Zulfikar Ali Bhutto didn't get a fair trial: Pak SC

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn't get a fair trial.
6 March 2024, 12:18 PM

Has rape become normalised in India?

Seven men have been accused of brutally gang raping a Spanish tourist in the Dumka district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The 28-year-old vlogger and her 64-year-old husband have been traveling the world on their motorcycles for several years
6 March 2024, 09:27 AM

Modi inaugurates India's first underwater metro route in Kolkata

India's first underwater metro route was inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he flagged off a train between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade in Kolkata
6 March 2024, 06:27 AM

No Indian troops in Maldives after May 10

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu yesterday declared that Indian military personnel will not be present in the island nation after May 10.
5 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
5 March 2024, 06:48 AM

Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups

Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said today
5 March 2024, 06:20 AM

China sets ambitious 5 percent growth target for 2024

China today set a growth target of around five percent for 2024, an ambitious objective analysts said would be a challenge to meet given the severe headwinds battering the world's second-largest economy
5 March 2024, 03:21 AM

Imran Khan’s MPs denied reserved seats in parliament

Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian police hunt more rape suspects

Three Indian men have appeared in court after the gang rape of a Spanish tourist on a motorbike trip with her husband, with police hunting four other suspects, reports said yesterday.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Nepal PM ends alliance with Nepali Congress

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal named three ministers, including one each from two opposition parties, in a new coalition yesterday, dumping the centrist Nepali Congress party which had dominated his previous government.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as Pakistan’s PM

Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif took the oath yesterday to officially become prime minister for a second time, nearly four weeks after an uncertain national election caused delays in the formation of a coalition government.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM

How far one can go to avoid a relative

The Indian police has arrested a 29-year-old Bangladeshi national for allegedly sending a hoax e-mail to the Delhi airport about an explosive in a Kolkata-bound flight.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi man arrested for sending hoax e-mail to Delhi airport

Indian police have arrested a 29-year-old Bangladeshi national for allegedly sending a hoax e-mail to the Delhi airport about an explosive in a Kolkata-bound flight
4 March 2024, 13:18 PM

Singapore tightens rules for hiring foreign professionals

Singapore will raise the salary criteria for foreign executives and professionals that companies can hire starting next year, the government announced today
4 March 2024, 09:15 AM

Lawmkers can be prosecuted for taking bribes to speak, cast votes in House: Indian SC

India's Supreme Court today ruled that lawmakers do not enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or cast a vote in the legislature
4 March 2024, 07:38 AM

Indian train drivers in crash that killed 14 last year were watching cricket

The drivers of a train that missed a signal and ploughed into another train, killing 14 people, were distracted because they were watching cricket on a phone, India's railways minister said today
4 March 2024, 07:15 AM

3 Bangladeshis die after being hit by train in Malaysia

Three Bangladeshi men were killed at the railway tracks at Taman Puncak Utama Jade Hill in Malaysia's Kajang when they were hit by a commuter train
4 March 2024, 06:29 AM

Malaysian PM 'happy to reopen' MH370 search if compelling evidence found

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today said he would be "happy to reopen" the search for flight MH370 if "compelling" evidence emerged, opening the door to a renewed hunt a decade after the plane disappeared
4 March 2024, 05:38 AM

South Korea says to start legal action against doctors over walkout

South Korea's health minister said today authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a walkout over government plans to increase medical school admissions
4 March 2024, 03:09 AM

Shehbaz Sharif elected Pak PM for second time

Shehbaz Sharif was voted in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM