Bangladesh ferry accident kills 24, dozens missing
At least 24 people were killed and around the same number were missing on Sunday after an overcrowded boat carrying Hindu pilgrims capsized on a river in Bangladesh, police said.
Explainer: Why Japan is divided over Shinzo Abe’s state funeral
A lavish, taxpayer-funded funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has triggered a public backlash against the ruling party he led for years. Some opposition lawmakers are boycotting Tuesday’s state funeral and a man set himself alight in an apparent protest against the $12 million event, to be attended by foreign dignitaries including US …
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Blast near Kabul mosque after Friday prayers kills at least seven people
At least seven people were killed and more than 40 injured on Friday by a blast near a mosque in the Afghan capital which struck as worshippers were streaming out of afternoon prayers, police said. The explosion was the latest in a deadly series targeting Friday prayers at mosques in recent months, some of them …
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Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refuses to ratify Citizenship Bill, invites constitutional crisis
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari denied authenticating the citizenship Bill despite the constitutionally bounded provision to ratify it within 15 days after it has been re-approved by both houses.
‘Just doing my job,’ says record-setting Nepali climber
Summiting the world’s 8,000-metre mountains is the ultimate bucket list dream for ambitious climbers, a feat managed by fewer than 50 people, and Sanu Sherpa is the first to do it twice. The Nepali climber’s summit of Pakistan’s Gasherbrum II (8,035 metres, 26,362 feet) last month completed his unprecedented double ascent of the eight-thousanders — …
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11 schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF
At least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the UN children’s agency said, an attack the country’s junta said targeted rebels hiding in the area.
Sri Lankan Navy apprehends Indian fishermen
They were picked up by the Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in that country’s waters between Mullaitheevu and Neduntheevu late on Monday, Fisheries officials said.
UN condemns ‘shameful’ year-long ban on Afghan girls’ education
The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and shameful”. Weeks after the Taliban seized power in August last year, the hardline Islamists reopened high schools for boys on September 18, 2021, but banned secondary schoolgirls …
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3-way traffic accident kills 14, injures 25 in Myanmar
A rescue team member from the Sugatishin free funeral service said 11 people were dead at the scene, while the others died at the Kyaukpadaung township hospital. Three of the dead were women, one of whom was a Buddhist nun, said the worker who asked for anonymity.
Sri Lanka opens Chinese built Lotus Tower for public viewing
The huge green and purple communications tower is one of several “white elephant” projects built with Chinese loans under Mahinda Rajapaksa, brother of ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who had to flee in July following months-long protests over Sri Lanka’s dire economic crisis.
Black Hawk helicopter crashes during Taliban training, 3 killed
The Black Hawk crashed due to “a technical problem during a training exercise”, the ministry said, adding five crew members were also injured. The incident occurred Saturday on the campus of the country’s defence university in the capital Kabul.