30 September 2025, 13:00 PM

Sri Lanka jails keeper in its first elephant trafficking case

Verdict six years after the case went to court
19 September 2025, 08:33 AM

Nepali rapper turned mayor is young people's favourite in political crisis

The favourite has not responded to the calls online
10 September 2025, 15:04 PM

Sri Lanka votes to eject former leader Rajapaksa from state mansion

Austerity measures introduced by the new leftist government to be implemented
10 September 2025, 11:56 AM

Pakistan signs $4.5 billion loans with local banks to ease power sector debt

Pakistan has signed term sheets with 18 commercial banks for a 1.275 trillion Pakistani rupee ($4.50 billion) Islamic finance facility to help pay down mounting debt in its power sector, the power minister said on Friday
20 June 2025, 13:09 PM

Pakistani Kashmir closes seminaries fearing Indian military strikes

The government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has closed all religious seminaries - locally known as madrasas - in the region for 10 days citing fears they would be targeted by Indian strikes following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir.
1 May 2025, 15:15 PM

UN urges aid to Myanmar quake survivors before monsoons hit, death toll climbs towards 3,000

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing says, among the missing, most are assumed to be dead. There is a narrow chance for them to remain alive
2 April 2025, 04:28 AM

Myanmar quake: Hope fades for survivors as toll passes 2,000

Myanmar today declared a week of national mourning for the victims of the country's devastating earthquake
31 March 2025, 09:01 AM

Six killed as PTI activists clash with Pak security forces

At least six people, including four paramilitary soldiers, were killed yesterday during clashes near Pakistan’s parliament between security forces and protesters who are demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan.
26 November 2024, 18:01 PM

Supporters clash with cops at PTI rally as leaders demand Imran’s release

PTI leaders rallied on the outskirts of Islamabad on Sunday, demanding the “immediate release” of their founder, Imran Khan, while criticising the government for marginalising the party as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
9 September 2024, 05:46 AM

Pakistan all set to get discounted Russian oil: PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that everything was set for his country to receive a shipment of discounted Russian oil
27 April 2023, 13:02 PM

No deal as IMF leaves Pakistan

"Considerable progress was made during the mission on policy measures to address domestic and external imbalances," the IMF said in a statement.
10 February 2023, 07:46 AM

No choice but to agree to tough IMF conditions: Pakistan PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is visiting the country for discussions on the ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, was giving a "very tough time" to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his team.
3 February 2023, 08:01 AM

‘Historical and unexplored ties between Afro-South Asian communities need cultural attention’

Exploring the Afro-South Asia connection and the untold narratives of the Habshi rulers during the Sultanate period in Bengal, globally renowned researcher, archivist, and curator Dr Kenneth X Robbins on Tuesday said that the historic ties between the Afro-South Asian communities need to be closely studied across the globe.
4 January 2023, 15:39 PM

Graft charges put Maldives ex-president Yameen in jail

The Maldives criminal court on Sunday sentenced former president Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison and fined him $5 million after finding him guilty of corruption and money laundering charges related to receiving kickbacks from a private company.
25 December 2022, 15:40 PM

Trafficking Rohingyas, Bangladeshis: Charge sheet filed against six Indians

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against six Indians from Assam state in connection with a case of trafficking Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis into Indian territory for sexual exploitation and settling them in this country.
14 July 2022, 14:39 PM

Bangladesh, a future tiger economy? Indian diplomat thinks so

With broad-basing of its industrial sector, Bangladesh could well be the tiger economy of the future, according to former Indian diplomat Ambassador Sarvajit Chakravarti.
9 July 2022, 06:26 AM

After “crossing the border for love” Bangladeshi woman sent to Indian correctional home

Krishna Mandal, the Bangladeshi woman who swam through the Sundarbans and got married to an Indian before being arrested, was produced before a court in West Bengal’s south 24 Parganas district which sent her to a correctional home.
2 June 2022, 12:47 PM

Bangladesh, India navies begin coordinated patrol in Bay

The fourth edition of the coordinated patrol (CORPAT) between the navies of Bangladesh and India began today (May 22, 2022) in the northern Bay of Bengal.
22 May 2022, 15:30 PM

India sends 40k tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka under credit line facility

India today supplied another 40,000 tonnes of diesel to the economic-crisis plagued Sri Lanka under the credit line facility to the island nation.
21 May 2022, 14:21 PM