Story Archive
2015-08-28
The deadly exchange comes less than a week after Pakistan called off bilateral talks with India over sensitive issues.
2015-08-27
Muslims say it’s not safe to go back and that Hindu majority Jats shun them.
2015-08-25
Known for disasters, exploding population and deep poverty, the South Asian nation is now on the list of the next level of emerging economies.
2015-08-24
The collapse of the latest effort to improve relations between the two neighbors could lead to further escalation of violence along their common border, especially in Kashmir, analysts say.
2015-08-19
Critics say such “extrajudicial murders” usually target members of the opposition – and that 1,500 people have been killed in so-called “crossfire” since 2004.
2015-08-18
One man, identified as a British citizen, is accused of masterminding the killings, while another allegedly took part in the machete attacks.
2015-08-17
But analysts say the Rohingya community is unlikely to be involved in terror activities.
2015-08-14
Indian authorities are also hunting for whoever was responsible for a grenade explosion at a local mosque.
2015-08-14
Both suspects in the slaying of Niladri Chottopaddhya belong to the outlawed group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), police say.
2015-08-13
“I honor the temple as much as I do the mosque,” says its principal caretaker, an adherent of Islam.
2015-08-13
So far this year, 44 women and girls have died after being raped, an NGO says.
2015-08-11
"That night, my mother made me promise that I would find a way to escape and never return to Burma,” Mohammed Tahir says.
2015-08-10
The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh members are convicted and sentenced for their roles in a series of bombings in 2005.
2015-08-10
But members of the country’s secular blogging community don’t feel safe and are trying to flee abroad.
2015-08-07
Suspects are seldom nabbed at the scene of the crime – even those committed in broad daylight.