The situation could raise questions about the Indonesian government’s decision to switch from Japan’s bullet train system, which was initially favored, to the Chinese proposal. The line is the first ...

JAKARTA – Indonesia is set to receive thousands of fossils from the Netherlands, including the remains of first-ever “Homo Erectus” unearthed in Java, a move the government hailed as a cultural ...

KATHMANDU – On the same date last year, Kulekhani reservoir was brimful, forcing authorities to open its sluices. The sudden release swept away roads and more than two dozen homes in downstream ...

SEOUL – OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, said Monday that it has appointed Kim Kyoung-hoon, former country director of Google Korea, as the inaugural general manager of its newly launched Korean ...

SEOUL – North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui met her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing on Sunday, pledging to deepen ties and jointly oppose “hegemonism” and “unilateralism.” The ...

DHAKA – Rights groups and political parties across the country have demanded an independent investigation into the violence in Khagrachhari that left three indigenous people dead and many others ...

BANGKOK – The Thai government has disclosed the full financial and logistical scope of its “Kon La Krueng Plus” [Co-payment scheme] economic stimulus programme, committing approximately 60 billion ...

DHAKA – The killings of three people in Guimara, Khagrachhari have again exposed the government’s inability to manage protests and protect the most vulnerable of citizens. The violence, which occurred ...

Soth Kimkolmony, spokesperson for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) announced today that the flooding has impacted 21,357 families, or 17,348 households in 40 towns and districts.

KATHMANDU – The government has frozen the passports of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and four other officials in connection with the violent suppression of the nationwide Gen Z protests on ...

Clamp, inspired by human MitraClip, offers a lower risk than traditional surgery, reversing heart enlargement with shorter recovery.

According to data presented by LEEDO, child rape cases increased by nearly 75 percent in the first seven months of 2025 compared to the same period last year. From January to July, 306 children were ...