98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
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Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
26 August 2026
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Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
22 August 2026
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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
21 August 2026
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Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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Prithula to be buried in Mirpur graveyard
Prithula Rashid, the co-pilot of the ill-fated US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal, killing 51 persons including 28 Bangladeshis, will be buried in Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ graveyard.
19 March 2018
US-Bangla plane crash survivor Shahin Bepari returns
One of the injured victims of the US-Bangla plane crash, Shahin Bepari, is brought to Dhaka while another survivor Imrana Kabir Hashi is flown to Singapore.
18 March 2018
Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018
Experts from Bangladesh, Nepal, Canada to decide where black box will be decoded
A joint-team of experts will decide the place where the black box of the crashed US-Bangla aircraft will be decoded, the chief of Nepalese investigation team says.
17 March 2018
US-Bangla plane crash: Nepal endorses condolence motion
Four days after the US-Bangla aircraft crash, the House of Representatives in Nepal endorses a condolence motion in remembrance of the deceased.
17 March 2018
Sri Lanka lifts Facebook ban
Sri Lanka has lifted a week-long ban on Facebook after the tech giant agreed to step up efforts to remove hate speech posted on its
15 March 2018
US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal: One-day state mourning being observed
The nation is observing one-day state mourning with due solemnity in memory of the victims of the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal.
15 March 2018
Nepal CJ sacked for faked date of birth
Nepal's divisive Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli was sacked yesterday for faking his date of birth in order to remain in office longer.
14 March 2018
Nepal's president wins second term
Nepal's lawmakers yesterday elected President Bidya Bhandari for a second term, extending the tenure of the Himalayan nation's first
13 March 2018
Ousted Pak PM's brother takes charge of party
The brother of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif formally took charge of the country's ruling party yesterday. The debacle at
13 March 2018
US-Bangla plane crash: Control room opens at Dhaka airport
A control room has been opened at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to provide necessary information and counselling to the families of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash.
13 March 2018
US-Bangla pledges support to crash victims
US-Bangla Airlines says it will bear the medical cost of the victims who survived the plane crash at Tribhuban International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
13 March 2018
Video of crashed US-Bangla plane
A journalist of Kantipur Media Group (KMG) posts a video of the crashed plane of US-Bangla Airlines at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu.
12 March 2018
Bangladesh, Singapore sign two MoUs
Bangladesh and Singapore sign two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for collaboration over Public Private Partnership (PPP) and air services.
12 March 2018
Myanmar erects security structures atop burned Rohingya land: Amnesty
Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International says, casting doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
12 March 2018
Trying to resolve Teesta issue, Modi tells Hamid
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, they are trying to resolve the hurdles to the signing of the Teesta water-sharing deal with Bangladesh 'keeping all concerned on board'.
11 March 2018
Shoe thrown at Nawaz Sharif in Lahore
A day after ink was thrown on Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in Sialkot, a shoe was thrown at PML-N's supreme leader Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Sunday, Dawn News TV reports.
11 March 2018
Indian SC allows passive euthanasia, ‘living will’
In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients if they give “living will” and under strict guidelines.
9 March 2018
Suu Kyi’s lost honours
Since the beginning of ongoing Rohingya crisis, the world’s biggest humanitarian catastrophe, many international organisations withdrew or suspended awards and titles they gave to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her contribution and struggle in democracy.
8 March 2018
US Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum says.
8 March 2018