Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
I watched my village disappear in an instant
28 August 2026
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South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
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South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
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South Asia
'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
27 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
27 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
27 August 2026
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South Asia
Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
27 August 2026
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South Asia
98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
26 August 2026
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South Asia
Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
26 August 2026
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South Asia
China offers help to end border unrest
China has told Myanmar that they should work together to stabilise their shared border, in the wake of a series of attacks by
30 November 2016
'I will include you among them'
Human rights campaigners expressed shock and defiance yesterday after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
30 November 2016
Park's impeachment vote delayed
An impeachment vote against South Korea's scandal-hit president will be postponed by at least a week, lawmakers said
30 November 2016
Review Myanmar's Asean membership
Myanmar's membership of Asean must be reviewed because of its "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya Muslim
30 November 2016
Ohio attacker had 'no direct terror links'
The Somali student who plowed his car into a crowd and slashed several people with a knife in Ohio had no ties to terror groups,
30 November 2016
Indian Defence Minister arrives in Dhaka
Indian Defence Minister Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar arrives in Dhaka on a two-day official visit.
30 November 2016
Modi on al-Qaeda hit list: Indian cops
Three al-Qaeda operatives arrested from South India were planning to kill 22 top leaders, including the countries Prime Minister Narendra Modi, say Indian cops.
29 November 2016
Babies, skeletons found as human trafficking probe widens in W Bengal
Police in West Bengal rescues 13 babies and discovers the skeletons of two infants in raids on homes for the elderly and mentally disabled, as a probe into a suspected international human trafficking ring widens.
29 November 2016
S Korea's Park refuses grilling
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye will not answer questions from prosecutors over a snowballing influence-peddling
28 November 2016
Pakistan gets new army chief
Pakistan yesterday appointed General Qamar Javed Bajwa as its new military chief, the prime minister's office said, passing over the
26 November 2016
Bangladesh 8th in Asian women political representation
Bangladesh stands eighth among the Asian countries in terms of women’s parliamentary representation with women occupying 20% of the seats in the national parliament.
Nepal with 30% closely followed by the Philippines with 27% is the Asian leader with women occupying of the seats in its national parliament.
26 November 2016
Indian journalist Dilip Padgaonkar passes away
Veteran Indian journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, who was widely respected for his secular and liberal approach on key issues facing India and the world, dies at a hospital in Pune.
25 November 2016
Malaysia decides not to abandon soccer tournament over Myanmar Rohingya crackdown
Malaysia decided on Friday to carry on with a regional soccer tournament co-hosted by Myanmar, days after a Malaysian minister said it was considering pulling out in protest against Myanmar's bloody crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims.
25 November 2016
12 arrested in India baby trafficking ring
Twelve people have been arrested in eastern India for trafficking newborn babies, who were smuggled out of clinics in biscuit boxes,
24 November 2016
Sindh criminalises 'forced conversions'
Pakistan Sindh province Thursday passed a law making "forced conversions" punishable with a life sentence and forbidding minors from
24 November 2016
Pakistan asks UN to act to prevent crisis
Alarmed by the escalation of tension with India along the LoC , Pakistan yesterday asked the UN to act before the situation snowballs into a "full-fledged crisis".
24 November 2016
Sylhet industrialist Ragib Ali sent to jail
A Sylhet court sends industrialist Ragib Ali to jail in two cases filed grabbing land of Tarapur Tea Estate in the district.
24 November 2016
Pakistan stage actress shot
Stage actress Kismat Baig was shot by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Thursday, police told DawnNews. She is currently in critical condition.
24 November 2016
Cricket: Qadir, Haroon, Khalid ask ICC to penalise India captain Virat Kohli
Former Pakistan cricketers and an ex-Pakistan Cricket Board chairman on Tuesday demanded of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban Indian skipper Virat Kohli for ball-tampering.
23 November 2016
India accuses Pakistan of killing troops
India said three of its soldiers were killed yesterday on the de facto border in disputed Kashmir and blamed Pakistani troops.
22 November 2016