Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal-China floods: Rescuers race to reach 933 believed trapped in tunnels
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
31 August 2026
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Asia
Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal’s high-tech disaster response meets low-tech reality
30 August 2026
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World
Floods wreak havoc across South Asia
Survivors scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia
16 July 2019
Lunar eclipse 2019 marks Moon landing's 50th anniversary
Fifty years to the day since mankind launched the first mission to set foot on it, the Moon is set to treat Earthlings to a partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday.
16 July 2019
China detains Canadian citizen on drugs charges
A Canadiancitizen detained in China is being held on drug-related offences, Beijing said yesterday, at a time of tense relations between
15 July 2019
HK leader slams ‘rioters’ after clash
Anti-government protesters who fought police inside a Hong Kong shopping mall were “rioters”, the finance hub’s pro-Beijing leader
15 July 2019
China says it will freeze out US companies
China’s government and Chinese companies will cut business ties with US firms selling arms to Taiwan, China’s Foreign Ministry said
15 July 2019
Afghan pvt radio station shuts down
A private radio station in Afghanistan has shut down after numerous threats from a suspected Taliban commander who objected to
15 July 2019
Int’l drug gangs behind Lanka bombings
International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country’s leader claimed yesterday, despite
15 July 2019
10 miners trapped in Pak coal mine for over 20 hrs
At least 10 miners are trapped more than a kilometre (nearly a mile) underground after a fire started by an electrical short circuit in a
15 July 2019
Another Canada citizen detained in China
China detained another Canadian citizen amid sour relations between the two countries, Canada’s foreign ministry said on Saturday,
14 July 2019
Death toll rises to 50
Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people across South Asia while dozens more are
14 July 2019
Navjot Sidhu resigns from Punjab govt
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has resigned from the Punjab cabinet amid ongoing tussle with Chief Minister Amarinder
14 July 2019
‘Pakistan mafia’ uses blackmail, threats to pressurise judiciary
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday likened Pakistani money laundering suspects to the Sicilian Mafia, saying they, like
14 July 2019
S Korean PM at PMO; bilateral talks on
Bilateral talks between Bangladesh and South Korea begins at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Dhaka.
14 July 2019
Protesters, police clash again
Hong Kong protesters clashed with police yesterday in a town near the boundary with mainland China where thousands rallied against
13 July 2019
At least 40 people killed
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 40 people across South Asia in the last two days,
13 July 2019
Hasina-Lee talks tomorrow
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her South Korean counterpart Lee Nak-yon are set to hold a bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here tomorrow.
13 July 2019
Kathmandu airport shut until 5:00 pm after Yeti Airlines aircraft suffers 'runway excursion'
Tribhuvan International Airport was shut down after a Yeti Airlines aircraft suffered a “runway excursion” during landing, airport officials say.
12 July 2019
Japan’s probe makes history
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe made a “perfect” touchdown yesterday on a distant asteroid, collecting samples from beneath the surface in an unprecedented mission that could shed light on the origins of the solar system.
11 July 2019
10 killed as passenger train hits freight train in Pakistan
A passenger train rammed into a freight train in southern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and injuring 64 others, an official says.
11 July 2019
Nine deer dead in Japan after eating plastic
Nine deer have died after swallowing plastic bags in Japan’s Nara Park, a wildlife group said yesterday, warning that a surge in tourism may be
10 July 2019