'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
Reuters, Kathmandu
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
AFP, Nuwakot, Nepal
27 August 2026 South Asia
98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
Reuters, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
AFP, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
Reuters, Lahore
22 August 2026 South Asia

Trudeau presses Suu Kyi on violence against Rohingyas

Talking to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in her country.
14 September 2017

Sri Lanka, Pakistan among Asia’s most undernourished countries

Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have the highest rates of undernourishment in Asia, according to the Asian Development Bank.
14 September 2017

2 flights in Bangladesh with aid for Rohingya refugees: UN

Two flights – one of UN refugee agency and another of United Arab Emirates –landed in Bangladesh with supplies to help 25,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, UNHCR Spokesperson in Bangladesh Joseph S Tripura said today.
13 September 2017

BNP appreciates PM’s Rohingya camp visit

BNP today appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for visiting Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar but strongly criticised her government for not adopting a motion in parliament condemning the ongoing genocide against ethnic community in Myanmar.
13 September 2017

EU gives €3m more as Rohingya aid

European Commission has disbursed €3 million aid to address the most pressing needs of Rohingyas who have fled into Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
13 September 2017

EU gives €3m more as Rohingya aid

European Commission has disbursed €3 million aid to address the most pressing needs of Rohingyas who have fled into Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.
13 September 2017

India hits back at UN after criticism

India has hit back at the United Nations’ criticism on Rohingya issue saying that “enforcing laws should not be mistaken for lack of compassion”.
13 September 2017

White House condemns violence in Myanmar

The White House reiterates condemnation towards the ongoing attacks and violence in Myanmar that has thrown the Rohingyas in limbo.
13 September 2017

Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman says.
13 September 2017

US sanctions would be counter-productive

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said it would be counter-productive for the United States to sanction Pakistani
12 September 2017

Couple electrocuted on elder's order

Pakistani police were yesterday hunting a tribal elder who ordered a teenage couple to be electrocuted by their families as punishment
12 September 2017

Lankan minister sacked for rocking coalition

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday sacked a minister who had threatened to split his coalition government, three weeks
12 September 2017

200,000 Rohingya children at risk in Bangladesh camps: Unicef

More than 200,000 Rohingya children who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar are at incredible risk and they need urgent support, Unicef said today.
12 September 2017

Rohingya refugee influx in Bangladesh now 370,000: UNHCR

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said a total of 370,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state since August 25.
12 September 2017

Myanmar must take back its nationals: PM

Describing the atrocities by Myanmar military as "acts against humanity and violation of human rights", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Rohingya refugees are Myanmar nationals and it must take its citizens back.
12 September 2017

Afghanistan will never again be militant sanctuary: US

The US ambassador to Afghanistan said on Monday Washington would never allow militants to use the country as a sanctuary, as American and allied troops in Kabul commemorated the September 11 attacks.
12 September 2017

‘Proof’ of Rohingya-set fires in Myanmar fails inspection

Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist monastery insisted he knew who had set it ablaze. It was the Rohingya themselves, he said, and there was photographic evidence to prove it.
12 September 2017

UN slams India for seeking deportation of Rohingyas

India comes under fire from the UN Human Rights Council over its threat to deport 40,000 Rohingyas.
12 September 2017

Parliament resolve to push Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh Parliament unanimously adopts a resolution urging the United Nations and the international community to exert strong diplomatic pressure on Myanmar government to take back Rohingya people, ensure their safe accommodation and give citizenship rights.
11 September 2017

Provide humanitarian aid for Rohingyas: Dhaka to int’l community

Dhaka reiterates its call to the international community to help Bangladesh with urgent humanitarian assistances to address the current crisis and provide political support to ensure sustainable return of all Rohingya people to their homes in Myanmar.
11 September 2017