Nepal power crisis: India approves 654 MW electricity export amid massive flood damage
Sep 14, 2026, at 05:44 pm
The Indian Ministry of Power has approved the export of electricity to Nepal for 18 hours a day, from midnight to 6 pm, between September 13 and December 31.
Pakistan hikes bounty on JeM chief Masood Azhar to PKR 7 million ahead of FATF plenary
Sep 14, 2026, at 05:16 pm
Pakistan has increased the bounty for information leading to the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar to 7 million Pakistani rupees (about Rs 24.09 lakh in Indian currency) as the country prepares for a key Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary next month.
Bangladesh wants to ‘reset’ ties with India: Major message from Dhaka
Sep 14, 2026, at 07:09 am
Bangladesh has said it wants to "reset" bilateral ties with India, stressing that the process should be pursued through direct bilateral discussions rather than a multilateral forum.
Sep 11, 2026, at 05:58 pm
Two Hindu minor girls, aged 13 and 14 according to minority rights activists, broke down and pleaded to return home after a court in Pakistan’s Sindh province declined to send them back to their parents and instead ordered that they be moved to a safe house.
Sep 11, 2026, at 12:21 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladeshi Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who has been in jail for nearly two years, was released on five-hour parole to attend his mother's funeral, media reports said.
Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed quits WHO post amid fraud allegations
Sep 11, 2026, at 11:26 am
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's daughter Saima Wazed has resigned as the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia amid investigations by the UN agency and Bangladeshi authorities, media reports said.
Horror at China shipyard as cargo ship catches fire, 25 dead
Sep 11, 2026, at 09:34 am
At least 25 people were killed after a foreign cargo ship caught fire at a shipyard in China's Shandong Province, media reports said.
Bangladesh Army tank explodes during firing exercise, two soldiers killed
Sep 09, 2026, at 08:57 pm
Two Bangladesh Army soldiers were killed, and an officer was seriously injured after a Chinese-origin Type 59 tank exploded during a field firing exercise in Chattogram on Wednesday, The Daily Star reported.
Afghanistan Cricket Board sparks Pakistan row over map showing PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan within India
Sep 08, 2026, at 10:35 pm
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has sparked a fresh diplomatic controversy with Pakistan after a promotional video for its upcoming series against India appeared to depict Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan within India’s map.
Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan facing ‘system of discrimination’, UN experts warn
Sep 08, 2026, at 10:06 am
UN experts on Monday expressed grave concern over continuing reports of discrimination, violence and legal restrictions targeting members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan, and called on authorities to ensure their protection and uphold the country's international human rights obligations.
Pakistan: Businessman gunned down in Quetta, family takes body to road in protest
Sep 05, 2026, at 06:33 pm
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a local businessman in Pakistan's Quetta city recently, according to media reports.
Pakistan: Unknown attackers shoot police constable dead in Peshawar
Sep 05, 2026, at 04:28 pm
Unknown attackers shot a police constable dead in the Mattani area near Pakistan's Peshawar city on Thursday, according to media reports.
Ten days trapped underground after deadly flood: Chinese national rescued alive from Nepal tunnel
Sep 05, 2026, at 02:57 pm
The Nepali Army on Saturday said a Chinese national was rescued alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project, 10 days after a devastating flood struck the Himalayan nation.
Miracle in Nepal: Two workers rescued alive after 10 days trapped inside tunnel
Sep 04, 2026, at 03:47 pm
At least two people have been miraculously rescued from under the debris and mud of the hydropower tunnel, ten days after the deadly flash flood hit Nepal, leaving the section of the Himalayan country paralysed.
5.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet as rescue efforts continue after Nepal glacier disaster
Sep 03, 2026, at 03:14 pm
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake has struck northern Tibet as the region remains engaged in an extensive rescue and recovery operation following last week’s devastating glacier collapse and floods along the Nepal-China border.
