India protest leaders say government seeks time until Saturday on demand for minister's resignation
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Two years apart, two young women stand before police vans
23 July 2026, 21:46 PM
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Sri Lanka uses navy drones to tackle dengue
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘He has received punishment’: Mother rejects body of rape suspect shot dead by West Bengal police
10 July 2026, 21:40 PM
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Gunmen kill 9 police officers near dam project in southwest Pakistan: officials
7 July 2026, 12:52 PM
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At least 40 dead after bus falls into ditch in Pakistan
3 July 2026, 14:09 PM
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Pakistan strikes on eastern Afghanistan kill dozens
29 June 2026, 09:31 AM
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Three Pakistani troops killed in terror attack in Karachi
28 June 2026, 11:19 AM
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Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Pakistan militants deny killing in Khyber
The news that Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in gun battles in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Saturday, is being denied by a spokesman for the militants.
28 March 2015, 13:38 PM
SL president's brother killed in axe attack
A brother of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dies in hospital after being attacked with an axe in his hometown north-east of Colombo.
28 March 2015, 06:32 AM
N Korea 'arrests two South spies'
North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean men who it accused of spying for Seoul
27 March 2015, 05:57 AM
Saudi Arabia asks Pakistan to join fight in Yemen
Pakistan is examining a request from Saudi Arabia to join a coalition to defend Yemen's president against advancing rebels threatening
26 March 2015, 18:20 PM
Beijing offers Sri Lanka olive branch, warnings
President Xi Jinping worked to mend relations with Sri Lanka yesterday as Chinese state-run media warned the island nation's new
26 March 2015, 18:15 PM
India arrests two in nun rape case
Indian police have arrested a suspect in connection with the rape of an elderly nun, a senior officer said yesterday, their first
26 March 2015, 18:09 PM
14 killed in scaffolding collapse in central Vietnam
Collapse in a construction site in central Vietnam, has left 14 dead on spot and 28 other injured.
26 March 2015, 05:58 AM
Bangladesh political impasse impeding economic progress: US
The United States has said the violent political impasse in Bangladesh unfortunately is impeding the economic progress
26 March 2015, 01:48 AM
‘BSF’ picks up 4 Bangladesh detectives
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly pick up four members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police at Comilla frontier after they entered into the no-man's land to arrest a Bangladeshi man
25 March 2015, 18:33 PM
Two missing as India navy plane crashes
A naval aircraft crashed off the western Indian coast leaving two pilots missing, the navy said yesterday. Rescue operations were
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistan executes six murder convicts
Pakistan yesterday hanged six prisoners condemned for murder, officials said, bringing the total executed since the death penalty was
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Jailed Nasheed says his appeal scuttled
Jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has been prevented from appealing against his controversial 13-year jail sentence
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Manmohan moves SC
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday moved India's Supreme Court against the order of a trial court that summoned him as
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
India court scraps online arrest law
India's Supreme Court strikes down a controversial law which allows police to arrest people for comments on social networks and other internet sites
24 March 2015, 07:04 AM
Lanka President heads to China
Sri Lanka's new president heads to Beijing this week for talks with China's leadership, seeking to smooth ruffled feathers after
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistan holds first national day parade for seven years
Pakistan has been holding its first Republic Day parade in seven years amid tight security
23 March 2015, 11:32 AM
India and China hold talks on border dispute
Senior Indian and Chinese officials are meeting in Delhi for talks aimed at resolving a contentious border dispute, the first discussions since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power
23 March 2015, 08:13 AM
Sri Lanka probes ex-envoy's role
Sri Lanka is investigating its former ambassador to Russia following a media report that he helped arm pro-Moscow separatists in
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Fire breaks out at India's parliament
A blaze which erupted yesterday at India's national parliament brought firefighters rushing to the historic building in the centre of New
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka arrests 54 Indian fishermen
Sri Lankan navy on Saturday evening apprehended 54 Tamil Nadu fishermen and their ten boats. Indian marine police sources said the
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM