Cocaine smugglers turn to South Asia for new routes, markets

Police who seized Asia's largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port late last month say it was headed for India, the latest sign that drug cartels are increasingly plying their trade in South Asia.
12 July 2015

India, Turkmenistan back stronger energy ties

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Turkmenistan yesterday backed stronger energy ties with the gas-rich ex-Soviet state.
11 July 2015

Suu Kyi's party to run in polls

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday said her party would contest a national election in November, ending months of
11 July 2015

India, Pakistan to join security group led by Russia, China

President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that India and Pakistan will join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group dominated by Russia and China and also including former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
10 July 2015

Islamic heritage of India has rejected terror

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the common Islamic heritage of India and Central Asia, which had always rejected forces of extremism.
8 July 2015

Myanmar to hold general election on November 8

Myanmar yesterday announced November 8 as the date for a historic general election set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition in a quarter of a century.
8 July 2015

Hema Malini blames father of child killed in car accident

In tweets today, actor-turned-politician Hema Malini blames the child's father for not following traffic rules.
8 July 2015

India woman 'set on fire by police' in Uttar Pradesh

A woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dies after alleging that she was set on fire by two policemen inside a police station after she refused to pay a bribe.
7 July 2015

After 'selfie', India braces 'velfie'

Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.
6 July 2015

When a selfie is not enough: India abuzz over 'velfie' craze

Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.
6 July 2015

4 Pak soldiers, 12 militants die in clash

At least four soldiers and 12 militants were killed in a clash yesterday in Pakistan's troubled tribal belt where the army is fighting a major offensive against
5 July 2015

Congress demands apology from Modi

The Congress yesterday raked up the post-Godhra riots issue against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, latching onto the claims by
3 July 2015

India: Accountability still missing for human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir

If doing something usually results in punishment, but you do it with impunity, you will not be punished for the deed. Indian security forces are given impunity by the government to do-as-they-please in the violently disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
3 July 2015

India 'won't announce' emissions peak year

India will not announce a target year for its carbon emissions to peak, its environment minister tells the BBC.
2 July 2015

Myanmar fisherman goes home after 22yrs as slave

Myint is one of more than 800 current and former slaves rescued or repatriated after a year-long Associated Press investigation into pervasive labor abuses in Southeast Asia's fishing industry.
2 July 2015

Zero cost migration

Nepal is preparing to stop sending migrant workers to work in countries where employers do not pay for their air tickets and visas from 6 July.
29 June 2015

10 militants killed in Pakistan air strikes: Officials

Air strikes kill 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's northwestern Shawal Valley, intelligence officials say.
28 June 2015

Lanka heads for snap polls

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday ordered the immediate dismissal of the parliament, a government spokesman said,
26 June 2015

Nayek Razzak returns, finally

Abducted BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak reaches Teknaf with the BGB delegation that went to Myanmar to bring him back.
25 June 2015

Pak heatwave shows signs of easing

The death toll from a heatwave in southern Pakistan rose to 750 yesterday, but the scorching weather showed signs of easing, bringing some respite to the sweltering city of Karachi.
24 June 2015