![Powerful earthquakes hit Myanmar, killing three in Bangkok, collapsing buildings, and prompting emergency declarations. [Image via Reuters]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-28T073819Z_1030328115_RC27MDAC0W8Y_RTRMADP_3_THAILAND-QUAKE-1743149580.webp "2025-03-28T073819Z_1030328115_RC27MDAC0W8Y_RTRMADP_3_THAILAND-QUAKE-1743149580")
Powerful 7.7 and 6.4 Magnitude Earthquakes Hit Myanmar
News Desk
March 28, 2025
Powerful earthquakes hit Myanmar, killing three in Bangkok, collapsing buildings, and prompting emergency declarations.
Powerful earthquakes hit Myanmar, killing three in Bangkok, collapsing buildings, and prompting emergency declarations.
![Indian PM Modi to attend BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok; no bilateral meeting with Bangladesh’s Yunus confirmed yet. [Image via The Daily Star]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/yunus-modi_0.webp "yunus-modi_0")
Indian PM Modi to attend BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok; no bilateral meeting with Bangladesh’s Yunus confirmed yet.
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Pakistan repays $1 billion Chinese loan, lowering reserves to $10.6B; seeks refinancing amid IMF talks and upcoming debt maturities.
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Pakistan, US discuss counter-terrorism, undocumented migrants, and strategic ties in a high-level meeting in Islamabad.
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Farmers protest nationwide on March 28 against Punjab police crackdown, MSP neglect, and govt apathy—demanding urgent reforms.
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Indian Christian community faces rising violence while Modi congratulates new Jacobite Catholicos in Lebanon. Rights groups sound alarm.
![Pakistan urges UNSC to implement resolutions on Kashmir, emphasizing peace operations and geopolitical challenges. [Image via The Nation]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/meet-obligation-on-kashmir-pakistan-asks-unsc-1742967119-3632.webp "meet-obligation-on-kashmir-pakistan-asks-unsc-1742967119-3632")
Pakistan urges UNSC to implement resolutions on Kashmir, emphasizing peace operations and geopolitical challenges.
![US-China trade talks resume as Trump hints at reducing tariffs on Chinese imports in exchange for a TikTok sale to a US firm. [Image via AP]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/61ab8160-b7e0-457c-a4d0-964ff3e46927_7b93c3bb.webp "61ab8160-b7e0-457c-a4d0-964ff3e46927_7b93c3bb")
US-China trade talks resume as Trump hints at reducing tariffs on Chinese imports in exchange for a TikTok sale to a US firm.
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Coca-Cola’s plastic waste may hit 602m kg yearly by 2030. Oceana urges a shift to reusable packaging to cut pollution.
![Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Prof. Yunus meets China's Executive Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang and EXIM Bank chairman at Bo'ao Forum 2025. [Image via Chief Adviser GOB]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/yunus_china.webp "yunus_china")
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Prof. Yunus meets China’s Executive Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang and EXIM Bank chairman at Bo’ao Forum 2025.