The United Nations Security Council today called for the release of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military and voiced concern over the state of emergency there but stopped short of condemning the coup.

India today said that as a member of the UN Security Council, it is engaged on the issue of Myanmar and will remain committed to continuing its humanitarian support for the people of that country in mitigating the health and economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic.

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said today protesters that stormed New Delhi’s Red Fort had caused “insult” to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers’ agitation that turned violent this week.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers said.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen today said Bangladesh wants to hear a positive news on Teesta water sharing and simultaneously continue discussions on water sharing of other common rivers.

Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades today to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who fired tear gas to scatter them.

At least five mine workers were killed in southern India when their trucks carrying blasting material exploded, officials said today. Local media said the toll could be higher.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered a case against UK-based political consulting company Cambridge Analytica for alleged "illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Facebook users in India."

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today thanked her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending the Oxford vaccine produced in India as a gift for Bangladesh.

India today announced that Covid-19 vaccine supplies under grant assistance to six countries, including Bangladesh, will begin from tomorrow but made it clear that supply to other countries would be calibrated against domestic requirements and international demand and obligations, including under WHO’s global vaccine alliance facility.

Firebrand Indian television anchor Arnab Goswami knew of the Modi government's plan to stage a strike in Pakistan days before the February 26, 2019, Balakot episode between the two countries, evidence submitted by Mumbai police as part of an ongoing investigation on manipulation of television ratings suggests, multiple Indian media outlets reported on Saturday.

India has vaccinated 224,301, in two days of its massive Covid-19 vaccination programme so far with the number being much higher than many other countries such as the USA, the UK and France, the Indian health ministry said tonight.

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Pakistan, the health minister said today, making it the first coronavirus vaccine to get the green light for use in the South Asian country.

Myanmar police scuffled on Saturday with dozens of followers of Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu at a demonstration calling for him to be put on trial more than two months after he handed himself in to face sedition charges.

As India today began vaccinating its people against coronavirus, those receiving Bharat Biotech's Covaxin were asked to sign consent forms which held out the assurance of compensation and treatment if any adverse effect was noticed linked to the jab.

Pakistani authorities sacked a local police chief and 11 other policemen for failing to protect a Hindu temple that was set on fire and demolished last month by a mob led by hundreds of supporters of a radical Islamist party, police said Friday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the start of pan-India rollout of Covid-19 vaccination drive tomorrow (Saturday) via video conferencing in what his office termed as the world’s largest inoculation programme.

An estimated three lakh healthcare workers will be given the coronavirus vaccine at 2,934 sites across India on the first day of the massive nationwide vaccination drive on January 16, official sources said today.

India today approved the procurement of 73 indigenously-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk-1A fighter planes and ten LCA Tejas Mk-1 for training purposes at a cost of Rs 45,696 crores.

Bangladesh will import 60,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India in the current year 2021 under a government-to-government contract.