Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
Star Report
29 August 2026 South Asia
Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
AFP, Nuwakot
29 August 2026 South Asia
I watched my village disappear in an instant
The Kathmandu Post
28 August 2026 South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
Agencies
28 August 2026 South Asia
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
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster

Pakistan takes U-turn on Save the children

Pakistan yesterday suspended moves to close the national branch of the charity Save the Children.
14 June 2015

Indian FM defends herself amid opposition's call to go

Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday defended her decision to help corruption-hit former cricket boss Lalit Modi gain emergency travel papers in Britain, as the
14 June 2015

Lightning kills 7 in five districts

Seven people were killed by lightning in Bogra, Jessore, Mymensingh, Manikganj and Chapainawabganj districts yesterday and the day
13 June 2015

25 killed after high-tension wire falls on bus in Rajasthan

Twenty-five people die after bus they were traveling in, came in contact with a high-tension live wire in the Tonk district of Rajasthan.
12 June 2015

Save the Children ordered to leave Pakistan: officials

Pakistani authorities yesterday ordered the international aid group Save the Children to leave the country saying the charity was "working against the country", police and
11 June 2015

Cattle trader’s body found on Naogaon border

Body of a cattle trader was found on Kolmudanga frontier in Sapahar upazila of Naogaon.
11 June 2015

100 injured as two rival groups clash in Habiganj

At least 100 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Tupkhana area under Baniarchang upazila of Habiganj district yesterday.
10 June 2015

Pakistan hangs 'teen' killer amid outcry

Pakistan yesterday hanged a man allegedly tortured into confessing to murder as a minor, and rejected an appeal from another also said to have been under-age, in the latest death row cases to draw international condemnation.
10 June 2015

Suu Kyi arrives in China for first visit

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, is expected to begin her first visit to China , at a time of tension between the two countries.
10 June 2015

Continue to facilitate humanitarian access, US urges Myanmar, Bangladesh

United States urges Bangladesh and Myanmar to continue to facilitate unrestricted humanitarian access to migrants adrift.
10 June 2015

UP minister booked for burning journalist to death

Police lodges FIR against UP Minister Ram Murti Verma and five others in connection with killing of a journalist by setting him on fire last week.
9 June 2015

Pakistani man Shafqat Hussain given death row reprieve

The execution of a Pakistani man convicted of manslaughter has been postponed hours before he was due to be hanged, prison officials say.
9 June 2015

AL activist hacked to death

An Awami League activist was hacked to death by unidentified criminals at Sonahata Bazar area under Nimgachhi union of Dhunat upazila
8 June 2015

#DespiteBeingAWoman: Modi faces flak for sexist comment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces flak on social media website Twitter for his remark on his Bangladesh counter part Sheikh Hasina.
8 June 2015

Myanmar arrests 93 traffickers, but none from Rakhine

Myanmar police arrest more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year but no cases have been uncovered in Rakhine state where persecuted Rohingya have fled in droves.
8 June 2015

Delhi withdraws two-finger test circular on rape victims

The Delhi government will withdraw its earlier circular which ruled out the banning of the controversial two-finger test on rape survivors.
8 June 2015

Indian media term Modi visit ‘productive’, ‘successful’

The Indian media view Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh as “productive” and “successful”.
8 June 2015

150 Bangladeshi trafficking victims return from Myanmar

A total of 150 Bangladeshi trafficking victims rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21 finally return home.
8 June 2015

Blaze in Mumbai high-rise kills 7

A fire in a high-rise apartment block in Mumbai has killed seven people after they became trapped on the upper floors, officials said yesterday. Fire officials are probing the
7 June 2015

India sees dawn of a new era

Like the Indian government, the country’s media have also termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit in Bangladesh as dawn of a new era.
7 June 2015