Thai man wanted for trafficking Rohingyas to Malaysia arrested

The man was allegedly supplying Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladesh via Thailand to work in Malaysia.
26 March 2022, 06:30 AM

Sri Lankan newspapers suspend print editions over lack of paper

Two major Sri Lanka newspapers are suspending their print editions because of a lack of paper, their owner said yesterday, the latest casualties in the island’s economic crisis.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM

China FM seeks normal India ties Delhi says ease border tension first

India said yesterday ties with China could not be normal until their troops pulled back from each other on the disputed border, but Beijing struck a conciliatory note during a meeting of their foreign ministers in New Delhi.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM

No-confidence motion against Khan delayed

The speaker of Pakistan’s parliament yesterday adjourned a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan, provoking opposition accusations he was buying time for the ex-cricketer to muster support after a spate of defections from his party.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Rohingya genocide: US sanctions 5 individuals, 5 entities connected to Myanmar military

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated five individuals and five entities connected to Myanmar military regime.
25 March 2022, 16:36 PM

India-China ties won’t be normal without stability in unsettled border areas: Jaishankar

India today made it clear that ties with China cannot be normal without restoration of normalcy in unresolved border areas across the Himalayas as Foreign Ministers S Jaishankar and Wang Yi held their first talks in New Delhi in two years.
25 March 2022, 14:41 PM

Bangladeshi man found dead in Kolkata hotel

A Bangladeshi national was found dead inside the room of a hotel in central Kolkata on Thursday, a media report said today quoting police.
25 March 2022, 05:32 AM

Won’t resign

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he will not resign, rejecting opposition calls for him to step down ahead of a no-confidence move against him in his toughest challenge since coming to power in 2018.
24 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Chinese foreign minister arrives in Delhi day after India rejects comments on Kashmir

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi tonight on a previously unannounced visit, the first to India by a senior leader from Beijing since the armies of the two countries were involved in a clash in eastern Ladakh in May, 2020.
24 March 2022, 16:38 PM

India reacts to references directed towards it at OIC Council in Pakistan

India today reacted sharply to references made to it in statements and resolutions adopted in the meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Council, in Pakistan.
24 March 2022, 13:36 PM

Ban on Hijab: SC refuses early hearing on petitions challenging Karnataka HC verdict

India’s Supreme Court today declined a request for an early hearing on the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court’s ruling that upheld a ban on wearing of hijabs inside educational institutions.
24 March 2022, 08:02 AM

Chinese minister’s reference to Jammu, Kashmir at OIC ‘uncalled for’: India

India on Wednesday termed Chinese foreign minister’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir during the meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation “uncalled” for.
24 March 2022, 07:05 AM

Oil rises in volatile trade

Oil prices rose on Wednesday amid volatile trading on increasing concerns of global supply tightness from sanctions imposed on Russia, the world’s second-largest oil exporter, and on signs that exports from Kazakhstan may be disrupted.
23 March 2022, 18:00 PM

OIC Council unanimously adopts resolution on Rohingya

The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad today unanimously adopted a resolution on the “Situation of the Rohingya Muslim Community in Myanmar” to keep the momentum in exerting continuous pressure on Myanmar authorities.
23 March 2022, 15:26 PM

China plane crash with 132 onboard: One of the black boxes found

Chinese searchers found on Wednesday one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) plane that crashed this week in forest-clad mountains with 132 people onboard, the aviation regulator said.
23 March 2022, 14:16 PM

More than 1,600 Bangladeshis languishing Indian jails awaiting trial: Minister at Rajya Sabha

As many as 1,630 Bangladeshi nationals are among the 3,467 foreign undertrial prisoners lodged in different Indian jails, the Rajya Sabha was told today.
23 March 2022, 13:22 PM

Going back on pledge, Taliban decides against schooling girls beyond 6th grade

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a previous promise and opting to appease their hardline base at the expense of further alienating the international community.
23 March 2022, 12:14 PM

India to lift Covid curbs from March 31

India has decided to revoke all Covid-19 restrictions from March 31, after long two years.
23 March 2022, 07:54 AM

Afghan girls ordered home just hours after schools reopen

The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on Wednesday prompted joy and apprehension among the tens of thousands of students deprived of an education since the Taliban's return to power.
23 March 2022, 05:31 AM

Rain hampers search at China plane crash site

The search for clues into why a plane made an inexplicable dive and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday as rain slicked the debris field and filled the red-dirt gash formed by the plane’s fiery impact.
23 March 2022, 05:23 AM