Observing that hate speech “completely poisons” the very fabric of the nation, India’s Supreme Court has denounced TV news channels and said it is the duty of TV anchors to prevent hate speeches from happening during debates.

In a landmark move, India’s Supreme Court has decided to allow livestreaming of hearings before its five-judge Constitution benches from September 27.

A clash between Nepal’s government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil yesterday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign proposed amendments in the law.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today (September 21, 2022) said that the government is ready to deal with any kind of situation in reference to the repeated mortar shelling from Myanmar.

Malaria cases are rampant in Pakistan's flood-ravaged regions, with the death toll from diseases reaching 324, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that the situation may get out of control if required aid does not arrive soon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday (September 20, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday (September 20, 2022) termed Myanmar's recent shelling of mortars and gunfire into Bangladesh "unintentional mistake”.

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government's decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year, media reported.

At least nine more people have died from water-borne diseases in flood-hit areas of Pakistan, officials said yesterday, warning they risked losing control of the spread of infections in a crisis that Unicef described as “beyond bleak”.

At least 13 people including seven children were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were using the building to attack its forces.

Government helicopters have attacked a school and village in north-central Myanmar, killing at least 13 people including seven children, a school administrator and an aid worker said Monday.

A top Indian government official inaugurated a multi-screen cinema hall in Srinagar, the largest city in the restive Kashmir region, on Tuesday and it will begin showing movies next month, more than two decades after cinemas were closed there.

A man was arrested for allegedly setting his minor son on fire for not doing school homework in their Orangi Town house, police said.

A Pakistan high court yesterday quashed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, his defence lawyers said.

Top lender State Bank of India (SBI.NS) has asked exporters to avoid settling deals with Bangladesh in the dollar and other major currencies as it looks to curb exposure to Dhaka's falling reserves, according to an internal document and a source.

At least six children were killed and 17 wounded when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said on Monday, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were using the building to attack its forces.

The Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban and Superintendent of Police of the district today (September 19) visited locals at Naikhongchhari border in the wake of mortar shelling and firing from across Myanmar border.

Heavy monsoon rains and landslides have killed almost 50 people in Nepal and India in recent days, authorities said yesterday.

A bus crash killed 27 people and injured a further 20 when the vehicle rolled over on a highway in southwest China's mountainous Guizhou province, local police said in a statement on Sunday.

Thousands of people were in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge nearly three million residents to evacuate.