Thailand

Bangladesh beat Papua New Guinea to reach semis

Bangladeshi Tigresses slammed the women side of Papua New Guinea with a 41-run victory in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Bangkok in Thailand.
1 December 2015

World T20 Qualifier: Bangladesh women beat Thailand

Bangladesh’s women cricket team has made a winning start to ICC Women’s World Twenty 20 Qualifier beating Thailand by 73 runs.
28 November 2015

Frozen child: The youngest person to be cryogenically preserved (video)

A two-year-old Thai girl became the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen, preserving her brain moments after death in the hope that she will one day be brought back to life.
17 October 2015

Bangkok blast: Suspect admits to planting shrine bomb

Lawyer of suspect says he committed the act to repay a 'personal favour'.
1 October 2015

Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
20 September 2015

PM provides Tk 5 lakh for Lucky Akhand's treatment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provides Tk 5 lakh for the treatment of ailing veteran singer and artiste of war-time radio station Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Lucky Akhand.
16 September 2015

Bangkok Blast: Border cops under fire over graft accusations

Suspect arrested in connection with deadly Bangkok bomb attack allegedly confessed to having paid immigration police more than 21,000 baht (US$581) in bribes each time he travelled in and out of Thailand.
11 September 2015

Thai blast mastermind left Dhaka after 2 weeks: police

The mastermind behind the fatal bomb blast in Bangkok had arrived in Bangladesh a day before the August 17 blast and left for China after two weeks, police says.
10 September 2015

Ailing Lucky Akhand flown to Bangkok

Noted singer-composer Lucky Akhand will be taken to Thailand tonight for better treatment as his condition has deteriorated.
10 September 2015

Ailing Lucky Akhand may fly to Bangkok tomorrow

Noted singer-composer Lucky Akhand is likely to fly for Bangkok tomorrow for better treatment as his condition has deteriorated.
9 September 2015

Bangkok blast: Thailand asks Interpol to seek Bangladesh help

Bangkok English daily The Nation reports that Thai police seeks assistance from Bangladesh through Interpol to help locate the mastermind behind the fatal bomb blast after investigations indicated that ‘he might have fled to this South Asian country’.
9 September 2015

Thailand constitution: Military's council rejects draft

A council appointed by Thailand's military rulers rejects a controversial new constitution drafted after last year's coup.
6 September 2015

The journalists sued by the Thai navy

A court in the southern Thai island of Phuket acquits two journalists of defaming the navy and breaching the Computer Crimes Act.
1 September 2015

'Bomb-making material' found in 2nd Bangkok flat

Thai police say they have found bomb-making materials in a second apartment, after the arrest of a suspect in the explosion at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine.
31 August 2015

Thailand charges man 'linked to bomb'

Police in Bangkok have charged a man in connection with the bomb attack that killed 20 people in the Thai capital nearly two weeks ago.
30 August 2015

Thai police struggle to track suspect; 'new bomb' false alarm (video)

Thai police say the trail had gone cold in the hunt for a bomber a week after 20 people were killed in the country's worst bomb attack.
24 August 2015

Malaysia finds mass graves of 24 suspected human trafficking victims

Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said.
23 August 2015

$280,000 in reward offered

The authorities believe that bomb blasts at the Erawan shrine and Sathorn Bridge in Bangkok this week were aimed at discrediting the military government in Thailand, national police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang says.
21 August 2015

Rites of 5 religions held for Bangkok blast victims

The PM's Office and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Ratchaprasong community hold rites of five religions at the Erawan shrine to remember the victims of the Bangkok blast.
21 August 2015

'No foreign role' in Bangkok bombing

Monday's bombing in Thailand "unlikely" to be the work of international terror group, Thai government says.
20 August 2015