Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 361 tortoises of rare species worth about Tk 18.5 lakh from Baropota border point

At least 40 workers of an Otobi furniture factory are injured during a clash with police in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital.

At least nine people dies in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police say.

A senior police officer in the southern Indian state of Kerala gets orders to go on leave after he is allegedly caught cheating in a law exam.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brass met at the residence of party chief Amit Shah to discuss matters related to Assam, including the contentious Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh.

A UNSC committee assures India that it will take up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi at its next meeting.

Bangladeshi migrant is found alive in mass grave that was discovered yesterday on a remote and rugged mountain in border district Sadao,Songkhla in Thailand.

Boro farmers in the district are unhappy because of the low price of the paddy even though there has been a bumper production this year. Paddy is selling at only Tk 400 to Tk 450 per maund in the local market, while the price was Tk 600 to Tk 700 last year. Because of this, farmers are reluctant to reap the paddy as they have to suffer loss.

Vietnam's premier yesterday hit out at the "barbarous crimes" of its wartime American foe as the nation marked four decades since

A four month old baby boy is pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 people and devastated the country.

Indonesia faced a storm of international protest yesterday for putting seven foreign drug convicts before a firing squad, but Filipinos rejoiced after a compatriot was spared at the last minute.

The news daily Mashable compiled a list of agencies that are providing help to the deadly earthquake victims in Nepal which killed thousands so far.

The global demand for rubber tyres is threatening protected forests in Southeast Asia, according to a study.

Sixteen Myanmar soldiers died in a major offensive to flush rebels from a strategic hill-top in the northeastern region bordering China,

The search area for flight MH370 will double in size to encompass a vast Indian Ocean corridor if wreckage remains elusive, Malaysia,

A school maths question posted on Facebook by a Singaporean TV presenter stumps thousands, and left many asking if that's really what is expected of Singaporean students.

A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said yesterday, in a further

Myanmar's President Thein Sein held rare talks yesterday with influential allies and rivals including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Malaysia has revived detention without trial after its lower house passed an anti-terror law that rights groups say is a giant step

Twenty suspected red sandalwood smugglers are killed during a clash with police in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh