Bangladesh is among the countries with least forest whereas Laos with 92.1 percentage of forest area is on the top of all in Asia. Bangladesh having 11.2 percent of forest areas of the total area of the country is among India, Mongolia and Pakistan with the least forest, according to the data of Asian Development Bank, 2016.

Around 1,800 primary schools in New Delhi have been ordered to be closed as the Indian capital struggles to cope with the worst pollution in recent years.

An Afghan woman immortalised on a National Geographic cover will be sent back to the war-torn homeland she first fled

Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire 99 times along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, targeting Indian

After years of resistance against the Decision Review System, the Indian cricket board has finally agreed to employ technology for the home tests against England and if the tourists' series in Bangladesh is anything to go by, it will get plenty of use.

Thousands of citizens of Pakistan's Lahore, one the world's most polluted cities, yesterday complained of breathing difficulties

An impassioned plea by an Indian bride-to-be urging authorities to issue a visa to her Pakistani bridesmaid has gone viral on

Pakistan yesterday named eight Indian diplomats it accuses of espionage and terrorism, as tension mounted between the

An impassioned plea by an Indian bride-to-be urging authorities to issue a visa to her Pakistani bridesmaid has gone viral on social media amid worsening ties between the neighbouring countries.

At least 17 people are killed and more than 30 injured when two passenger trains collide near Karachi's Landi Railway Station, hospital officials say.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are "detained" as they tried to meet the family of an ex-serviceman who had committed suicide over the One Rank One Pension demand.

At least 11 people were killed and 59 wounded yesterday when a gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an oil tanker

In a setback for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday ordered a probe into the Panama papers

Eight activists of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are killed in an encounter hours after they escaped from a high-security prison in Bhopal after killing a head constable.

The Indian army said it had destroyed four Pakistani military posts on Saturday along its contested border, the latest escalation

In most of the Asian countries including Bangladesh, pregnancy comes with a significant risk of death. The WHO data reveals stark disparities across Asia when it comes to maternal mortality ratio - the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

In a bid to strengthen vigil along the riverine border with Bangladesh, Indian Border Security Force has decided to deploy six to seven floating border outposts (BOP) next year, reports Hindustan Times.

A faction of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) cooperated with Islamic State this week in an attack on a police

Pakistani police yesterday fired tear gas at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan who defied a ban on public

Sri Lanka will sell to a Chinese company 80 percent of a $1.5-billion port in its south, where China has also been offered an investment