Bangladesh backs UN aid corridor proposal to troubled Myanmar DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government said Tuesday it was open to a UN aid corridor through its territory to reach... Published 29 Apr, 2025 07:44pm
Life & Style Thailand celebrates its New Year with water festival BANGKOK: Revellers dressed in colourful shirts and goggles fired water guns at each other at the start of the Thai... Published 14 Apr, 2025 12:24pm
World Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471 BANGKOK: Rains fell on parts of earthquake-hit Myanmar over the weekend, which aid agencies said could complicate... Published 06 Apr, 2025 10:36am
World India navy delivers aid to quake-hit Myanmar NEW DELHI: India’s navy on Saturday delivered hundreds of tonnes of food aid to earthquake-hit Myanmar, a day after... Published 05 Apr, 2025 03:50pm
World Myanmar quake death toll at 3,354, junta leader returns from summit BANGKOK: The death toll from Myanmar’s devastating earthquake climbed to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 missing,... Published 05 Apr, 2025 10:45am
Pakistan PM visits embassy of Myanmar, signs condolence book ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the Embassy of Myanmar on Friday, signing the condolence book in a... Published 05 Apr, 2025 05:23am
World Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders in Bangkok as earthquake toll tops 3,100 BANGKOK: Myanmar’s ostracised junta leader met the prime ministers of India and Thailand during a regional summit in... Published 04 Apr, 2025 02:39pm
World Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000; forecast rains pose new threat for rescuers BANGKOK: The death toll from Myanmar’s devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as... Published 03 Apr, 2025 10:38am
Pakistan NDMA to dispatch humanitarian aid to quake victims in Myanmar ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has planned and coordinated to dispatch 70 tons of... Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:23am
World Myanmar junta declares quake ceasefire SAGAING (Myanmar): Myanmar’s junta announced a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday as the death toll from a... Published 03 Apr, 2025 05:23am
World Myanmar quake survivors plead for more help SAGAING: Desperate Myanmar earthquake survivors pleaded for more aid Wednesday as the death toll rose and calls grew... Updated 02 Apr, 2025 10:45pm
World Myanmar earthquake death toll reaches 2,886, Xinhua reports 4,639 injured and 373 people missing Published 02 Apr, 2025 11:16am
Pakistan Pakistan sends 35-ton humanitarian aid to Myanmar Pakistan on Tuesday dispatched emergency relief supplies and medical aid to crisis-hit Myanmar, according to Radio... Updated 02 Apr, 2025 09:07am
World Myanmar earthquake death toll reaches 2,719 HONG KONG: Myanmar’s earthquake death toll has reached 2,719, with around 4,521 people injured and more than 400... Updated 02 Apr, 2025 09:05am
World Myanmar declares week of mourning as quake toll passes 2,000 MANDALAY: Myanmar declared a week of national mourning on Monday over the country’s devastating earthquake, as the... Published 31 Mar, 2025 08:35pm
World Woman pulled alive from Myanmar earthquake rubble; race to find more survivors BANGKOK: Rescuers freed a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar, officials said on Monday, a glimmer of hope... Updated 01 Apr, 2025 10:52am
World Medical supplies shortage hampering Myanmar quake response: UN GENEVA: A severe lack of medical supplies is hampering efforts to respond to the deadly earthquake in Myanmar, the... Published 29 Mar, 2025 11:40pm
World India sends aid flight to quake-hit Myanmar NEW DELHI: An Indian aid flight landed in Myanmar on Saturday, the foreign ministry in New Delhi said, a day after a... Published 29 Mar, 2025 10:42am
World Myanmar quake toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors MANDALAY: The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on Saturday, as rescuers... Updated 29 Mar, 2025 04:28pm
Markets Thailand’s stock exchange suspends trading after Myanmar earthquake The Stock Exchange of Thailand suspended all trading activities for the afternoon session on Friday after a strong... Published 28 Mar, 2025 01:26pm
World UN halts plan to halve refugee rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh DHAKA: The UN’s food agency said Friday it had halted its plans to halve rations for the million-plus Rohingya... Published 28 Mar, 2025 12:34pm
Editorials Migrant smuggling EDITORIAL: Sad and scary stories about illegal migrants keep appearing every now and then. A very disturbing report... Published 09 Mar, 2025 05:17am
World Rohingya refugee food aid to be halved from next month: UN Bangladesh: Rations will be halved for around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month due to a... Published 06 Mar, 2025 12:22pm
World Myanmar junta extends state of emergency to support election preparations Myanmar’s ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday,... Published 31 Jan, 2025 01:51pm
World Myanmar refugees face sudden discharge from Thai hospitals shuttered by US aid freeze BANGKOK: Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut... Published 29 Jan, 2025 12:37pm
World ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority LANGKAWI: Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar’s military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an... Published 19 Jan, 2025 02:30pm
World Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented... Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:39am
World Sudan drops out of hunger-monitor system on eve of famine report The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a... Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:44am
World ASEAN ministers to discuss Myanmar at Thailand meeting, Indonesia says JAKARTA: Members of the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN are planning to hold a ministerial meeting in Thailand... Published 05 Dec, 2024 10:35am
World More than 100 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia: UN BANDA ACEH: More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued after their boat sank off... Published 30 Nov, 2024 04:55pm
Operation ‘Bunyan ul Marsoos’: Pakistan destroys Udhampur airbase, Pathankot airfield in India, state media reports
Operation ‘Bunyan ul Marsoos’: Pakistan destroys Udhampur airbase, Pathankot airfield in India, state media reports