I watched my village disappear in an instant
The Kathmandu Post
1 HOUR(s) South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
Agencies
28 August 2026 South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
The Kathmandu Post
27 August 2026 South Asia
'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
Reuters, Kathmandu
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
AFP, Nuwakot, Nepal
27 August 2026 South Asia
98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
Reuters, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
AFP, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia

Cuts for a cause: This hair donation drive helps cancer patients smile again

Around 30 young girls come for a small hair donation drive titled 'Hair to Help' at the KMC Sports Complex arranged by Pakistan Youth Forum (PYF).
10 August 2015

Pakistan child sex abuse: Seven arrested in Punjab

Seven people have been arrested in eastern Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a child sexual abuse and extortion scandal.
10 August 2015

159 Bangladeshi brought back from Myanmar

A total of 159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, are brought back to Bangladesh.
10 August 2015

Parties overcome another hurdle

Nepal's rival parties have signed an agreement drawing up the country's internal borders in a breakthrough that paves the way for a new national constitution, the country's prime minister said yesterday.
9 August 2015

At least 4 dead as typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan

Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead.
8 August 2015

Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb

Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.
6 August 2015

Shots fired at former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram's car

Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram escaped unhurt when bullets fired near his car grazed the vehicle following a traffic accident in Karachi on Wednesday.
5 August 2015

India, Pak trade fire along LoC

Three civilians were killed yesterday in heavy exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops along their border in the south of the
4 August 2015

Pakistan hangs 'teen' convict

Pakistan yesterday executed a man convicted of killing a child, brushing aside a storm of protests from rights groups that his
4 August 2015

Fading tales of a fishing village

Although the name of the village translates to bird river jetty from the Malay language, bird viewing activities are scarce now, according to village chief Chia Kai Yia.
4 August 2015

Modi govt inks peace pact with Naga rebels

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced a peace accord with a faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), an armed rebel group in northeast India, ending the country's oldest insurgency.
3 August 2015

ISI chief advised her 'not to attend rally'

The security officer of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has told an anti-terrorism court that the director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in 2007 had advised her hours before her assassination not to attend the public meeting at Liaquat Bagh.
2 August 2015

Pakistan releases 163 Indian fishermen in goodwill gesture

Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen held for violating its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture amid tensions over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir and an attack on a police station.
2 August 2015

Landslide buries a whole village in Manipur

At least 20 people were killed when a landslide buried a whole village in the remote Joupi area of Indian state Manipur's Chandel district
1 August 2015

President declares state of emergency

Myanmar's president yesterday declared a state of emergency in four regions after heavy floods left 27 people dead.
1 August 2015

Meet the Facebook reporters of India-Bangladesh enclaves

A group of "Facebook reporters" have been the main source of information from the enclaves of India and Bangladesh in the past few years.
1 August 2015

Pak cops kill Laskhar-e- Jhangvi chief

The leader of an anti-Shia group behind some of Pakistan's worst sectarian atrocities was killed in a shootout with police early yesterday along with 13 other militants, authorities said.
29 July 2015

Why Delhi buys water on the black market

20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.
29 July 2015

Humility of a great man

Once during an event, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who was then president, refused to sit on a chair that was designated for him -because the chair was larger in size than the other chairs.
28 July 2015

Pak army releases pics to 'prove' Indian drone claim

Pakistan Army's media arm releases several photos and videos that purportedly show the drone was launched from the Indian side for a spying mission.
28 July 2015