Lanka FM quits over bond scam probe

Sri Lanka's foreign minister resigned yesterday after being linked to a controversial financial trader under investigation
10 August 2017

Unease among Muslims

Former vice president Hamid Ansari said that there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among the
10 August 2017

UN warns aid workers of rising Buddhist hostility

The United Nations has warned aid workers in western Myanmar of rising hostility and imminent protests from
10 August 2017

Ouster was insult to voters

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the Supreme Court's decision to depose him last month was a
10 August 2017

'WWII bomb' found at Fukushima nuke plant

A suspected World War II bomb was found on the premises of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, an official
10 August 2017

Dilip Kumar discharged from Mumbai hospital

Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati Hospital, Bandra in a critical condition last week, was
10 August 2017

Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' dies aged 87

German-born nun Ruth Pfau, who devoted her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan, died yesterday in Karachi. She was
10 August 2017

INFOGRAPHICS: Bangladesh ranks 10th in Global Slavery Index 2016

Bangladesh ranks 10th among countries where more than 45 million people globally are living in modern slavery. In Bangladesh, 1,531,300 people are living in modern slavery, according to Global Slavery Index 2016. According to the index, which ranks 167 countries, half the population of modern slaves are in five countries -- India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan.
10 August 2017

Four killed in Kashmir violence

Three rebels and one civilian were killed in violence in Indian Kashmir yesterday, police said, two days after soldiers
9 August 2017

Mamata launches 'BJP Quit India' campaign

While the nation is commemorating the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has
9 August 2017

Ousted Pak PM launches defiant procession

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif began a rally yesterday in a defiant show of political power after a Supreme Court
9 August 2017

60,000 evacuated after China quake

China yesterday evacuated nearly 60,000 people in its mountainous southwest after a strong earthquake killed at least 19, rattling a
9 August 2017

Emergency rice fund beefed up in Cambodia

Cambodia's government is putting more money into its emergency rice fund, despite farmers' lack of inclination to borrow.
9 August 2017

Chinese villager hero to US leukemia patient

Zhao Yuedong, a 39-year-old villager from China's Liaoning province, becomes a hero to a leukemia patient in the US city of Los Angeles when he became the first international bone marrow donor from Shenyang.
9 August 2017

Ignoring warnings, Nawaz Sharif to start for home today

Despite concerns about his security, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is adamant that he will leave for Lahore via the historic Grand Trunk (GT) Road.
9 August 2017

Dozens feared dead in China

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late yesterday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according
8 August 2017

N Korea has missile-ready nukes

North Korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles, the Washington Post reported yesterday, a major
8 August 2017

Landslide in china kills 24, 4 injured

A landslide triggered by heavy rain killed at least 24 people in China's mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan yesterday, state
8 August 2017

Willing to pay economic price for regional peace

China will pay the biggest price from the new UN sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic relationship with the
8 August 2017

Quake strikes in remote part of China's Sichuan province

An earthquake measuring 6.5 in magnitude strikes China's remote and mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan, the US Geological Survey says, causing some damage to buildings in a tourist resort but no immediate reports of mass casualties.
8 August 2017