I watched my village disappear in an instant
The Kathmandu Post
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Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
Agencies
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New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
The Kathmandu Post
27 August 2026 South Asia
'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
Reuters, Kathmandu
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Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
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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

Malala becomes UN Messenger of Peace

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace on Monday to
11 April 2017

Malala Yousafzai made United Nations Messenger of Peace

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace to promote girls education, more than four years after a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on her school bus in 2012.
11 April 2017

India clamps down on Kashmir transport

Indian police yesterday imposed curfew-like curbs on movement of people across several parts of disputed Kashmir, a day after clashes
10 April 2017

Pak sentences accused Indian 'spy' to death

Pakistan will execute an Indian who allegedly confessed to spying for Indian intelligence, the powerful military said yesterday in a move that quickly raised tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
10 April 2017

Bangladesh, India companies strike deals worth nearly $10b

Leading companies from India and Bangladesh sign 13 MoUs and agreements for electricity, oil and gas projects, including the controversial Rampal thermal power plant, worth nearly $10 billion, aimed at deepening the bilateral economic partnership.
10 April 2017

Pakistani court sentences accused Indian spy to death

A Pakistani military court sentences an Indian accused of espionage to death, potentially ratcheting up tension between the two nuclear-armed states.
10 April 2017

'Have I sold out the country?'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams critics who opposed the deals signed with India and said those who made such remarks are “novice or motivated”.
10 April 2017

India, China navies rescue hijacked ship

The navies of India and China yesterday carried out a joint operation to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of
9 April 2017

Sonia assures PM of their common stand on Bangladesh

Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi assures Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of taking common stand of all political parties of India regarding next-door neighbor Bangladesh.
9 April 2017

PM offers prayers at Ajmer shrine

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in India on a four-day official visit, offers prayers at the dargah (shrine) of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (RA) in Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan.
9 April 2017

List of Bangladesh-India deals

Bangladesh inks a total of 22 agreements and Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s state visit to the neighbouring country.
8 April 2017

Pakistani police say 10 militants killed in gun battle in Lahore

Pakistani police says 10 militants from Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, die in a gun battle in the eastern city of Lahore, including a key suspect behind a February blast that killed 13 people.
8 April 2017

$500m Indian credit for Bangladesh’s defence

India pledges to extend a $500 million credit to Bangladesh for its defence related procurement.
8 April 2017

Bangladesh-India to jointly produce biopic on Bangabandhu

Bangladesh and India agree to produce a film based on the life and works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
8 April 2017

Modi assures of early Teesta solution

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assures of an early breakthrough of the Teesta river’s water sharing issue. Modi makes the announcement at a joint press conference with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.
8 April 2017

Meeting with Modi ‘productive’: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina describes the meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to be "productive" as they sat together to take Bangladesh-India excellent bilateral relations to newer height.
8 April 2017

Myanmar ferry capsizes; 20 dead, over a dozen missing

A ferry boat capsizes in Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy delta, killing 20 people and leaving more than a dozen missing, police say.
8 April 2017

PM visit to India: Modi pledges $4.5b for Bangladesh projects

India has declared to provide assistance of US$ 4.5 billion for implementation of top priority projects in Bangladesh. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement at a joint press conference with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.
8 April 2017

Diesel import from India starts tomorrow

Bangladesh and India will formally launch commercial supply of High Speed Diesel (HSD) tomorrow with an inaugural consignment of 2200 metric tonnes of the fuel to Bangladesh.
7 April 2017

PM says she will pitch for Teesta

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an article published in a leading Indian newspaper expresses the hope that her visit to India would take the cooperative relations between Bangladesh and India to a “new height” and pitches for signing of the Teesta river water-sharing deal.
7 April 2017