A hardline Indian Hindu movement yesterday announced it was abandoning its trademark khaki shorts to try to modernise the dress code, 91 years after adopting the austere military-style uniform.

Underprivileged Indian children now can dream of making it big in cricket as a former Indian government employee, is helping them turn that dream into reality.

Bangladesh is going to be the part of a joint initiative to establish a regional body in South Asia to enhance skills and capacity development of public sector officials and bankers.

Sri Lanka yesterday announced plans to compensate journalists and media organisations that suffered violence and intimidation during

Qatar has sought Bangladesh's support for its nominee and Qatar Emir's Cultural Adviser Dr Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari who will contest for the next director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Aung San Suu Kyi's party nominates her former driver and close aide to be Myanmar's next president, as the Nobel laureate looks to rule her former junta-run homeland through a trusted proxy.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says his country has successfully miniaturised a thermo-nuclear warhead, as Pyongyang continues to talk up its nuclear strike capabilities amid rising military tensions on the Korean peninsula.

At least 14 people are killed in a Pakistan bombing which militants say was in revenge for the execution of a policeman turned assassin.

A Shia Pakistani man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the

An Indian student leader facing sedition charges has called for "freedom in India" in a rousing speech to students at Jawaharlal Nehru

Pakistan hangs the former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab's governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws, officials say.

A 32-year-old man allegedly kills 14 members of his family at their house near Thane in Maharashtra and then commits suicide.

Two people are feared dead after a small plane crashed in western Nepal today, an army official says, just days after 23 people are killed in a similar accident in the Himalayan nation.

Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences and gain confidence, a pilot study has shown.

India may allow women in ground combat roles in its army, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee hints.

A water crisis in India's capital will take up to two weeks to fix, authorities warned yesterday as taps ran dry, days after protesters sabotaged a canal to demand better treatment for their caste.

Water supplies have been partially restored in the Indian capital, Delhi, after repairs began on a key canal which supplies much of the city.

More than 10 million people in India's capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say.

Indian political parties, including West Bengal's ruling Party, have agreed to pass a bill in parliament to amend electoral laws to give voting rights to estimated 14,000 people who became Indian citizens following exchange of adversely-held enclaves with Bangladesh.

A third soldier was killed yesterday in an ongoing gunbattle between militants and troops and police in Indian Kashmir, taking the