Two Bangladeshis were shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) for allegedly entering the neighbouring country's territory through the border in Darshana upazila of Chuadanga last night

Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan yesterday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said.

Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said yesterday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary ceasefire.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s group has acquired a majority stake in private news agency IANS India Private Limited for an undisclosed sum as the group expanded its presence in the media space.

Last December, it took nearly 65pc stake in NDTV

India today confirmed a case of JN 1, a sub-variant of Covid-19 whose cases have surged in China and the United States, has been detected in the southern state of Kerala

Sri Lanka's economy grew in the September quarter, the central bank said Saturday, its first expansion since a foreign exchange shortage forced a debt default last year

Pakistan police said three officers were killed yesterday near the northwestern Afghan border during a gun battle that also killed three militants, in an uptick in violence raising security concerns ahead of national elections early next year.

A Pakistan court has banned media from reporting on proceedings in a closed-door trial of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, raising concerns about transparency ahead of national elections in February.

Facebook-owner Meta META.O and China's TikTok restricted a record number of social media posts and accounts in Malaysia in the first six months of 2023, data published by the firms showed, amid a jump in government requests to remove content

An Indian court has granted permission to survey a centuries-old mosque to determine if it contains Hindu relics and symbols, a lawyer said yesterday, in a boost to Hindu groups which claim it was built on a site of a destroyed Hindu temple.

Norway's Telenor said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Pakistan unit to state group Pakistan Telecommunications in a transaction valuing the operation at 5.3 billion Norwegian crowns ($490 million)

At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son

India’s parliament was halted yesterday after a major security breach that saw two people disrupt proceedings by setting off a smoke canister inside the legislature.

An alliance of Myanmar ethnic minority groups said yesterday it would fight to end the country’s “dictatorship”, days after the junta said it had held talks with the alliance facilitated by China.

A Pakistani court yesterday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, several media channels reported, delivering a fresh blow to the jailed leader’s chances of contesting next year’s federal elections.

In a major security breach inside the Indian parliament, two persons today jumped into the Lok Sabha (lower house) chamber from the public gallery and opened canisters that emitted a yellow-coloured smoke, sparking panic among lawmakers

A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a lawmaker from the progressive Move Forward Party to six years in jail on royal insult charges, the party's leader said

A six-man suicide squad drove an explosive-laden truck into a military camp in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 23 soldiers, the army said, the heaviest death toll in a single attack in years, less than two months ahead of national elections.

India has requested the United States to share intelligence on Sikh separatists living there amid investigations into an accusation that an Indian official was linked to a plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil, an Indian official said yesterday.