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Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents search for bodies after a landslide in Bandarban Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents search for bodies after a landslide in Bandarban (Photo: AFP)

B'desh landslides toll reaches 152; rescuers battle to reach victims

Villagers in some of the worst-hit areas used shovels to try to dig bodies out of the mud that engulfed their...

14 Jun 2017 7:29 PM IST

Saudi King Salman. (Photo: AP)

Are you with us or with Qatar: Saudi King Salman asks Pakistan PM...

Pakistan has told Saudi Arabia it will not take sides in the brewing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East.

14 Jun 2017 3:37 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

China reasserts hard line on Taiwan after Panama's switch

Taiwan's independence-leaning President Tsai's ruling Democratic Progressive Party said it wants stable relations with...

14 Jun 2017 1:29 PM IST

Local people said a landslide pushed 15 army men down to around 30 feet, killing four instantly while a military spokesman in Dhaka said an army major and a captain were among four of their dead personnel. (Photo: AP)

144 dead in B'desh landslides; 4000 moved to govt shelters

Local people said a landslide pushed 15 army men down to around 30 feet, killing 4 instantly.

14 Jun 2017 12:50 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated Chashma-III nuclear power plant in the city.

Pakistan Election Commission gives clean chit to Sharif

Around 50 percent of the MNAs we wrote to, seeking clarification over certain points, have been cleared, ECP quoted in a...

14 Jun 2017 12:29 PM IST

Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents search for bodies after a landslide in Bandarban Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents search for bodies after a landslide in Bandarban (Photo: AFP)

Heavy rain, landslides kill at least 92 in Bangladesh

Police warned that the death toll would likely rise as emergency workers reached remote parts of the Chittagong Hills.

13 Jun 2017 9:00 PM IST

Pakistans Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal

China-funded mega dam opposed by India to start in 2018, says Pakistan

The USD 12 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam should generate 4,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

13 Jun 2017 8:12 PM IST

Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents search for bodies after a landslide in Bandarban Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents search for bodies after a landslide in Bandarban (Photo: AFP)

Heavy rains, landslides kill at least 77 in Bangladesh

Police warned that the death toll would likely rise as emergency workers reached remote parts of the affected area.

13 Jun 2017 5:50 PM IST

Railway spokesman Wijeya Samarasinghe said mobile phones accounted for most of the 28 deaths on Sri Lankas railways so far this year.

Sri Lanka train deaths prompt selfie crackdown post 12-year-old got...

Police said the boy was decapitated and his head became lodged between two railway carriages.

13 Jun 2017 2:36 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif hopes for swift solution to crisis over...

Nawaz Sharif's office issued a statement following his return from Saudi Arabia, sought to calm tensions over the...

13 Jun 2017 1:26 PM IST

Rescue work in progress after a landslide near Hathi Parvat ,Vishnuprayag on the Badrinath route, Uttarakhand on Saturday. (Photo: File)

At least 53 dead in rain-triggered landslides in Bangladesh

The officials said many people were asleep when the landslides hit, causing more casualties, especially among children.

13 Jun 2017 11:48 AM IST

The proposed recommendation of the National Law Commission for abolition of death penalty, prima facie, appears to be based on three facts.

Man gets death for FB blasphemy

Judge Shabir Ahmed of the anti-terrorism court in Punjab province's Bahawalpur district announced the sentence.

13 Jun 2017 3:08 AM IST