At least 950,000 children in Nepal will not be able to return to school, unless urgent action is taken to repair damaged school buildings following the April 25 earthquake, Unicef says.

Thai authorities question more than 100 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar discovered in Thailand’s south to determine whether they were victims of human trafficking.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played down fears over China's growing regional clout ahead of his landmark trip to Beijing, saying the rival Asian powerhouse has a "right" to seek greater influence.

The Indian Lok Sabha passes the constitution amendment bill to implement the historic land boundary agreement with Bangladesh.

A robber was killed and another injured in a 'gunfight' with police in Khulna city on Tuesday night.

Rajya Sabha passes constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.

India will push ahead this week with plans to build a port in southeast Iran, two sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi keen to develop trade ties with Central Asia and prepared to fend off US pressure not to rush into any deals with Iran.

Ten-year-old Ranju Giri wrings her hands as she describes how she cowered terrified under a bed with her younger brother when a massive earthquake rocked their home in Kathmandu.

Some of the seventh-century stupas remain intact and a few statues miraculously survive the disaster, but now are at risk being taken by looters after the devastation.

With reports emanating from New Delhi that the BJP-government is keen to exclude Assam from implementation of LBA with Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi requests Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to take such a decision.

Nepali police pull out bodies of 50 people, including some foreign trekkers, from an avalanche-hit area, as death toll from devastating earthquake climbs to over 7,000.

Sri Lanka's minority ruling party urged President Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday to call a snap general election to strengthen its

A 14-year-old girl in India has died and her mother has been seriously injured after they were allegedly thrown from a bus by three men

Rescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble of Nepal's earthquake yesterday, bringing a rare moment of joy to the ruined capital Kathmandu, five days after a disaster which killed nearly 6,000 people. The rescue of Pemba Tamang, who told AFP that he stayed alive by eating ghee, was hailed as a miracle and greeted with cheers from crowds of bystanders who massed to watch the drama unfold at a ruined guesthouse.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif yesterday called up PM Narendra Modi and expressed his condolences on loss of lives in India due to

With its sewage system badly damaged, carcasses rotting in the rubble and thousands of people sleeping rough, experts say Nepal

Narendra Modi told reporters on Wednesday that Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, who was away on an official visit to Thailand,

Climbing will resume on Mount Everest by next week after an earthquake-triggered avalanche that left 18 people dead on the world's highest peak, a Nepalese government official said yesterday. Saturday's avalanche that ripped through base camp also destroyed ladders through the treacherous Khumbu icefall higher up the mountain, raising doubts about the future of this year's climbing season.

A US panel tracking international religious freedom has, in its latest report on India, noted that religious minorities in the country were

Sahasra Nagorik Committee, a citizen platform, says that the just concluded Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls were held in a free, fair and credible manner.