Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney yesterday warned she will press for sanctions against the Maldives unless it frees former president Mohamed Nasheed, who has been controversially jailed for 13 years.

India and Pakistan yesterday decided to devise new strategies along the International Border (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir to put an end to incidents of ceasefire violations as they began their three-day DG-level border dialogue here.

India's government urged Saudi Arabia yesterday to cooperate in a police investigation into allegations one of its diplomats held two

Hundreds of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University students are suffering due to the poor condition of the road to the campus from

A temporary ban on the sale of meat in India's financial capital Mumbai has outraged people.

Two Nepalese maids have accused a Saudi diplomat of rape and torture while they were working in his home outside the Indian capital.

Though literacy increased on an average of 18 percent since the mid-90s in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, 27 million children aged

Football legend Pele is scheduled to visit Kolkata as a special ambassador for an international football tournament next month.

A Chittagong court places apparel businessman Enamul Haque on a five-day remand for his alleged involvement in financing militant outfit Shaheed Hamja Brigade.

Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali has been put on life support at Birdem hospital, will be flown to Singapore.

Pakistan is ready for a short or long conflict and will inflict heavy losses on India in case “war hysteria” overcomes Indian leadership, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said.

A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka's parliament for the first time in 32 years yesterday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic reconciliation on the once bitterly divided island.

The CBI yesterday charged former telecom minister A Raja with misleading then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of allocation of 2G spectrum licences and having a "habit" of making false statements.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday called for a focus on "climate justice" rather than climate change, saying the poor suffered most from global warming.

The United Nations called yesterday for dialogue and an end to violence in Nepal following clashes between security forces and protesters opposed to a

Four suspected rebels and a soldier were killed early yesterday in Indian Kashmir in a gun battle near the de facto border with Pakistan, the second incident in

Police arrested a village doctor at Gazipur village under Benapole Port Police Station in Jessore district on Wednesday on charge of

A court here yesterday granted two days' remand for six arrestees in a case for killing three suspected abductors in Santhia upazila under

Charge sheet in a case for stealing medicine of Dinajpur Medical College Hospital [DjMCH] has not been submitted in last 10 months.

Thousands of aman farmers affected by the recent flood in the district are facing uncertainty due to lack of saplings for replanting in their fields.