Imran Khan gets relief from solitary confinement, Pakistan court orders family meetings
Sep 01, 2026, at 08:33 pm
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has barred authorities from placing jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in solitary confinement and directed Adiala Jail officials to facilitate meetings between the couple in accordance with prison rules, media reports said.
Sep 01, 2026, at 10:20 am
The demolition of a Hindu temple in Pakistan has sparked controversy, with a minority rights group alleging that the structure was deliberately razed to facilitate the expansion of an adjoining seminary (madarasa).
Glacier breaks apart near 7,200m peak as drone records moment before deadly Nepal flash floods
Aug 31, 2026, at 12:34 pm
Drone footage has captured the dramatic moment when a huge mass of glacier ice and rock broke away from a mountain slope in Nepal, shortly before catastrophic flash floods swept through parts of the country and neighbouring Tibet.
Nepal flood hero: Teacher saves 900 students after getting four urgent warnings
Aug 30, 2026, at 06:52 pm
The prompt action of a Nepali school head teacher helped save the lives of hundreds of students from a devastating flood that ravaged parts of the Himalayan nation and left hundreds dead.
Nepal to bury unidentified flood victims as bodies pile up
Aug 30, 2026, at 12:32 pm
Nepal has decided to begin burying unidentified and unclaimed bodies recovered from the devastating flash floods that swept through the country this week, as authorities struggle to preserve the remains amid limited storage facilities and the risk of infection, media reports said.
Nepal bows to global pressure, allows foreign experts in flood rescue
Aug 28, 2026, at 10:57 pm
The Nepal government has reversed its decision to keep foreign search-and-rescue teams out of areas devastated by the Bhotekoshi flash floods, allowing limited international assistance amid mounting diplomatic pressure from countries whose citizens remain missing, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Aug 28, 2026, at 02:40 pm
Nepal has declined offers from India, China and several other countries to send helicopters and specialised search-and-rescue teams following the devastating Bhote Koshi floods, choosing instead to keep the operation under the control of its own security agencies.
Nepal flash floods kill 359, over 1,300 missing; 288 Indians still unaccounted for
Aug 28, 2026, at 12:03 am
At least 359 people have been killed and more than 1,300 remain missing after devastating flash floods struck Nepal, police said on Thursday, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors.
China warns barrier lake near Tibet-Nepal border could breach within 72 hours
Aug 27, 2026, at 06:21 pm
China has warned that a barrier lake near the Tibet-Nepal border could breach within 72 hours, adding a fresh threat to rescue operations after a devastating mudslide and flash flood killed hundreds and left more than a thousand people missing across the region.
300 Indians missing in Nepal flash floods, 160 dead: Foreign Minister reveals grim toll
Aug 27, 2026, at 10:36 am
New Delhi/Kathmandu/IBNS: At least 300 Indian pilgrims have been reported missing following the deadly flash floods that struck Nepal, the country's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said.
France’s Karachi exit: Consulate to close after five decades in Pakistan
Aug 26, 2026, at 05:55 pm
The French Consulate in Pakistan’s Karachi city is permanently shutting its doors after 50 years of service.
Corruption in July Memorial Museum project rocks Bangladesh
Aug 26, 2026, at 01:10 pm
Dr Muhammad Yunus’s one-and-a-half-year rule is widely seen as one of the more turbulent phases in Bangladesh’s recent history.
13 children die in Pakistan hospital blaze: What triggered the deadly fire?
Aug 26, 2026, at 10:09 am
At least 13 children, mostly newborns, died after a massive fire broke out in the gynaecology ward of a hospital in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday, according to media reports.
Horror in Pakistan: Five labourers shot dead by armed men in Balochistan
Aug 25, 2026, at 05:18 pm
Armed men targeted and killed at least five labourers in Pakistan’s Pishin district on Monday, according to media reports.
Pakistani Army Officer seen hitting students, firing shots in air during protest; video goes viral
Aug 25, 2026, at 10:18 am
A Pakistani Army officer was caught on camera allegedly assaulting protesting students and firing shots into the air on Monday at Sarhad University’s Rawat campus in Islamabad, according to reports.