Nepal-China flash floods: Race against time to find nearly 3,000 missing
30 August 2026
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South Asia
Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
29 August 2026
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South Asia
Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
29 August 2026
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South Asia
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
‘Robber’ killed in Joypurhat ‘shootout’
An alleged robber was killed in a “shootout” with police in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat.
21 May 2015
Indian inspectors order recall of Maggi noodles, say found excess lead
Indian food inspectors have ordered Nestle India to recall a batch of Maggi noodles from shops across the country, saying the product contained dangerous levels of lead.
20 May 2015
Missing migrant boat rescued off Indonesia
Migrants filmed by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been found by fishermen off Indonesia's Aceh province.
20 May 2015
Pakistan raids 'fake degree factory'
Pakistani investigators yesterday carried out raids on a firm accused of running a global fake degree empire, officials said, confiscating computers and holding employees for questioning.
19 May 2015
Quake-hit homeless Nepalis brace for monsoon rains
Nepali tea shop owner Phurba Sherpa has spent four nights cramped under a tarpaulin with his wife and nine others on a school field
19 May 2015
HC questions govt failure to stop fake drugs
High Court issues rule questioning legality of the government’s inaction to control smuggled drugs and production of counterfeit medicine.
19 May 2015
Thai ex-PM Yingluck pleads not guilty
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing at the start of her trial on charges of negligence.
19 May 2015
Thailand detains 'trafficking kingpin'
Alleged trafficking kingpin surrenders to Thai police while, Philippines is ready to shelter “boat people” from impoverished Bangladesh and Myanmar.
19 May 2015
Nepal appeals for $2b to rebuild quake-hit country
Nepal's prime minister has appealed for $2 billion to rebuild his country, shattered by two massive earthquakes in three weeks that have killed thousands and devastated the impoverished nation's infrastructure.
18 May 2015
Iraq returnees demand compensation
Returning empty-handed from Iraq, 19 workers demand compensation and licence cancellation of two recruiting agencies for cheating with them 17 months back.
18 May 2015
Female overseas jobseekers’ selection starts May 24
Government will select female migrant jobseekers from May 24 to 30 for sending them to Saudi Arabia as domestic helps.
18 May 2015
US drone strike kills Six Pak militants
A US drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, Pakistani security
17 May 2015
Saradha scam: Actor Mithun quizzed
The enforcement directorate (ED) recently questioned Trinamool Congress MP and actor Mithun Chakraborty in connection with the
17 May 2015
Maharashtra bride takes a toilet as wedding gift
The prefabricated toilet is the wedding gift from the bride's parents since the bridegroom's family did not have one in their home, at a traditional Maharashtrian marriage in Akola.
17 May 2015
Birds have fundamental rights, can't be kept in cages: HC
Delhi High Court says birds have the fundamental right to "live with dignity" and fly in the sky without being kept in cages or subjected to cruelty,
17 May 2015
Hindu group wants Sunny Leone deported
Terming Sunny Leone's website as one inducing lust in young minds, the complainant Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS) demands her deportation.
17 May 2015
Fatima Bhutto slams killing of Bangladeshi bloggers
Fatima Bhutto, grand-daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto criticizes the murder of Bangladeshi bloggers in her article.
16 May 2015
Indian PM Modi's selfie diplomacy is all the rage in China
In a rare show of common charm from one of China's most elite politicians, Premier Li Keqiang appears in a grinning selfie with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
15 May 2015
Aga Khan shocked at attack on Ismaili community in Pakistan
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, has expressed shock at an attack launched by unidentified gunmen on a bus
14 May 2015
2 teenagers drown in Padma
Two teenage boys drowned while they were taking a bath in the Padma river near Baramokam Bazar under Louhajang upazila of the district yesterday afternoon.
14 May 2015