Nepal Sunday adopted a new constitution aimed at bolstering its transformation from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy, as violent protests raged against some of the terms of the charter.

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.

Indian soldiers shot dead five suspected rebels near the heavily militarised border in Kashmir yesterday as they tried to sneak in from the Pakistani side of the

Pakistani Taliban attacked an air force base in the country's restive northwest yesterday, killing at least 29 people, most of them soldiers, in their deadliest assault in months following a major military offensive against them.

The chairman of Kamardani union parishad (UP) in Gaibandha Sadar upazila went into hiding on Wednesday as his involvement in black

In another 10 years, Indian Capital Delhi will record the world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution among all mega cities in the world.

Authorities in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, say they have been overwhelmed after receiving 2.3 million applications for 368 low-level government jobs.

Sri Lanka promised yesterday to punish those found guilty of war crimes but stopped short of supporting an internationally backed probe, a day after a damning UN report on abuses committed during the island's conflict.

An American tourist has accused two men of raping her in the popular Himalayan hill station of Dharamsala in northern India, police said yesterday, the latest

The United Nations yesterday detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka's civil war, including the disappearance of tens of thousands of people, and said the country needed international help to probe war crimes and enable reconciliation. "A purely domestic court procedure will simply not succeed in overcoming the widespread and justifiable suspicions fuelled by decades of violations, malpractice and broken promises," UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein told reporters in Geneva.

The Afghan Taliban yesterday said that a major dispute undermining the movement has been resolved, after relatives of the militant group's late leader, Mullah

Nepal's parliament passed a new national constitution yesterday, weeks after political leaders reached a historic agreement to create a federal state following an earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people.

A Sylhet court fixes September 22 for starting charge framing hearing in the 13-year-old boy Rajon killing case.

Sri Lanka's new unity government is planning a range of measures to ensure reconciliation after decades of war, including creating an office for war reparations

At least 18 workers have been killed after the truck they were traveling in overturned in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh

A youth was beaten to death on suspicion of theft at Harikhali village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district yesterday.

Indian police yesterday said they were hunting for the owner of illegally stored explosives which accidentally detonated in the centre of a crowded town, killing at least 88 people.

Two Britons were killed and seven other passengers injured yesterday when a train carrying tourists to the hill town of Shimla in northern India derailed, police

Five demonstrators and a police officer died in clashes in southern Nepal as protests intensified against a proposed new constitution, police said yesterday.

At least 104 people have died when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a packed restaurant in India's central Madhya Pradesh state, police said, with the blast shattering nearby buildings.