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Car bomb kills 15 cops in Pakistan
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Nepal's big 3 parties unite against India

India's belated bid for a role in Nepal's constitution-making process has united the landlocked nation's top mainstream parties as never before.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Maldives govt rejects UN ruling

A United Nations panel has ruled that the jailing of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was illegal and called for his immediate release, the government of the atoll nation said yesterday as it rejected the ruling.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Pak PM offers new peace initiative with India

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed a new peace initiative with India centred around the demilitarisation of the disputed territory of Kashmir, where a surge in cross-border shelling has killed dozens of civilians since last year.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM

India man lynched over beef rumours

A 50-year-old man in northern India has been killed in a mob lynching allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Five convicts get death, life for 7 others

An Indian court sentenced five men to death yesterday for a series of bomb blasts that ripped through packed trains in Mumbai in 2006, killing nearly 200 people and injuring many more.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Protest-hit Nepal 'may fly in fuel'

The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering flying in fuel to the landlocked nation as it continues to face a crippling shortage of petroleum products.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian court sentences five to death over 2006 Mumbai blasts: PTI

An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced five men to death for a series of blasts that ripped through packed trains in Mumbai in 2006.
30 September 2015, 07:23 AM

India man lynched over beef rumours

A 50-year-old man in northern India is killed in a mob lynching allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home.
30 September 2015, 05:53 AM

Indonesia ‘needs time’ to tackle haze

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo says he needs time to tackle the forest-burning which creates a haze every year over South East Asia.
30 September 2015, 05:27 AM

Maldives president unhurt in boat blast

An explosion ripped through a speed boat carrying Maldives President Abdulla Yameen yesterday, injuring his wife and two others but
28 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Modi hails social media power

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the political power of social media, as he visited the headquarters of Facebook in
28 September 2015, 18:00 PM

India-Pakistan: The madness of spy vs spy

While the old Cold War enemies have called a truce, the historical animosities in our patch of the world seem unlikely to let India and Pakistan to come in from the cold.
28 September 2015, 07:09 AM

Modi captivates Facebook Townhall

Enjoy the salient features of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Facebook Townhall.
28 September 2015, 05:01 AM

Manikganj Shibir chief held

Police arrested the president of Manikganj district unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from bus stand area on Saturday on charge of
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM

34 gold bar seized, one held

Police arrested a man and seized 34 gold bars from his possession in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district on Friday afternoon.
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Mind your own business

India's reaction to Nepal's new constitution and the violence preceding and following it has been criticised by Nepal's media and Twitter users.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM

India, US renew ever closer strategic ties

The world's largest democracies, India and the United States, agreed measures to deepen their security and economic cooperation on Tuesday, part of an ambitious drive to boost trade between them five-fold.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM

BTRC chief’s appointment cancelled before taking charge

The government appoints a new chairman to the telecom regulator after cancelling the appointment of another before his taking the charge.
23 September 2015, 12:53 PM

HC rejects plea seeking medical admission retake

The High Court rejects a writ petition seeking order on the government to scrap the medical and dental admission tests held on Friday.
21 September 2015, 08:06 AM

Three get life for killing youth

A Sylhet court yesterday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for killing a youth in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar in 2012.
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM