Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apparently attacking Rahul Gandhi over his decision to contest from a second seat, Kerala's Wayanad, in

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a campaign blitz yesterday with three huge rallies where he declared voters would reward his decision to test new weapons and bomb Pakistan with a thumping election victory.

A group of Muslim women from more than ten states of India have come out with their “manifesto” for coming parliamentary elections demanding that the controversial National Register of Citizens in Assam be withdrawn and a law enacted against cow vigilantism.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday dismissed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's allegations against her government, saying "he is just a kid".

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned any nations contemplating anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons tests like the one India carried out on Wednesday that they risk making a "mess" in space because of debris fields they can leave behind.

Sri Lanka's state energy provider sought divine intervention yesterday to break a crippling power shortage, dispatching envoys to the

Pakistan yesterday said it had found no links between militants swept up in a recent dragnet and a suicide attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month that brought the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war.

Afghanistan has recalled its ambassador from Pakistan over reported remarks by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan that suggested Kabul should set up an interim government, calling the comments "irresponsible."

At an election rally in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a local leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described how workers from the state's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had disrupted a public meeting in January by destroying their vehicles.

Most Indians are happy with the direction of the country and economic prospects for the next generation, a Pew survey published weeks ahead of general elections showed, although the level of satisfaction has fallen over time.

Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed yesterday to release jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on bail for six weeks to receive medical treatment but said he would not be allowed to leave the country.

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday vowed a "final assault on poverty" in India if elected prime minister in May, promising a minimum income for tens of millions of the country's poorest.

At least three people were killed and 30 wounded in twin explosions inside a stadium hosting an agricultural show in southern Afghanistan yesterday, officials said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan ahead of Pakistan Day as both countries emphasised peace and prosperity for the region.

India’s financial crisis-hit Jet Airways has suspended flight operations to 13 more international destinations, including Dhaka, till this month-end.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen underscores the importance of South-South Cooperation (SSC) in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in developing countries.

Fighting between Myanmar's military and ethnic Rakhine rebels in Mrauk U, the ancient capital of the Rakhine kingdom,

The Mizoram state assembly yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the Indian government not to reintroduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which aims at giving citizenship to religious minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, in any form in future.

Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering is expected to visit Bangladesh in April with an aim to strengthen ties, especially in the sector of bilateral trade.

Myanmar's army says it has set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.