Surveys conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya, in the most conservative estimations, were killed in Myanmar between August 25 and September 24 after violence broke out in its Rakhine state.

A 39-year-old man is arrested in Mumbai for allegedly molesting a teenage Bollywood actor on board a flight from Delhi to Mumbai on Saturday night.

Bangladesh has said not only bilateral, but the international community’s urgent action is needed for the permanent solution to Rohingya crisis.

North Korea blamed US "nuclear blackmail" for soaring tensions over its weapons programme following rare

Bangladesh is the third largest contributor of army personnel in UN peacekeeping missions, whereas, India ranks first followed by Pakistan in Asia. A total of 6,772 Bangladeshis have served in 58 peacekeeping missions across 40 countries since 1988.

Along with an estimated 625,000 Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar for camps in Bangladesh since late August, hundreds of thousands of mothers are struggling to feed themselves and their babies.

China has said the international community should encourage Bangladesh and Myanmar to work together to facilitate the repatriation of refugees.

The United Nations (UN) human rights chief condemns “widespread, systematic and shockingly brutal attacks” against Rohingyas, as well as decades of discrimination and persecution.

Rahul Gandhi, the scion of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, is expected to be elected unopposed as the President of India’s main opposition Congress party marking a generational change of the grand old party with a contest appearing extremely unlikely.

India's Border Security Force has said that it has so far not found anything to link Rohingyas apprehended in India with terror groups.

Two Chinese boys cling to the undercarriage of a bus in order to see their parents as it travels for 80km.

SWIFT, the global messaging system used to move trillions of dollars each day, warns banks that the threat of digital heists is on the rise as hackers use increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques to launch new attacks.

Pope Francis calls on the people of Myanmar to embrace peace and reconciliation on the third day of his visit fraught with diplomatic risk over a military crackdown that has triggered the flight of about 625,000 Muslim Rohingyas from the predominantly Buddhist country.

Eight donkeys, detained by Orai jail authorities for damaging plants and causing injury to children near prison premises, are released to their owners in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

The UN Human Rights Council is expected to hold a special session on killings, rapes and other crimes committed against Rohingyas in Myanmar that have driven more than 600,000 into Bangladesh since August, UN sources said yesterday.

Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will soon visit Beijing, state media said on Monday, as the southeast Asian nation appears to draw closer to its northern neighbour, China, amid global criticism over an exodus of Rohingya refugees.

After the weeks-long protest that virtually paralysed the capital and saw several people losing their lives, the government has finally given in to the demands of protesters camped out at Faizabad Interchange with Zahid Hamid resigning as the Federal Law Minister.

Pope Francis lands in Myanmar on a mission to dampen a powder keg of religious tension that many fear might only add sparks.

As more victims step out to tell of sexual harassment in the United States and Europe, The Straits Times Asian bureaus look at how the region perceives this rarely publicly-discussed issue.

Expressing his satisfaction over the arrangement signed with Myanmar on repatriation of the Rohingyas, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says the deal hampered no interests of Bangladesh.