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Six missing after tanker collision in Singapore

Authorities from Singapore and Indonesia are searching for six people, after a chemical tanker collided with a freighter in the Singapore Strait.
17 December 2015, 05:44 AM

Railway to get 114 new coaches

Bangladesh Railway is set to add 114 new passenger coaches from India and Indonesia to its fleet as part of reform activities to provide passengers modern, safe and quality services.
4 December 2015, 13:11 PM

Carstensz Pyramid hardest of all: Wasfia

“Believe it or not Carstensz Pyramid is the hardest and the most arduous mountain of my life, even harder than Everest," Wasfia says after conquering the mountain.
28 November 2015, 12:28 PM

Crocodiles 'to guard death row prisons' in Indonesia

The head of Indonesia's anti-drugs agency proposes building a prison island guarded by crocodiles to house death-row drug convicts.
10 November 2015, 09:03 AM

Frodo’s basement: Secret chamber found where hobbit humans lived

The delicate remains of Homo floresiensis in a cave on Flores island in Indonesia told the remarkable story of a tiny species of early human, standing about 1 metre tall.
30 October 2015, 09:39 AM

Amnesty International warns over Rohingya crisis

Amnesty International said Bangladeshi migrants and persecuted Rohingya fleeing Myanmar faced "hellish" conditions on trafficking boats.
21 October 2015, 08:18 AM

Saudi Arabia hajj disaster death toll at least 2,177

The crush and stampede that struck the hajj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,177 pilgrims, a new Associated Press tally showed on Monday.
20 October 2015, 06:35 AM

Indonesia's Aceh province tears down churches after religious violence

Authorities in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday began tearing down several small Christian churches after hardline Muslims demanded their closure.
19 October 2015, 07:18 AM

New 'hog-nosed rat' discovered in Indonesia

A team of scientists have discovered a new species of rat in Indonesia.
7 October 2015, 05:05 AM

Indonesia ‘needs time’ to tackle haze

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo says he needs time to tackle the forest-burning which creates a haze every year over South East Asia.
30 September 2015, 05:27 AM

Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
20 September 2015, 06:25 AM

Indonesia arrests executives of 'haze-causing companies'

In a rare crackdown, Indonesia has arrested executives from seven companies accused of contributing to a pollution-filled haze in the region.
17 September 2015, 06:13 AM

Malaysia closes schools as Indonesia smoke haze worsens

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday ordered school closures in Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring states as worsening haze from Indonesian forest and agricultural fires enveloped the capital in a smoky grey shroud.
15 September 2015, 07:02 AM

Bangladeshi immigrants run away from shelters in Aceh

A total of 15 Bangladeshi immigrants have left their temporary shelter in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, recently while the immigration office was preparing documents for their deportation.
3 September 2015, 08:50 AM

7 odd ways to go to school

Bangladesh, takes its education seriously but it is not alone in its incredible story of children defeating the odds just to reach school.
3 September 2015, 04:55 AM

Stay away from brokers: Expat minister

Newly appointed overseas employment Minister Nurul Islam urges countrymen not to deal with brokers for employment in Malaysia.
11 August 2015, 07:25 AM

Thailand indicts 72 people over human trafficking

Thai prosecutors have indicted 72 people, including politicians and an army general, over the trafficking of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
24 July 2015, 10:40 AM

25 more trafficking victims return from Indonesia

Twenty five more Bangladeshi human trafficking victims have returned home from Indonesia, four months after they were rescued from the Andaman Sea.
13 July 2015, 11:34 AM

US upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report

The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.
9 July 2015, 02:37 AM

Asean launches fund to host trafficking victims

Southeast Asian countries launch a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
2 July 2015, 15:18 PM