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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party have demanded polls expected early next year are overseen by a neutral caretaker government. Dhaka, Bangladesh – Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday,

The meeting is taking place following the Chinese and Afghan foreign ministers’ arrival in Islamabad.. Pakistan is set to host a day-long trilateral dialogue with China and Afghanistan in Islamabad after the

Parts of northern India are experiencing a severe, prolonged cold wave that has thrown normal life out of gear. Dense fog has delayed more than a hundred flights and dozens of trains,

Squid Game actor O Yeong-su has been charged with sexual misconduct, South Korean judicial officials say. The 78-year-old is accused of touching a woman inappropriately in 2017, officials said. Mr O has

India’s Supreme Court has failed to deliver a verdict on whether Muslim students can wear the hijab in schools and colleges, with two judges expressing opposing views. One judge upheld a Karnataka high

Sri Lanka’s Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will pull the country out of its economic suffering. The 73-year-old took his oath at the tightly-guarded parliament

All eight crew members are killed as a plane carrying military goods en route from Serbia to Bangladesh crashes near Kavala. All eight crew members were killed when a Ukrainian-operated cargo plane

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned as president of Sri Lanka after fleeing to Singapore in the face of mass protests at home over his rule. He is believed to have wanted to leave

The governor of Sri Lanka’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has warned that the country may shut down if no stable government is formed soon. There is a “lot of uncertainty” over whether

Protesters say no to an all-party government being discussed by politicians, saying it will be a way for the ‘Rajapaksa cartel’ to remain in power. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Tens of thousands of