Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
22 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026
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11 women stabbed in Karachi
Pakistan police announced a reward of nearly $5,000 yesterday for information that could help them nab a serial attacker who has
5 October 2017
Rift grows over elite paramilitary unit
An unexplained dispute between Pakistan's interior minister and an elite paramilitary unit under his command is adding to political
5 October 2017
Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar say army redoubling push to clear villages
Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive remaining Muslims from their homes.
4 October 2017
$4.5b credit deal signed with India
Bangladesh signs a massive credit line agreement of USD 4.5 billion with India. Primarily, 17 development projects have been identified for implementation under the credit line, says a press release of finance ministry.
4 October 2017
Nawaz Sharif elected PML (N) party chief
Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, who had to quit as prime minister after he was disqualified by his country's supreme court, was elected
3 October 2017
Three killed as militants attack airport security camp in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Indian police today kills two militants who has attacked a security camp next to the main airport in the disputed Kashmir region, officials say.
3 October 2017
Two children killed in Pak firing in Kashmir
Two children were killed yesterday in an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops in disputed Kashmir, Indian authorities
2 October 2017
Blast kills 6 near Shia mosque
Six people were killed when a suicide bomber posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a Shia mosque in Kabul on Friday, police said, as Muslims prepared to commemorate a key Islamic event.
29 September 2017
Death toll in Rohingya boat capsize rises to 20
The death toll in Rohingya trawler capsize incident in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar rises to 20 as four more bodies are recovered from the Bay.
29 September 2017
Countries should suspend providing weapons to Myanmar: US
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley calls on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.
28 September 2017
Myanmar violence could spread, displace more Rohingyas, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the violence against Myanamar's Rohingya Muslims in the northern part of Rakhine state could spread to central Rakhine, where 250,000 more people were at risk of displacement.
28 September 2017
Nepal picks 3-yr-old as living goddess
A three-year-old girl was anointed the new "living goddess" of Kathmandu by Hindu priests yesterday and taken to a palace in the
28 September 2017
Dhaka most stressful city in Asia
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka tops the list of the most stressed cities in Asia whereas Sydney followed by Singapore, Taipei and Osaka are the least stressed cities in Asia, according to the data compiled by the UK-based firm, Zipjet.
28 September 2017
Sri Lanka slams 'animal' monks
The Sri Lankan government yesterday slammed a group of radical Buddhist monks who attacked Rohingya refugees on the island as
27 September 2017
Mattis arrives in Afghanistan as rockets hit Kabul airport
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has visited Kabul to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious security in the Afghan capital underlined by a rocket attack on the airport hours after he touched down.
27 September 2017
Pakistan court indicts Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in graft case
An accountability court in Islamabad indicts Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
27 September 2017
Japan to give $3m to displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh, $1m to Myanmar
Japan will provide US $4 million as emergency grant aid for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the northern part of Rakhine State of Myanmar.
27 September 2017
Rohingya refugee crisis: India stands beside Bangladesh, says High Commissioner Vardhan Shringla
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla assures Bangladesh of his country’s “diplomatic and humanitarian” support to resolve the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis.
27 September 2017
India has no right to mistreat refugees: HRW
Human Rights Watch slams Indian authorities for “mistreating” the Rohingya refugees and said the country had no rights to conduct such behaviour.
25 September 2017
Youth tortured dead by BSF in Thakurgaon
A Bangladeshi young man is tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Dabri border area in Haripur upazila.
25 September 2017