Yoon was stripped of office in April, after being impeached and suspended over an attempt to subvert civilian rule
More than 250 schools in Bangkok were closed yesterday due to pollution, authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday reached a staff level agreement which, if approved by its board, will disburse $1.1 billion for the debt-ridden South Asian economy, the global lender said..The funds are the final tranche of a $3 billion last-gasp rescue package Pa
South Koreans will become at least a year younger from Wednesday as the nation adopts a new law to join the international standard of age counting
Cambodia’s main opposition party yesterday lost a bid to overturn its ban from the upcoming elections, paving the way for long-serving leader Hun Sen to run a one-horse race. Last week, the National Election Committee (NEC) refused to register the
Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action is needed to protect regional water flows, researchers said yesterday.
The Philippines yesterday accused China’s coast guard of “dangerous manoeuvres” and “aggressive tactics” in the South China Sea, in another maritime confrontation between the two countries at a time of simmering geopolitical tension.
A Chinese uncrewed combat aircraft has flown around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said, showcasing Beijing’s ability to attack its fall-back east coast
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized four pistols and eight bullets from Rajapur border in Jibonnagar upazila of Chuadanga district yesterday. None was arrested
The body of a schoolboy, abducted from Balarampur Tantipara village in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district on Thursday night, was
Panchagarh court on Wednesday sentenced a young man to life imprisonment on charge of raping a teenage girl in 2013, promising to
Death row convict Mojaheed will file review petition with SC against its verdict that upheld the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s death penalty for wartime offences, a defence lawyer says.
Police recovered the body of a farmer from Gopinathpur village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district on Sunday. The deceased is
Supreme Court scraps a High Court verdict that acquitted Awami League Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007.
Three people were killed by lightning in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on Saturday.
Bangladesh signs two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with two Indian companies to set up 4600-megawatt power plants in the country.
Discussions between Bangladesh and India relating to sharing of Teesta waters is being discussed behind the scene, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says.
Farmers and agriculture officials in Panchagarh district are expecting a bumper yield of sesame this season.
