Hospitals in India yesterday battled to treat victims of a blistering heatwave that has claimed nearly 1,500 lives in just over a week --

Myanmar scraps proposed 5 percent tax on mobile phone top-up cards after lawmakers voted against the levy, the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said on Thursday.

India's former prime minister yesterday accused his successor Narendra Modi of suppressing dissent and undermining democratic

India, probably the world, will get its first transgender college principal when Manabi Bandopadhyay takes charge of Krishnagar Women's College in West Bengal on June 9, reports The Times of India.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Kalichanna village in Sadar upazila on Monday. Police and locals

Nepal banned children from traveling without parents or approved guardians yesterday in an unprecedented move to deter human traffickers who authorities fear are targeting vulnerable families after last month's devastating earthquake.

The kidnapped son of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called his father on Sunday after two years in captivity and told him he was well.

At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.

Life is hard in dry villages, like Denganmal, 150 km from Mumbai. Husbands are busy farming and tending to the animals, while the

A "massive" spurt in human trafficking instances in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has prompted security agencies to issue an alert along the open India-Nepal border.

One month after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal, the country's finance minister yesterday called for more direct aid funding.

More than 350 people are reported to have died in a heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.

A young man was stabbed to death and five others were injured by robbers at South Fashion village in Charfashion upazila early yesterday.

A three-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Syedpur village in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district on Saturday.

The blazing summer sun continued to scorch cities across India yesterday, with even hill stations like Mussoorie, which is 6,580 feet

Three people are killed and two injured in a collision between two trucks in Kamarkhanda upazila of Sirajganj early Sunday.

Ending more than seven months of administrative uncertainty in Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa sworn in the chief minister at a glittering ceremony in the centenary auditorium of University of Madras, reports The Times of India.

Convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed instructed his lawyers to place some particular points on behalf of him at the Supreme Court during tomorrow’s hearing on his appeal filed seeking acquittal of all the charges.

Northern states in Malaysia, including Penang, are identified as possible locations for temporary settlement of Rohingya migrants.

Four officials of Customs, Excise and Vat in Panchagarh Sadar upazila have been transferred to the department's offices in different