Afflicted with a rare disorder, Dinh Van K’Re faced a life of struggle, until a kind teacher took him under his wing.

The US government hits four Myanmar military commanders and two military units with punitive sanctions, accusing them of "serious human rights abuses" and "ethnic cleansing" in violently expelling minority Rohingya from their homes.

An acclaimed poet, a brilliant orator, a journalist and above all one of India’s most beloved prime ministers, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also known as the “Bhisma Pitamah of Indian politics”. Known for his liberal and modern views, Atal, which means firmness in English, was the only prime minister of India to be elected three times.

Myanmar discusses matters related to the work plan of the independent commission of enquiry on Rakhine State.

Facebook has been “too slow” to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem by hiring more Burmese speakers and investing in technology to identify problematic content, the company says in a statement.

Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque sees some progress with regards to the repatriation of Rohingyas although no date has been fixed yet for starting the process.

The death toll from an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has topped 400, authorities said yetserday, as bodies were still

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired 20 people, including colonels and a general, over accusations of fraud and graft in

Malaysia is looking to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects signed by the previous scandal-tainted

Ain O Salisn Kendra (ASK) forms a human chain demanding safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar.

A blast at a coal mine kills eight workers on the outskirts of Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, officials say, with five more feared dead.

After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, a delegation of Australian parliamentarians highly appreciates Bangladesh's role in its ongoing efforts to support Rohingya people, who fled the atrocities in northern Rakhine of Myanmar.

The Bangladesh delegation to Myanmar, led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, yesterday saw the trail of wide-spread devastation suffered by the people of the northern Rakhine State.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said Bangladesh has a plan to import 9,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Nepal to mitigate the increasing demand of electricity by 2040.

Myanmar government has cleared the travel of UN agencies’ staff in northern Rakhine, in order to conduct preliminary assessments in some 23 villages – 12 in Buthidaung and 11 in Maundaw.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls out to Myanmar government to allow humanitarian access to northern Rakhine, where attention is needed.

Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi urges the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for over 700,000 Rohingyas who have fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar's Rakhine State over the past year.

Myanmar says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to run a case on atrocities against Rohingyas.

The death toll from a shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 130, officials said yesterday, with some 156,000 forced from their homes.

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak was hit with new charges yesterday linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that contributed to his shock election defeat in May.