Bangladesh jails 3 over crash that sparked protests
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court yesterday sentenced three transport workers to life for a road crash last year that killed two students and...
Fury in India over new rape, murder case
HYDERABAD: Hundreds of people yesterday laid siege to a police station where four men are being held over the latest gruesome rape-murder...
Lahore looks for answers amid ‘air apocalypse’
LAHORE: When black smoke from burning rice stubble in nearby India swept into Lahore - one of Pakistan's largest and wealthiest cities...
India growth falls to worst level in years
MUMBAI: India's economy grew at its slowest pace in more than six years in the July-September period, down to 4.5 percent from...
Pakistan court suspends 3-year extension for army chief
Top general granted six months in power
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top court yesterday gave the government six months to...
7 handed death for Bangladesh cafe attack
Islamist extremists 'will be executed by hanging'
DHAKA: Seven Islamist extremists were sentenced to death in Bangladesh yesterday...
India’s biometric ID excludes homeless, transgender people
BANGKOK: Ten years after it was introduced, India's national digital identity system is becoming ubiquitous in the country, even as large numbers...
BJP forced out in Maharashtra
MUMBAI: BJP leader and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis (left) tenders his resignation to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari yesterday....
Two killed, seven injured in Kashmir grenade attacks
SRINAGAR: At least two people were killed in grenade attacks in Kashmir yesterday and two militants shot dead by Indian forces, officials...
Bangladesh to shut brick kilns; air quality soars to world’s worst
DHAKA: Bangladesh said yesterday it will shut hundreds of soot-belching brick kilns around its capital Dhaka as part of measures to reduce...
Sri Lanka’s ruling siblings: New leader swears in brother as PM
Charges dropped against immune new Sri Lanka president
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's newly elected president Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday swore...
Rajapaksa brothers cement power in Sri Lanka
New president Gotabaya picks Mahinda as prime minister
COLOMBO: Newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday named his...
