Category: South Asia News
US, South Korea, Japan to launch new defense steps at Camp David: Officials
WASHINGTON: The United States, Japan and South Korea will launch a series of joint initiatives on technology and defense when the countries’ leaders gather at…
Sri Lanka lifts import ban on buses, trucks
COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka partially lifted a ban on vehicle imports on Tuesday by allowing buses and trucks back into the island after more than…
Bangladesh Islamist leader buried after violent protests
DHAKA: Around 50,000 people attended Tuesday’s funeral for an influential Islamist leader in Bangladesh, police said, after news of his death while he was in…
25 dead after Myanmar jade mine landslide
YANGON: Rescuers have recovered 25 bodies while 14 people remain missing after a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote region of Myanmar,…
Worry, despair and more terror attacks in Pakistan: 2 years of Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
NEW DELHI: August 15, 2023, marks two years since the the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan as US and NATO forces withdrew from…
Taliban mark two years since return to power in Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghanistan‘s Taliban on Tuesday marked the second anniversary of their return to power, celebrating their take-over of Kabul and the establishment of what they…
Aceh: Indonesian rescuers search for 7 people missing in waters of Aceh, including 4 Australians
JAKARTA: An Indonesian search and rescue team on Monday was searching for seven people, including four Australian tourists, reported missing in the waters of Aceh…
Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
Afghanistan: In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the arid earth. In the third year of water…
Afghanistan Hotel Blast: At least 3 killed, 7 injured in blast at hotel in Afghanistan
KABUL: At least three people were killed and seven injured after a blast ripped through a hotel in southeastern Afghanistan‘s Khost province on Monday, the…
Mujib Killers: Bangladesh trying to bring back founding father Mujib’s killers from US, Canada
KOLKATA: Bangladesh is trying to bring back two of the fugitive army officers who were involved in shooting dead the country’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur…