Asia

DHAKA: Bangladesh says Russia has agreed to build the first nuclear power plant in the energy-starved...

Fans queuing outside the Chinnaswamy stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore to buy tickets for...

BEIJING: China has launched its first-ever ocean economic zone in the coastal province of Shandong  when...

A man in an Afghan army uniform has killed two German soldiers serving with Nato's Isaf...

An International Money Fund (IMF) report says Afghanistan's largest private bank, Kabul Bank, should be placed...

The Bangladeshi government has called on Nobel peace laureate and micro credit pioneer Muhammad Yunus to...

A man has been rescued from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia by...

The Afghan intelligence service has detained men it believes carried out the bombing of a supermarket...

Opposition supporters in Sri Lanka have taken part in a demonstration in the capital Colombo to...

BEIJING:China, world’s largest gold producer since in 2007, retained its position again in 2010 by mining...

A British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan in a roadside bomb blast, the Ministry...

One of Nepal's top television networks has begun broadcasting its nightly news bulletin in semi-darkness to...

Four people including a Muslim cleric have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the death...

BEIJING:The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional holidays for Chinese...

A study has suggested that the effects of last year's floods in Pakistan could have been...