Sri Lanka closed schools and halted all non-essential government services yesterday, beginning a two-week shutdown to conserve fast-depleting fuel reserves as the International Monetary Fund opened talks with Colombo on a possible bailout.

An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violence targeting minorities and places of worship.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday advocated the case for trade and engagement with other countries, especially India and the United States, and noted that his country was isolated on the world stage due to past policies.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar yesterday said that Pakistan is now “one step away” from exiting the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list”, and the planned on-site visit is a procedural requirement.

An attack on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least two people and injured seven on Saturday, following a blast in a car loaded with explosives, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Sri Lankan authorities yesterday announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools, as public transport ground almost entirely to a halt due

In connection with the offensive remarks by two suspended BJP leaders on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in India, Islami Andolon Bangladesh today (June 16, 2022) brought out a march from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and handed a memorandum to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

The diplomatic crisis India is facing following comments on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by suspended leaders of BJP – Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal – is far from over, according to veteran columnist and journalist Subir Bhaumik.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is asking civil servants to take an extra day off each week to grow crops in their backyards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage.

Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth.

India today urged the international community to enhance support, financially and otherwise, for Bangladesh to cope with the humanitarian burden of hosting a million Rohingya refugees in its territory.

A bomb blast on a minibus killed at least four people and injured several others in the Afghan capital on Saturday, police said.

Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the island nation hunts desperately for fuel amid an unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed prime minister said.

Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf's family on Friday clarified that he was not on ventilator but has been hospitalised for the last three weeks.

Pakistani police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a prominent televangelist-turned-politician on Thursday.

Bus services between Bangladesh and India resumed today (June 10, 2022) after over two years of suspension due to the pandemic.

Another member of Sri Lanka’s ruling family quit public office yesterday, denying responsibility for an economic crisis that has caused severe hardship in the island nation.

Bus services between Bangladesh and India will resume tomorrow (June 10, 2022) after over two years of suspension due to the pandemic.

At least 22 people were killed when a passenger van plunged into a deep ravine in southwestern Pakistan yesterday, officials said. The only survivor of the

A former director general of India’s elite National Security Guard (NSG) has commended Bangladesh’s “amazing” cooperation to help India contain insurgency issues in the country’s north-eastern states.