Controversy broke out even before Khaleda Zia, head of Bangladeshi major opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), could return home from...

At a time when China is deeply embroiled over maritime rights disputes with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, Myanmar and Bangladesh are all set to...

There has occurred an ‘alarming decline’ in the number of Hindus living in Bangladesh. For the first time since Taslima Nasreen’s explosive book Lajja...

With anti-Muslim demonstrations now erupting in Sri Lanka, a major part of the South Asia region is currently embroiled in the murky aftermath of the...

The centre’s recent decision to arrange for special citizenship documents for the people living in the Siliguri chicken’s neck corridor areas does not...

Good news for Bangladesh: it was the worst sufferer in South Asia on account of the Libyan crisis in early 2011, but has now recovered economically....

The recent anti-Rohingiya riots in Myanmar have caused considerable disquiet among a section of the Indian Muslims, and the recent riots in the...

Myanmar is the one ‘happening’ place in a world hit by economic recession these days. With foreign investors and donors rushing to Myanmar for a share...

Recent communal riots targeting Rohingiya Muslims in Rakhine province in western Myanmar have sent scores of defenceless people scurrying towards...

While Indian railways made a belated start to link Sevoke in north Bengal with Rangpo in Sikkim, to improve rail and road infrastructure close to the...

India’s increasing assertiveness and greater geopolitical interest in the east and southeast Asian region has already earned it tangible dividends in...

A major controversy has erupted in Bangladesh about the proposed joint venture power station in the southwest region, close to the Sunderbans.The...