South Asia

Rescue workers combing the site of a gas pipeline explosion in the Bangladesh port city of Chittagong yesterday. At least seven people were killed and eight injured in the blast, a police official said. The pipeline exploded in front of a five-storey

Gas pipeline blast kills seven in Bangladesh

Nov 18, 2019, 5:00 am

Bangladesh flies in onion supplies as price hits record high

Nov 17, 2019, 11:53 pm

Group linked to the BJP campaigns against Labour in the UK, prompting accusations of 'foreign interference'

Nov 17, 2019, 8:14 pm

Rogue elephant dies in captivity after killing villagers

Nov 17, 2019, 6:13 pm

Sri Lanka president-elect Rajapaksa a war hero to some, a polarising figure to others

Nov 17, 2019, 5:21 pm

Botulism feared responsible for India migratory bird deaths

Nov 17, 2019, 5:08 pm

At least 7 killed, 8 injured in gas explosion in Bangladesh

Nov 17, 2019, 2:41 pm

Sri Lanka election body declares Gotabaya Rajapaksa winner of presidential poll

Nov 17, 2019, 9:56 am
Voters lining up at a polling station in Colombo yesterday.

Sri Lankans cast votes to pick new president

Nov 17, 2019, 5:00 am

Amid pollution woes, oxygen bar sells Delhi residents clean air

Nov 16, 2019, 10:41 pm