Myanmar verdict a 'major step backward', says Reuters' Adler

Myanmar's verdict today jailing two Reuters reporters for seven years on charges of breaching an official secrets act is a major step backward in the southeast Asian nation's transition to democracy, the agency's Editor in Chief Stephen J Adler said.
3 September 2018, 04:56 AM

Domestic plane skids off runway

Nepal's only international airport had to be closed for some 11 hours after a domestic aircraft skidded off the recently repaired runway, officials said yesterday.
2 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Bangkok struggles to stay afloat

As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade.
2 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Of lies and deception

The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. "Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally", reads the caption.
31 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya man shot dead by criminals

Criminals shot a Rohingya man dead inside a camp at Leda in Teknaf upazila yesterday afternoon.
31 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar struggles to digest global anger over Rohingya crisis

Baffled, hurt or indignant, many inside Myanmar are struggling to digest a week of opprobrium heaped on their country by the UN and even Facebook over the treatment of the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim group whose plight elicits little sympathy in the Buddhist-majority nation.
31 August 2018, 06:54 AM

BIMSTEC summit: Retreat organised for member countries’ leaders

A retreat is organised for the leaders of six BIMSTEC member countries at Soaltee Hotel on the last day of BIMSTEC summit.
31 August 2018, 06:12 AM

BIMSTEC leaders say they are committed to enhancing connectivity

Leaders from the seven-nation regional grouping emphasise the importance of exploring multiple avenues of connectivity, ranging from physical to digital platforms.
31 August 2018, 05:41 AM

8 Malaysian ex-spies under probe for graft

A group of former agents from Malaysia's foreign intelligence agency, including its chief, are being investigated for alleged
30 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi should have resigned

Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned as Myanmar's de facto leader over last year's brutal army campaign against the Rohingyas, the outgoing UN human rights chief has told the BBC.
30 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Expand Bimstec cooperation: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for expanding cooperation in Bimstec forum through creation of a free trade area, investment and energy collaboration.
30 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Hasina, Modi to work for welfare of two nations

Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed to continue their joint endeavours to better the lives of their people as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 4th Bimstec Summit.
30 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Thai Queen Mother leaves hospital

Thailand's 86-year-old Queen Mother Sirikit was discharged from a Bangkok hospital yesterday, the Royal Household Bureau said in a
30 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar aid restrictions 'could be war crime'

Government restrictions on lifesaving aid for displaced people in northern Myanmar could constitute a war crime, advocacy group Fortify Rights says, as pressure grows for accountability for rights abuses in the country.
30 August 2018, 12:28 PM

Aung San Suu Kyi won't be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize: committee

The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee says.
29 August 2018, 15:36 PM

Rohingya crisis: UN reveals satellite images of atrocities

The UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar publishes some maps and satellite imageries of atrocities against the Rohingyas in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.
29 August 2018, 11:48 AM

Australia welcomes UN report on Rohingyas

Welcoming the UN fact-finding mission report on Myanmar, Australia renewes its call for justice for those Rohingyas who have suffered saying that the perpetrators must be held to account.
29 August 2018, 08:17 AM

We have failed Rohingya: UN goodwill ambassador Blanchett

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett, who visited a refugee camp in Bangladesh last year, says what she saw and heard there left her both “shocked and disturbed”.
29 August 2018, 06:32 AM

Arrest of Indian rights activists sparks outrage

Indian police arrests five outspoken lawyers and left-wing activists during raids across the country that drew condemnation from opposition parties and rights watchdogs who said it was a crackdown on critics of the government.
29 August 2018, 04:57 AM

Top military men responsible for human rights abuse in Myanmar: US

Mentioning that the findings of a new report indicate widespread human rights abuses by the Myanmar military and its other security forces, the United States says it held high-level military individuals in Myanmar responsible for the situation.
29 August 2018, 04:35 AM