A Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan was on Friday beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob, police confirmed, in an incident local media reported was linked to alleged blasphemy.

The Taliban yesterday issued a decree in the name of their supreme leader instructing Afghan ministries “to take serious action” on women’s rights, but failed to mention girls’ access to schools.

After a blessing by Buddhist monks, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh on Friday rode the first run of a $5.9 billion Chinese-built railway that links isolated, mountainous Laos with southern China in an effort to increase trade.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to speak on December 6 at a special event organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) to celebrate "Maitri Diwas," the day India recognised the government of independent Bangladesh in 1971.

India’s polluted capital again ordered schools closed yesterday over dangerous smog levels, as the country’s top court demanded officials take action to

Myanmar’s junta and the Taliban authorities of Afghanistan yesterday slammed the United Nations for denying their chosen representatives seats at the world body.

Bangladesh and India will jointly commemorate “Maitri Divas” in 18 countries on December 6, the day India recognised Bangladesh in 1971.

India today slammed the UN human rights body, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its comments on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it reflects a complete lack of understanding of the security challenges in the region due to cross-border terrorism.

Mutual respect, trust and equality should be the pillars of the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and India, said foreign policy analysts and academics at a discussion yesterday.

Myanmar’s military government has filed a new corruption charge against deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint, state-run broadcaster MRTV reported on Tuesday.

The United Nations said yesterday that a program to pay $300 million a year in cash to Afghan families with children, elderly or people with disabilities is the best way to target increasing poverty.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah remarked yesterday that the responsibility of missing persons falls on the prime minister and members of the federal cabinet.

Google will stop carrying election ads in the Philippines ahead of the May 2022 presidential vote, the internet giant said yesterday, similar to action it has taken in the United States.

Chinese warplanes made 159 incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone in November according to AFP’s database, the second-highest month on record as Beijing continues to pile military pressure on the democratic island.

China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

An Indian man has built a one-third sized replica of the historic Taj Mahal for his wife, but unlike the original, it’s their residence, not a mausoleum.

A police constable in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh today got the nod from the state home department for getting gender reassigned to male, a senior official said.

Several Indian media outlets have recently criticised USA’s decision to not include Bangladesh in Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy.

India’s health ministry said yesterday states should ramp up Covid-19 testing as the world battles the new coronavirus variant Omicron, while some cities delayed the reopening of schools as a precautionary measure.

An Afghan asylum seeker set himself on fire in Indonesia yesterday in protest at his seven-year wait for resettlement in a third country, a local refugee coordinator said.