Pakistani air strikes kill 21 militants

Pakistan's military yesterday said it had killed 21 militants in air strikes in a restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan. The strikes were carried out
22 October 2015

Won't accept limits on tactical nuclear arms

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will tell US President Barack Obama this week that Islamabad will not accept limits on its use of small tactical nuclear weapons, Pakistani officials said yesterday.
21 October 2015

Land dispute leaves 15 hurt

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land dispute in Birganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.
21 October 2015

Amnesty International warns over Rohingya crisis

Amnesty International said Bangladeshi migrants and persecuted Rohingya fleeing Myanmar faced "hellish" conditions on trafficking boats.
21 October 2015

Around 4m voters shut out of historic Myanmar election

When Myanmar votes next month in what has been billed as its first free and fair election in 25 years, around 4 million of his fellow citizens, won't be taking part.
21 October 2015

S Lankan judge: war crimes claims 'credible'

Allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are "credible", a judge appointed by the island's former president has concluded
20 October 2015

Delhi court finds Uber driver guilty of rape

An Indian Uber taxi driver was convicted yesterday of raping a young female passenger in the capital last year, a case that sparked fresh
20 October 2015

Sharia doesn't ask women to cover face

Pakistan's top religious body has said women are not required to cover their faces, hands or feet under Islamic Sharia law, a rare judgement from the conservative council of clerics seen as "encouraging" by rights activists yesterday.
20 October 2015

Congress: Modi failed in his constitutional obligations

The Congress yesterday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed in his “constitutional and moral obligations” by not against those spreading hatred.
20 October 2015

Ink attack on J&K MLA for 'hosting beef party'

A day after his critical comments regarding the lynching of a Kashmiri truck driver for alleged cow killing, Independent lawmaker of Jammu and Kashmir Engineer Rashid was attacked with ink yesterday.
19 October 2015

India pledged to boost fuel supplies

The deputy prime minister of fuel-starved Nepal said yesterday that Indian officials have assured him of increased supplies.
19 October 2015

Maldives annuls woman stoning ruling

The Maldives' highest court has overturned an unprecedented sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, a crime in
19 October 2015

Typhoon Koppu: At least 16 killed in Philippines

The death toll from Typhoon Koppu climbed to 16 and many residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines remain trapped on their rooftops with animals being floated down fast-rising rivers.
19 October 2015

2 ‘robbers’ killed in Cox’s Bazar infighting

Two alleged criminals are shot dead in a clash between two groups of robbers in Badshaghona area in Cox’s Bazar district town this afternoon, police say.
18 October 2015

Anger in Delhi after new shocking rapes

A toddler and a five-year-old girl were raped in separate attacks in New Delhi overnight with at least one gang-raped, police said yesterday, as activists warned of an "epidemic" of sexual violence in the capital.
17 October 2015

Indian girls aged two and five 'gang-raped' in New Delhi: Police

Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight.
17 October 2015

13 dead, 10 injured in road accident in Andhra Pradesh

Thirteen people, including three children, were killed on Saturday and ten others injured when a mini-truck carrying a marriage party collided with a bus at Andhra Pradesh.
17 October 2015

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed receives World Food Prize

Brac Founder and Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed receives the 2015 World Food Prize for his outstanding contribution to enhance the world's production and distribution of food to those most in need.
16 October 2015

India BJP leader says Muslims should stop eating beef

A senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that Muslims living in the country should give up consuming beef.
16 October 2015

Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal

This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
15 October 2015