Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agree to enter into a free trade regime by this year. The two countries reach the decision during official talks between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.

India continues to modernise its atomic arsenal with an eye on China and the country's nuclear strategy which traditionally focused on

China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was fighting for his political future yesterday after judicial investigators ruled his family had

Two Myanmar nationals are detained with over one lakh yaba tablets in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Pakistan yesterday released 78 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said. The fishermen were released

In 2012, a Taliban gunman shot her in the head for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan. On Friday, Nobel Peace

Pakistan's first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the ancient city of Multan, better known for its centuries-old Sufi shrines, mango orchards and handicrafts.

China warned yesterday that the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory was a precondition for peace as tensions rise in a

Sri Lanka yesterday vowed to grant greater autonomy to its Tamil minority in a new constitution after an influential Buddhist monk said

Now it is rusting hulk in a small town railway station, but Indian authorities want the stall where Prime Minister Narendra Modi sold tea with his father to become a global tourist magnet.

The next India-Bangladesh friendship dialogue will be held in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh at the beginning of 2018.

Rain pounded several parts of the country throwing life out of gear as the southwest monsoon advanced to several states.

India has pushed in more troops in a "non-combative mode" to strengthen its position in an area near Sikkim, where its soldiers have

At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector, says in a report. Move the mouse pointer over the bars of the interactive chart to have a comparative overview.

A mild tremor jolts Sylhet in Bangladesh. However, no casualty was reported.

After the militant attack at Gulshan’s upscale café Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 last year, law enforcers started launching operations at the hideouts of suspected militants across Bangladesh. On the map, 14 such anti-militancy drives including yesterday’s raid in Kushtia were marked. Click on the each marks to see brief information on the operation.

Indian security forces shot dead a top Islamist militant who was accused of killing six police officers during a seven-hour gun battle in

The ongoing troop face-off between India and China on the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction has emerged as the biggest such

A government minister was mocked on social media for urinating in public despite the prime minister's flagship public hygiene drive as