Southeast Asia
Women, children help desk opened in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp
Cox's Bazar police and UN Women launch a Women and Children Help Desk, the first of its kind in Rohingya camps, at Madhuchara Police Camp-1 in Cox's Bazar district.
4 March 2019, 08:42 AM
New SpaceX astronaut capsule successfully launched on ISS test mission
NASA and SpaceX celebrate the successful launch of a new astronaut capsule on a week-long round trip to the International Space Station -- a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US soil after an eight-year break.
2 March 2019, 09:38 AM
Won't take any more Rohingyas
Bangladesh cannot accept any more refugees from Myanmar, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque told a UN Security Council meeting.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Myanmar officer's wife killed in latest Rakhine violence
The wife of a Myanmar military officer was killed by a pipe bomb as they moved into a new home in northern Rakhine state, the army says, as the body count in the troubled region rises with landmines and assassinations.
1 March 2019, 11:04 AM
7 dead in Indonesia gold mine collapse
At least seven people have died and dozens more are still trapped beneath the rubble of an illegal gold mine that collapsed in Indonesia,
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Thai MPs pass cybersecurity law
Thailand's military-appointed parliament yesterday passed a controversial cybersecurity law that gives sweeping powers to state cyber agencies, despite concerns from businesses and activists over judicial oversight and potential abuse of power.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Bon appe-teeth
A horrified Australian traveller discovered a suspected human tooth in a meal on a Singapore Airlines flight, prompting the carrier yesterday to apologise and launch an investigation.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Smoke signals
Ready with an ashtray at a railway station, taking away gifts of flowers and giving directions to staff, Kim Yo Jong has been rushed off her feet as personal secretary to her brother and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
NO DEAL, NO PROBLEM AT TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT
Donald Trump summoned the world's media to Hanoi for a meeting with Kim Jong Un, travelled the long way around the world to get
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
45 feared dead
Indonesian officials said yesterday dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out around 45 people who were feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi that killed at least one person.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Pakistan PM urges talks with India to end crisis, avoid miscalculation
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called for talks with India and hoped "better sense" would prevail to de-escalate the dispute with its nuclear-armed neighbour following air strikes by both sides.
27 February 2019, 11:02 AM
Pakistan claims shooting down Indian jets
Pakistan shot down two Indian jets, a spokesman for the Pakistan armed forces claims, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, prompting leading powers to urge the nuclear armed rivals to show restraint.
27 February 2019, 06:50 AM
Heavy shelling by Pakistan on India’s Uri sector
The Pakistani army intensely shelled Indian posts across the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri Sector of Jammu and Kashmir but there were no reports of casualty, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting Indian officials.
27 February 2019, 04:50 AM
Pakistan minister urges 'better sense' from India
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that "better sense" should prevail in India after Indian jets crossed into Pakistan and carried out what one Indian minister called an airstrike on militant terror camps.
26 February 2019, 06:34 AM
Japan to give $32.5m for Rohingyas
Japan has decided to give US $32.5 million for the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh due to persecution in Myanmar.
26 February 2019, 05:07 AM
Bangladesh’s forest getting destroyed for Rohingyas: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says as over 1.2 million Rohingyas are living in Cox's Bazar district of the country, much of Bangladesh's forest is getting destroyed creating environmental disasters.
24 February 2019, 10:37 AM
Myanmar yet to create safe atmosphere for Rohingya repatriation: FM
Although Myanmar has agreed to take back eight lakh Rohingyas, it is yet to create a congenial atmosphere for their repatriation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says..
23 February 2019, 13:22 PM
Suu Kyi woos investors to Rakhine
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine yesterday, saying the world had
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Muslim rebel chief sworn in as CM
The Philippines yesterday handed over the reins of a new Muslim-led territory to rebel leaders who waged a decades-long fight for autonomy, but are now tasked with securing peace and prosperity.
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi woos investors to crisis-hit Rakhine, decries "negative" focus
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine, saying the world had "focused narrowly on negative aspects" in the state from which some 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled since 2017.
22 February 2019, 07:34 AM