Thousands of police in riot gear yesterday guarded cinemas across India amid threats of violence by Hindu hardliners opposed to the release of a movie about a legendary Hindu queen and a Muslim king.

An Afghan official yesterday said at least 25 people were killed in the attack on a Kabul hotel, as confusion reigned over the true toll with

A court in the United States yesterday dismissed all felony charges (33 counts) against Bangladesh's deputy consul general in New York, seven months after he was indicted in a case filed by the diplomat’s former domestic help.

A Pakistani student shot and killed his school principal on Monday, in a dispute over the student skipping classes to attend rallies

In a victory for labour unions, a global clothing brand has agreed to pay $2.3 million to meet fire and building safety regulations in 150 garment factories across its supply chain in Bangladesh, unions say.

Bangladeshi traders hope to do good business as India cuts onion prices by $150 per tonne, nearly two months after they raised it to $852. As the decision came into effect yesterday, importers in Bangladesh can now buy each tonne of onion from the neighbouring country at $702.

Vidya Balan and Irrfan Khan win in the best actor (female) and best actor (male) categories respectively for their performance in Hindi feature films ‘Tumhari Sullu’ and ‘Hindi Medium’ at the 63rd edition of the Filmfare awards.

Seventeen people, including ten women and two children, were killed and 30 injured as a major fire ripped through a factory in north Delhi of India last night.

Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media says, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the United Nations.

The Maldives has promised to block websites seeking to radicalise its Muslim population, officials said, as the US warned extremist

Three female civilians and a soldier have been killed in cross-border firing by the Indian and Pakistani armies, officials said yesterday,

A mother and daughter polio vaccination team were yesterday gunned down in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta as they were

India is mulling giving “national” tag to all projects under the ambitious inter-linking of rivers plan which would make it easier for generating huge funds, including from foreign agencies at softer interest rate, for them and expedite their implementation.

Myanmar sends a list containing names of more than 1,300 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) members to Bangladesh.

Bitcoin’s popularity in Asia has had a positive influence on other alternative cryptocurrencies such as ethereum and litecoin. Clearly there is a great demand for such digital money, even though its volatility hurts.

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday compared the corruption cases against him to a 'flop' movie as he appeared

Sri Lanka's top court has rejected a controversial attempt to extend President Maithripala Sirisena's term in office by an extra year,

Sri Lanka has revoked a 38-year ban on selling alcohol to women and employing them in places where the drinks are produced and sold.

Rohingyas who fled from the persecution of Myanmar security forces want to see a positive development including citizenship, security, and scope for enjoying their basic rights before they return to their country from Bangladesh, the UNHCR says.

Pakistan's army chief told a top US general the nation "felt betrayed" at criticism that it was not doing enough to fight terrorism, the