Indian government says police have arrested hundreds of people for their alleged involvement in the recent violence in Delhi, while a close watch is being kept on social media platforms to check rumours and unfounded propaganda.

India reports two more cases of coronavirus, including one in New Delhi, taking the number of positive cases to five so far.

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla says India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been misunderstood in many ways, adding that it was undertaken on “humanitarian grounds”.

The United States signs a historic deal with Taliban insurgents that can pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war there.

Sheikh Rehana and Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter and granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, pay homage to the Father of the Nation in Kolkata’s Baker Hostel of Maolana Azad College.

The situation in riot-hit localities of Delhi over a controversial amendment to the citizenship law is slowly returning to normal with no major incidents reported in the 36-hour timeline from Wednesday till last night, the Indian Home Ministry has said.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detains a Bangladesh national on Khalisakothal border in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila.

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das says rail communication between Akhaura of Bangladesh and India’s Agartala will start by next year.

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah says they will not allow any drug to enter or go out of the country.

Indian government decides to prepare for possible evacuation of its nationals in Wuhan, the central Chinese province which is the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Myanmar rejected accusations of “genocide” in a statement by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding yesterday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, the Mizzima reports.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says "war crimes" may have been committed against Rohingya Muslims but denied genocide, saying refugees had "exaggerated" the extent of abuses against them.

China has reaffirmed its willingness to provide further support, within its capacity, to Myanmar in the Rohingya repatriation process and resettlement of the displaced people from Rakhine state.

At least 11 people -- eight foreign tourists and three Nepali high altitude workers -- have gone out of contact in the Annapurna Base Camp and Manang area since Friday. The areas have been witnessing heavy snowfall for the past few days.

Facebook Inc blames a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused.

China and Myanmar ink dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the elections of the Bureau held yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York.

China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar this week to nail down multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals in a country abandoned by many in the West appalled at the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims on leader Aung San Suu Kyi's watch.

Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has joined the chorus against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India, saying what is happening is "just bad" and he would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant create the next unicorn in India.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Bangladesh and India want zero death along Bangladesh-India border but it is happening.