As Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered his three-plus-hour speech at the Communist Party congress, delegates ranging from men in

Smokers who flout a smoking ban on 20 of Thailand's most famous tourist beaches will face a $3,000 fine or up to a year in prison, Thai authorities have said.

Italy has the highest number of Unesco heritage sites in the world. In Asia, China and India house the most heritage sites.

Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International says in a new report that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.

At least 12 Rohingya people, including six children and four women, died as a boat carrying them capsized in the Naf River near Shah Porir Dwip area in Teknaf upazila.

At least one Pakistani child was killed and five civilians including four children were wounded after Indian troops fired

To strengthen the emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and child protection response for the new influx of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, the Japan government is set to provide Emergency Grant Aid of USD 750,000 for six months through the United Nations Children’s Fund.

The government has been preparing a list of Rohingya orphan children, who crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar and staying in refugee camps in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar.

Dhaka ranked sixth among 25 Asian capital cities in official unemployment ratings, whereas Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has the highest rate and Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, recorded as the lowest in this regard, a study reveals recently.

North Korea is believed to be preparing to launch a ballistic missile ahead of next week's joint naval drill by the US and

Dhaka, the capital and megacity of Bangladesh, has been ranked one of the least safe cities in the world, whereas, Tokyo once again tops the list of The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017.

Heavy rain in northern and central Vietnam triggered floods and landslides that killed 46 people and 33 people were missing in the worst such disaster in years, the search and rescue committee says.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is heading for a two-thirds majority in Japan's forthcoming election, surveys suggested

US President Donald Trump "lit the fuse of war" against North Korea with his provocative comments to the United Nations last month,

Police detain three Rohingya people from Bogra passport office as they attempted to collect Bangladeshi passports, providing fake birth certificates.

Myanmar launches its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some 520,000 Muslims to Bangladesh.

Tokyo's popular governor Yuriko Koike and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traded barbs yesterday as the gloves came off

Thailand's junta chief yesterday said the country would hold elections in November 2018, more than four years after the military seized

North Korean computer hackers have stolen hundreds of classified military documents from South Korea including

A class 9 student of Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district who reaches advanced stages of the 'Blue Whale Challenge' have been prevented from taking the fatal plunge, thanks to a prompt intervention by his teacher.