Bangladesh is among the countries with least forest whereas Laos with 92.1 percentage of forest area is on the top of all in Asia. Bangladesh having 11.2 percent of forest areas of the total area of the country is among India, Mongolia and Pakistan with the least forest, according to the data of Asian Development Bank, 2016.

The Indian army said two of its soldiers were killed yesterday in the latest exchange of cross border firing with Pakistan

Schools in the Indian capital will be closed for the next three days, the Delhi state government said yesterday, as the

Myanmar's plans to arm and train non-Muslim residents in the troubled north of Rakhine State is likely to "aggravate

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday agreed to be questioned in a formal corruption probe, portraying herself as

Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic on Friday warned his players against Saudi Arabia's "specialists in provocation" in a home World Cup qualifier this month that could potentially decide his own future.

A snowballing political scandal moved closer to embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday, with her newly

Program developed by Japanese IT giant NEC scans a million faces from footage within 10 seconds, making police work easier.

South Korea's presidential office yesterday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up since

Hundreds of schools were ordered to close indefinitely in Kashmir yesterday after shelling by Indian and Pakistani troops in the

Foreign diplomats visited flashpoint areas of Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state yesterday, authorities said, as pressure

Indian Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was detained for a second time yesterday by Delhi Police and taken to an

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are "detained" as they tried to meet the family of an ex-serviceman who had committed suicide over the One Rank One Pension demand.

Two of China's secretive J-20 warplanes sweeps over a gasping crowd at the Zhuhai air show, potent symbols of Beijing's aspirations to military might.

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday issued a last minute reprieve to a mentally ill man set to face the gallows this week, after his

Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have

Pirate attacks worldwide fell to a 20-year low in the third quarter, the International Maritime Bureau said yesterday, as it credited

New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog yesterday after millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali

It has been traditionally associated with the dead, but for architect Michael Adriano, a mausoleum is as much a testament to life as it is a way to preserve memories and build a legacy.

Eight activists of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are killed in an encounter hours after they escaped from a high-security prison in Bhopal after killing a head constable.