Diplomatic missions in Myanmar have urged the Myanmar authorities to address the underlying problems, including security, freedom of movement, access to livelihoods, health and education, and citizenship issues.

Norway has laid emphasis on keeping up pressure on Myanmar authorities to create necessary conditions in Rakhine State to make the return of thousands of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh to their homeland 'sustainable'.

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politican Imran Khan tied the knot for the third time, his party says, confirming his marriage to a woman local media call a "faith healer".

The Supreme Court of India asks candidates in elections to make public the source of their income along with that of their spouses and dependents. , apex court of India, , India,

An anti-terrorism court finds Imran Ali -- the man accused of raping and murdering six-year-old Zainab Amin in Kasur -- guilty of the charges brought against him, hands him four counts of the death penalty, one life term, a 7-year jail term and at least Rs 2 million in fines.

United Nations secretary general’s office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could take place,” in Bangladesh.

Myanmar Home Minister Lt Gen Kyaw Swe sits in a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan at the home ministry in Dhaka.

The leader of Nepal's largest Communist party was sworn in as prime minister yesterday, two months after leading his party to a

Pakistan on Wednesday began seizing assets from Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD), a UN-designated terrorist organisation, whose leader Hafiz

Indian state-owned cross-border power trading arm National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd wins a contract for supplying 300 megawatts electricity to Bangladesh for 15 years. The power supply is expected to start from June this year.

Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley has said donor agencies are gradually losing their interest in providing food assistance for the displaced Rohingyas who have taken shelter in Bangladesh.

Two armed ethnic groups will sign on to a ceasefire in Myanmar in a ceremony the government hopes will showcase a significant victory for a peace process derided as “broken” by critics.

Sri Lanka's ruling alliance was humiliated in local elections seen as a test of its leadership and the party of ex-president Mahinda

Polling was under way in Sri Lanka yesterday to elect local councils in what is seen as a crucial mid-term test for the uneasy coalition of

The Maldives' top judge received death threats before his arrest in a regime crackdown, his lawyer said yesterday ahead of a United

Nepal's Communist parties have secured a majority of seats in the upper house of parliament, the election commission said yesterday,

Two gunmen yesterday opened fire in a hospital in Indian Kashmir where a Pakistani militant was brought for treatment, an official said, escaping with the high-profile prisoner and killing a police officer in the daring assault.

At least 11 soldiers are killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials say, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.

The world has failed to protect the Rohingya women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says. “I think their [Myanmar] government to begin with. Their country has failed them in a massive way,” she said.

India-Asean trade relations have been growing steadily, with Asean being India’s fourth largest trading partner. Both sides have set a target of at least US$200 billion in two-way trade by 2022 compared to US$ 71 billion in 2016-17.