Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
11 September 2026
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World
Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
10 September 2026
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Asia
Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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Asia
N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Asia
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
Two rebels killed in Kashmir firefight
Two suspected rebels were killed and a civilian was critically wounded in a shootout with government forces in Indian
3 July 2017
Family feud is baseless
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday strongly rejected as "baseless" claims from his siblings of abuse of power
3 July 2017
Flash floods kill 11 in Pakistan
At least 11 people were killed and scores more people were injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in
2 July 2017
Japan PM Abe set for huge loss: exit polls
Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative party was set for a major defeat in the Tokyo assembly
2 July 2017
Sri Lanka deploys hundreds of troops
Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as the country battles the spread of
2 July 2017
Duterte threatens to jail martial law critics
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics of his use of martial law in the violence-wracked
2 July 2017
Indian woman attacked with acid 5th time
A woman who survived an alleged gang rape and four separate acid attacks has once again been hit by corrosive
2 July 2017
AT A GLANCE: Bangladesh road accident fatalities on the rise
At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector, says in a report.
Move the mouse pointer over the bars of the interactive chart to have a comparative overview.
2 July 2017
Interactive map: Gulshan militant attack and its aftermath
After the militant attack at Gulshan’s upscale café Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 last year, law enforcers started launching operations at the hideouts of suspected militants across Bangladesh. On the map, 14 such anti-militancy drives including yesterday’s raid in Kushtia were marked.
Click on the each marks to see brief information on the operation.
2 July 2017
S Korea to seek peace treaty with N Korea
South Korea's new government will seek to sign a peace treaty with the North if it abandons its nuclear weapons, a minister said
29 June 2017
China 'highly alarmed'
China said yesterday it was "highly alarmed" over threats to its national security, after a state-run newspaper accused Australia of
29 June 2017
China: Pak base talk pure speculation
China said yesterday that talk the country was building a military base in Pakistan was pure speculation, after a Pentagon report earlier
29 June 2017
Samsung inks deal for US$380m factory in South Carolina
Samsung Electronics officially announces that the company will build a home appliance factory with US$380 million worth of investment in South Carolina, marking the company’s first major investment in the US since it relocated production facilities for US exports to Mexico in the early 1990s.
29 June 2017
US court halts deportations of all Iraqis
A US judge has halted deportations of all Iraqi nationals -- some set to be removed as early as Tuesday -- on the
28 June 2017
Nepal holds landmark polls in crisis-hit south
Millions of Nepalis yesterday voted in the country's first local elections for two decades, a key step in its post-war
28 June 2017
Release 3 detained journos immediately, CPJ urges Myanmar
Myanmar authorities should immediately release three journalists arrested in northern Shan state yesterday on accusations of unlawful association after they covered an event organised by an armed ethnic group that is banned by authorities, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said.
28 June 2017
China top carmaker in Asia
In Asia, the biggest motor vehicle production plants are in China, Japan, India and South Korea. China, though, captures a bigger pie of the global market share in auto production than any other Asian country.
28 June 2017
Hopes dim in search for 118 buried by China landslide
Rescuers dig through earth and rocks for a second day on Sunday in an increasingly bleak search for some 118 people still missing after their village in southwest China vanished under a huge landslide.
25 June 2017
3 Bangladeshis among 89 militants in Philippines: Report
Philippine security forces claim to have identified three Bangladeshi nationals among the 89 suspected Islamist militants who hole up in southern town Mindanao since May 23.
24 June 2017
Cyberhacking incidents seen too costly for banks: Kaspersky
A Russian-based IT security firm said that banks interrupted by cyberhacking also have to deal with data loss, damage to brand reputation and leakage of confidential information.
24 June 2017