By Kavita Bajeli-Datt DILI, Timor-Leste: Over 1.3 million people die of tobacco consumption in Southeast Asia every year, with the region consisting of...
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt DILI, Timor-Leste: Over 1.3 million people die of tobacco consumption in Southeast Asia every year, with the region consisting of...
This television screen grab shows UCAV Burraq launching the laser-guided missile Burq. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military on Monday said it had for the first...
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Monday they are seeking to arrest national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife for allegedly beating their 11-year-old maid...
Kabul: The Taliban have condemned the killing of 13 minority Hazaras as a plot to “breed fault lines”, in an apparent dig at...
NEW DELHI: Agitating servicemen on Sunday said they will continue their protest over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme as the government...
PATNA: Thousands of commuters were hit as expelled RJD leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav's supporters halted trains in Bihar on Sunday to...
DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court on Sunday cleared the screening of a film depicting one of the world's worst industrial disasters, the 2013 Rana...
Pakistan Air Force cadets march next to the mausoleum of the country's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah to mark the country’s Defense Day in...
The comic aims to raise awareness on the plight of gays in the Muslim-majority nation. Photo from Boys of Bangladesh page DHAKA: Bangladesh's...
Afghans clash with members of the national security forces during an anti-Government protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): At least 13 people were...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (centre) attends the Senior Officials Meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Kabul: Afghanistan’s president implored international donors for their continued...
Dhaka: Nervous, pale and sleep deprived, Bangladesh blogger Shammi Haque describes living in constant fear after four of her colleagues were hacked to...
Bangkok: A Thai court last Friday sentenced four men to life imprisonment over the death of three people, including two children, in a...
Devotees wait in a queue to offer prayers on the occasion of Janmashtami festival at Birla Temple in New Delhi, yesterday. New Delhi:...
A navjote ceremony in progress KARACHI: For more than 1,000 years, Parsis have thrived in South Asia but an ageing population and emigration...
NEW YORK: Two Pakistani brothers were extradited to New York on Friday to face charges that they conspired to smuggle heroin into America...
Representational image LAHORE: Pakistan police said Saturday they have arrested and imprisoned a Christian man accused of blasphemy in Punjab. Blasphemy is a...
Patna, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that Bodh Gaya, which is considered the birthplace of Buddhism, would be...
