KABUL (TIP): Afghan security officials have confirmed that at least four security forces were killed when their vehicle was attacked by a suicide bomber in the capital Kabul. The security officials, who did not want […]
DHAKA (TIP): Four-months after Bangladesh’s worst terror attack on an upscale cafe here in the capital’s diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody […]
DHAKA: An Islamist militant leader, the prime suspect in the brutal murders of a secular blogger and a publisher in Bangladesh, has been arrested from the national capital, police said today. Khairul Islam alias Fahim, […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh took delivery on Nov 21 of its first submarines, bought from China, as it seeks to boost its naval power in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh paid a reported $203 million for […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Normal life has been affected in Nepal as a Maoist faction imposed a nationwide strike to pressurise the government to ensure food security and lower the prices of essential goods, with police arresting […]
SEOUL (TIP): North Korea lashed out on Nov 17 at a new South Korea-Japan intelligence-sharing accord, accusing Seoul of a gross act of betrayal with the “sworn enemy” of the Korean people. The deal to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A group of Pakistani lawmakers has expressed concern that Beijing could eventually use the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor+ (CPEC) to boost its trade with India. The 2442km corridor stretches from the Chinese […]
TAIPEI (TIP): Su Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women is their legal parent. That could soon change as Taiwan appears set to become the first place […]
BEIJING (TIP): Four persons were killed and two others injured when a house collapsed in central China’s Henan Province, local officials said on Nov 10. Six persons were trapped in the debris when a house […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh has arrested more than 900 fishermen and deployed the army to patrol its waterways after introducing a temporary ban on catching hilsa in an effort to save the hugely popular fish. Some […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said on Nov 1. Scientists say […]
“India has to recognize that whether in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or Nepal, the essential political thrust of Chinese economic support is to prop up regimes that are given to being anti-Indian. It is noteworthy that […]
KABUL (TIP): Taliban insurgents on Oct 26 killed 26 Afghan civilians after abducting them in the remote central province of Ghor the previous day, officials said, the latest brutal attack targeting the local population on […]
YANGON (TIP): The death toll from a ferry disaster on a river in central Myanmar four days ago has risen to nearly 50, officials said on Oct 26, with most of the deceased identified as […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will allow its nationals to go to war-torn Afghanistan for work, a labour ministry official said on Oct 27, ending an almost four-month ban imposed after 13 Nepali security guards were killed […]
BEIJING (TIP): In an interesting move, China is displaying a nuclear powered attack submarine to the public to boosts the people’s confidence in the country’s growing naval power. This is part of efforts by the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Economists and senators warned that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s cheeky “goodbye” to the US was not the smartest move in a country where more than a million of service jobs are tied […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Oct 20 decried North Korea’s latest missile test+ and again vowed an “overwhelming” response if Pyongyang were ever to launch a nuclear weapon. North Korea on Oct 20 […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will deploy world’s largest outdoor air purifier designed by a Dutch engineer in its smog- hit capital Beijing, as the thick heavily-polluted haze returned to haunt the city, driving people indoors. The […]
MILAN (TIP): The Milan city council bestowed honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama on Oct 20 over the objections of Chinese Embassy, which said the gesture would have a negative impact on bilateral relations and […]
BENGUET (PHILIPPINES) (TIP): Typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in three years, killed at least 12 people and inundated vast tracts of rice and corn fields, officials in Manila said on Oct […]
BEIJING (TIP): Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte declared his “separation” from longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on Oct 20, as he rebalances his country’s diplomacy towards China. “I announce my separation from the United […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will allow its nationals to go to war-torn Afghanistan for work, a labour ministry official said on October 20, ending an almost four-month ban imposed after 13 Nepali security guards were killed […]
YANGON (TIP): The death toll from a ferry disaster on a river in central Myanmar four days ago has risen to nearly 50, officials said on October 19, with most of the deceased identified as […]
CAVELOSIM, GOA (TIP): Indian and Bangladeshi officials are working on a plan that could see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visit New Delhi this December. Bangladesh foreign secretary Shahidul Haque told reporters that Hasina may visit […]
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