Nepal probes mid-air near collision between two planes

Nepal has suspended three air traffic controllers and launched an investigation after two passenger planes nearly collided mid-air last week, officials said yesterday.
26 March 2023

PM Prayuth nominated to run

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was officially nominated yesterday for re-election as his party’s first candidate for the country’s next leader in polls set for May 14.
25 March 2023

Pak court sentences man to death

An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group.
25 March 2023

More economic pain to come

Sri Lanka’s president yesterday warned of more economic pain to come for the crisis-hit nation, with strict austerity measures needed to restore its ruined finances after an IMF bailout deal.
22 March 2023

At least 13 people killed

At least 13 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region yesterday appeared to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.
22 March 2023

Afghanistan quake kills at least 11, nine of them in Pakistan

At least nine people were killed and 44 injured in northwest Pakistan by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck in neighbouring Afghanistan late on Tuesday, a Pakistani government official said
22 March 2023

Pak parliament summoned

Pakistan’s parliament is set to meet in a special joint session today to “take important decisions” to enforce the state’s authority, media reported, in the midst of prolonged anti-government defiance by former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Former cricket star
21 March 2023

Sri Lanka bailout conditional on tackling corruption

Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the IMF said yesterday after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation.
21 March 2023

Sri Lanka bailout conditional on tackling corruption: IMF

Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the IMF said Tuesday after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation
21 March 2023

'Progressive' $3b Sri Lanka programme will protect poorest: IMF

Sri Lanka's roughly $3 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will look to protect the poorest while tackling deep-rooted economic issues, a senior IMF official said
21 March 2023

IMF approves Sri Lanka's $2.9bn bailout

Sri Lanka's president said Monday that the International Monetary Fund has approved its request for a $2.9 billion bailout, raising hopes for an easing of the island nation's dire economic crisis
21 March 2023

Thai PM dissolves parliament

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha dissolved parliament yesterday, setting up a general election in May as the former coup leader seeks to extend army-backed rule.
20 March 2023

Japan looking at possibility of economic ties with Bangladesh: Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is in India on a two-day official visit, today said Japan is studying the possibility of an economic partnership with Bangladesh..“India’s next-door neighbour Bangladesh will soon graduate from a least developed country,” Kishida said..“We h
20 March 2023

Political void in Punjab: Can a radical leader again ignite separatism?

When a mob led by a radical 30-year-old Sikh preacher openly espousing to separatist cause stormed a police station in Amritsar district of India's Punjab bordering Pakistan on February 24, the incident and the man behind it revived memories of the dark days of militancy that had ravaged the state for years in 1980s
19 March 2023

N Korea fires short-range ballistic missile

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile yesterday, Seoul’s military said, the fourth show of force in a week as South Korea and the US stage major military drills.
19 March 2023

Imran Khan booked on terror charges

The Islamabad Police have lodged a first information report (FIR) — including terrorism charges — against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and more than a dozen PTI leaders for allegedly attacking police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC), it emerged on Sunday
19 March 2023

Pak court drops arrest warrant against Imran

A Pakistan judge dropped an arrest warrant against former prime minister Imran Khan yesterday, his lawyers said, after the ex-cricketing star, who had skipped several hearings, travelled to the court.
18 March 2023

Imran Khan to appear in Islamabad court, fearing arrest

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was set to appear in court today as police were entering his home and after he expressed fear of arrest in a standoff with the government that has led to intense clashes with his supporters..Facing a spate of legal challenges, including one that pr
18 March 2023

Committee to lead party if I'm arrested: Imran Khan

"I have made a committee which will obviously take decisions once - if - I'm inside"
18 March 2023

Imran Khan’s arrest warrant suspended

An arrest warrant for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was suspended yesterday, his lawyers said, clearing the way for him to end a holdout at his residence that led to bloody clashes between supporters and police earlier this week.
17 March 2023