Landslide in Nepal kills 14, seven injured

A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 14 people and injured seven in western Nepal, officials said yesterday, as rescue workers searched the disaster site to try to find a further 10 missing people.
17 September 2022

“Complaint will be lodged with UN over Myanmar mortar shelling if no diplomatic resolution”

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the government is trying to resolve the issues with Myanmar peacefully and diplomatically but a complaint will be lodged to the United Nations regarding mortar shelling at the border if necessary.
17 September 2022

BGB on high alert as mortar shells from Myanmar land in Bangladesh

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has protested the killing of a Rohingya youth and injuring four others in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila last night (September 16, 2022).
17 September 2022

Cheetah reintroduced to India 70 years after extinction

Seven decades after they went extinct in India, the country today got eight cheetahs who were flown in from Namibia for conservation and promotion of the feline in a national park.
17 September 2022

China reports first imported monkeypox case

The Chinese city of Chongqing reported one case of the monkeypox virus infection on Friday in an individual who arrived from abroad, marking mainland China's first known monkeypox infection amid the recent global outbreak of the virus.
17 September 2022

India’s Varanasi 1st SCO tourism and cultural capital

Indian city of Varanasi, parliamentary constituency of the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been selected as the first-ever tourism and cultural capital of nine-nation security grouping Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for 2022-2023.
17 September 2022

China blocks blacklisting of Mumbai attack terrorist at UN

China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 175 people dead.
17 September 2022

24 killed in heavy fighting with Tajikistan, says Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan reported "intense battles" with Central Asian neighbour Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union.
17 September 2022

12 crushed to death as wall collapses amid heavy rains in Lucknow

Heavy rains flooded hundreds of homes, knocked out power and collapsed structures including a wall that crushed 12 people in northern India, officials said Friday. 
16 September 2022

Free Russian fertilisers to developing world!

President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready to provide more than 300,000 tonnes of Russian fertilisers stuck in European ports to the developing world for
16 September 2022

India’s Adani briefly listed as world’s 2nd-richest person

Adani briefly became the world’s second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into
16 September 2022

SCO calls for ‘balance’ in climate approach

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation called for a “balance” between reducing carbon emissions and allowing poorer states to catch up with economically developed countries in a joint statement on climate change adopted yesterday.
16 September 2022

Now is ‘not a time for war’

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was “not a time for war” on the sidelines of a regional summit, television images showed.
16 September 2022

Rohingya killed, 4 others injured as mortar shells fired from Myanmar explode

A Rohingya youth was killed and four others were injured in mortar shells blast fired from Myanmar in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban today (September 16, 2022).
16 September 2022

Bangladeshi man loses leg as landmine explodes on Myanmar side of border

A Bangladeshi youth was severely wounded in a landmine explosion in the Myanmar side of the Bangladesh border along Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban today (September 16, 2022).
16 September 2022

UN urges countries to do more to cut Myanmar military’s revenue, arms supply

The UN Human Rights Office has called out to countries to do more to cut the Myanmar military’s access to revenue and arms supply to halt its repression of the people.
16 September 2022

China to sanction Boeing Defense, Raytheon CEOs over Taiwan sales

China will impose sanctions on the CEOs of Boeing Defense and Raytheon over their involvement in Washington's latest arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
16 September 2022

9 killed as wall collapses on hut amid rain in India’s Lucknow

At least nine persons, including three minors, were killed when the boundary wall of an army enclave collapsed on their hut in the northern Indian city of Lucknow amid heavy rains, police said today.
16 September 2022

6 held over rape, murder of Indian sisters

Indian police yesterday arrested six men accused of gang-raping and murdering two teenage sisters whose bodies were found hanging from a tree outside their village, prompting protests.
15 September 2022

Typhoon lashes China

High winds and heavy rain lashed China’s densely populated east coast yesterday after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes
15 September 2022