22 September 2022
Indian Supreme Court denounces TV channels for hate speech
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.
22 September 2022
Indian Supreme Court to start live-streaming hearings
In a landmark move, India’s Supreme Court has decided to allow livestreaming of hearings before its five-judge Constitution benches from September 27.
22 September 2022
Nepal in fresh political crisis
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.
21 September 2022
“War-like situation has not come yet”: Home Minister on Myanmar mortar shelling
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today (September 21, 2022) said that the government is ready to deal with any kind of situation in reference to the repeated mortar shelling from Myanmar.
21 September 2022
Flood-hit Pakistan faces malaria outbreak
Malaria cases are rampant in Pakistan's flood-ravaged regions, with the death toll from diseases reaching 324, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that the situation may get out of control if required aid does not arrive soon.
21 September 2022
PM urges UN, int’l community for intensified role in Rohingya repatriation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday (September 20, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland.
21 September 2022
"Myanmar mortar shelling unintentional mistake"
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday (September 20, 2022) termed Myanmar's recent shelling of mortars and gunfire into Bangladesh "unintentional mistake”.
21 September 2022
Japan man sets self on fire “protesting” Abe’s state funeral
A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government's decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year, media reported.
21 September 2022
Pakistan flood-borne diseases could get ‘out of control’
At least nine more people have died from water-borne diseases in flood-hit areas of Pakistan, officials said yesterday, warning they risked losing control of the spread of infections in a crisis that Unicef described as “beyond bleak”.
20 September 2022
13 people killed in Myanmar
At least 13 people including seven children were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were using the building to attack its forces.
20 September 2022
Myanmar army air strike on school claims 13 lives
Government helicopters have attacked a school and village in north-central Myanmar, killing at least 13 people including seven children, a school administrator and an aid worker said Monday.
20 September 2022
Kashmir city to start showing movies after over two decades
A top Indian government official inaugurated a multi-screen cinema hall in Srinagar, the largest city in the restive Kashmir region, on Tuesday and it will begin showing movies next month, more than two decades after cinemas were closed there.
20 September 2022
Pakistani father burns son to death for not doing homework
A man was arrested for allegedly setting his minor son on fire for not doing school homework in their Orangi Town house, police said.
20 September 2022
Pak court quashes terror charges against Imran
A Pakistan high court yesterday quashed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, his defence lawyers said.
19 September 2022
State Bank of India asks exporters to trade with Bangladesh in rupee, taka
Top lender State Bank of India (SBI.NS) has asked exporters to avoid settling deals with Bangladesh in the dollar and other major currencies as it looks to curb exposure to Dhaka's falling reserves, according to an internal document and a source.
19 September 2022
6 children killed as Myanmar army helicopters fire on school
At least six children were killed and 17 wounded when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said on Monday, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were using the building to attack its forces.
19 September 2022
Naikhongchhari visit: Bandarban DC warns residents against going near border
The Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban and Superintendent of Police of the district today (September 19) visited locals at Naikhongchhari border in the wake of mortar shelling and firing from across Myanmar border.
19 September 2022