Story Archive
2015-05-12
At least 66 people are reported killed in Nepal, India and China as a result of Tuesday’s 7.3-magnitude earthquake.
2015-05-12
The killing of Ananta Bijoy Das, who was on an Islamist hit-list, follows this year's murders of Avijit Roy and Washiqur Rahman.
2015-05-08
The citizens of Bangladesh have had few chances to vote in fairly contested elections.
2015-05-06
A horde of Indian journalists has invaded Nepal, portraying the disaster from a distinctly Indian point of view.
2015-05-05
As many as 76 rescue teams and 70 medical teams from 34 countries responded.
2015-05-05
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claims responsibility for hacking to death Avijit Roy and other secular bloggers.
2015-05-05
Move comes after eight paramilitary troops die in ambush in northeastern Indian state.
2015-05-01
Bureaucratic indifference to people’s suffering and dysfunctional politics run deep.
2015-05-01
Nepalese are facing food and water shortages, and their country will need at least U.S. $2 billion for post-quake reconstruction.
2015-04-30
China, United States are among other countries also sending aid.
2015-04-29
Indian policewoman was among dozens of climbers at base camp when Nepal’s earthquake triggered a “tsunami of snow.”
2015-04-28
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party also accuses the ruling Awami League of intimidating voters and candidates.
2015-04-27
India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other Asian nations are helping in the relief effort.
2015-04-24
Al Jazeera International calls ban “disproportionate” and says it stopped showing the controversial map in September 2014.
2015-04-24
Two years after the worst industrial accident in Bangladesh’s history, factories remain unsafe and many victims are waiting for compensation, activists say.