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
Bangladesh ranks 9th in most generous country in Asia
Bangladesh stands in the ninth position among its Asian neighbours in an international ranking as the most generous country. With an overall score of 31 per cent, the country has been ranked 74 in the world and fourth in South Asia in the CAF World Giving Index 2018.
3 March 2019
India-Pakistan train service to resume
With Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman back in India from Pakistan's custody, and hostilities between the two nations dialed
2 March 2019
Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan!
More than 300,000 people have signed online petitions calling for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a Nobel Peace Prize
2 March 2019
5 years on, MH370 families band together to seek closure
Five years ago, their loved ones boarded a plane and vanished. The group of Malaysians meet about once a month - usually at a coffee shop or a home in Kuala Lumpur - to support each other and try to keep missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the public eye..
2 March 2019
Pakistan to lodge 'eco-terrorism' complaint against India over airstrikes
Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint of "eco-terrorism" against India after airstrikes by New Delhi in Pakistani territory this week damaged dozens of trees, its climate change minister tells.
2 March 2019
Trump urged Kim to go 'all in' on nuclear poker
US President Donald Trump urged North Korea's Kim Jong Un to go "all in" during their high-stakes nuclear negotiations but talks floundered amid differences over sanctions and the definition of "denuclearisation", a senior State Department official said yesterday.
1 March 2019
Putin calls Modi expressing solidarity in fight against terror
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed solidarity of his country with India in the latter’s fight against terrorism.
1 March 2019
United States and North Korea since 1945
The peninsula is divided along the 38th parallel between the Soviet-backed regime of Kim Il-Sung in the North and a South under United States protection
28 February 2019
US acting Pentagon chief focused on de-escalating India-Pakistan tensions
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is focused on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and urged them both to avoid further military action, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, without saying if he had spoken with his counterparts from either nation.
28 February 2019
The Philippines offers Rohingyas citizenship
The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday offered citizenship to Rohingya refugees, reiterating his willingness to accept them into the country.
27 February 2019
60 buried in Indonesia mine collapse
A landslide in an unauthorised gold mine in Bolaang Mongondow regency, North Sulawesi of Indonesia buried at least 60 miners, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) says.
27 February 2019
China urges India, Pakistan to 'exercise restraint' after air strike
China urges India and Pakistan to "exercise restraint" after New Delhi said its warplanes attacked a militant camp, in a move that sent tensions soaring between the arch-rivals over disputed Kashmir.
26 February 2019
Imran Khan summons 'important meeting' in wake of India strike
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will hold an emergency meeting, according to the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
26 February 2019
Emperor urges Japan to be open to outside
Japan's Emperor Akihito urged his country to be open to the outside world at a ceremony marking 30 years of his reign yesterday, ahead of his abdication later this year.
24 February 2019
N Korea warns US sceptics as Kim heads for Vietnam
North Korea yesterday warned President Donald Trump not to listen to US critics who were disrupting efforts to improve ties, as its leader, Kim Jong Un, made his way across China by train to a second summit with Trump in Vietnam.
24 February 2019
Sushma Swaraj to attend OIC meet
India yesterday announced its External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend the inaugural plenary session of the 46th session of the
23 February 2019
February 21 observed at German University
South Asia Institute (SAI) of Heidelberg University in Germany on Thursday observed the International Mother Language Day for the first
23 February 2019
Myanmar army warns against charter change
Myanmar's military yesterday said they would thwart attempts by leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party to alter the "essence" of the country's
23 February 2019
Toxic alcohol toll hits 93 in Assam
Ninety-three workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor,
23 February 2019
Indian airports on high alert
Airports across India have been put on high alert yesterday after an airline's operation centre in Mumbai got a call that an Indian carrier's
23 February 2019