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Violence erupts in Bangladesh after wounded youth leader dies in Singapore hospital

An activist holds a poster of Mr Sharif Osman Hadi, senior leader of the student protest group Inqilab Mancha, who was shot outside a mosque in Dhaka on Dec 12.

India’s Parliament passes Bill to open nuclear power to private firms

An Indian man riding his bicycle amid heavy smog, on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi, on Dec 18.

Sri Lankan police arrest three men for burning elephant alive

Wildlife officials said the animal had first been shot and wounded before being set alight.

Escalator in Bangladesh university goes rogue, abruptly surges forward in viral video

A screengrab shows students at BRAC University in Dhaka stumbling and grasping at the handrails of an escalator that suddenly surged forward.

Air India finds missing plane 13 years after it ‘vanished’

Air India admitted that it misplaced the Boeing 737-200 in Kolkata Airport in 2012.

India summons Bangladesh envoy over security concerns in Dhaka

FILE PHOTO: A Border Security Force (BSF) official stands in front of the gates of the India-Bangladesh international border in Petrapole, India, October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/File Photo

Delhi restricts vehicles and office attendance in bid to curb pollution

The air quality index in the Delhi region has been in the ‘severe’ category for the past few days, often crossing the 450-mark.

Ancient cures and AI: WHO seeks evidence for traditional medicine

Bhutan pledges nearly $1.3b in cryptocurrency to develop ‘mindfulness’ city

Bhutan, squeezed between giants India and China, champions a policy of prioritising “Gross National Happiness” over growth.

India charges Pakistan-based groups in April terrorist attack in Kashmir

Indian security force personnel stand guard at the site of a suspected militant attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, on April 24, 2025.

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