Authorities in India’s southern Kerala region have issued a statewide alert after a case of the Zika virus was confirmed, officials said yesterday.

Using a toilet can pay for your coffee or buy you bananas at a university in South Korea, where human waste is being used to help power a building. 

All cargo train operators today got the authorisation to use the Indian railway network to carry all cargo, including third-country freight between India and Nepal.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb will send its state fruit ‘queen pineapple’ to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The move comes just days after Bangladesh Prime Minister sent mangoes to the Tripura Chief Minister.

A Taliban delegation in Moscow said on Friday that the group controlled over 85% of territory in Afghanistan and reassured Russia it would not allow the country to be used as a platform to attack others.

Malaysian police have crippled a contraband beer distribution ring with the arrest of eight men, five of them Bangladeshis, and the seizure of illicit beverage and other items worth more than RM one million.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the mangoes sent by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a thoughtful gesture and reminded him of the generous hospitality of Bangladesh during his visit in March.

The biggest party in Malaysia’s ruling coalition, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), yesterday said it was withdrawing support for the embattled prime minister and urged him to step down.

A brother of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday became finance minister, tightening the family’s grip on power in the South Asian nation as it confronts growing economic troubles. Basil Rajapaksa, 70, took over the finance portfolio from another brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

India has asked the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to be “watchful that its platform is not subverted by vested interests for comments on India’s internal affairs or for anti-India propaganda”.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter thanking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the sweet Haribhanga mangoes, saying she was overwhelmed by the gifts.

Taiwan has asked its office in Washington to remind the United States not to cause "unnecessary speculation or misunderstanding" after the White House deleted a social media post on Covid-19 vaccine donations that included Taiwan's flag.

A legend of Indian cinema, he was one of those who helped turn their film industry into one of the biggest in the world.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday carried out a major expansion and reshuffle of his council of ministers inducting 43 people, including 36 new faces, taking its total strength to 77. 

The vast consumer market of India offers enormous opportunities for Bangladesh’s quality food products, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, highlighting the duty-free, quota-free market access available to Bangladesh products under SAFTA since 2011.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today carried out a major expansion and reshuffle of his council of ministers, inducting 43 people, including 36 new faces, and sacking a dozen ministers including six senior ministers of cabinet rank.

Tajikistan has taken in more than 1,000 civilian refugees fleeing the violence in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province across the border, the government of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan province said on Wednesday.

Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.

Regional officials in northern Afghanistan said on Wednesday they had recaptured government buildings in a provincial capital after Taliban fighters stormed it overnight, taking over the police headquarters and sparking panic among residents.

Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar passed away earlier today (July 7) in Mumbai's Hinduja Hospital. He was 98.