A prominent Bangladeshi cartoonist was granted bail on Wednesday as several hundred people staged more protests over the death of a fellow government critic also arrested under the country's harsh ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh moves more Rohingya Muslims to remote island despite concerns
Bangladesh is moving nearly 4,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote Bay of Bengal island, officials said on Wednesday, despite complaints from rights groups concerned about the site's ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan PM to Seek Vote of Parliamentary Confidence After Senate Poll Setback: Minister
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will seek a vote of confidence from parliament after the government's finance minister lost a high-profile Senate seat election on Wednesday, the foreign minister ... ( read original story ...)
Former Pakistan PM wins Senate election in setback to gov’t
A former Pakistani prime minister Wednesday defeated a ruling party candidate in Senate elections in a major setback to the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, election authorities and opposition ... ( read original story ...)
Fund crunched Pakistan mulling to change Sikh’s religious site into a tourist place
Chairman said that the project has been discussed with all the stakeholders and possibilities are being explored on the same. ( read original story ...)
India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Found Effective, Boosting National Efforts
Bharat Biotech said its Covid-19 vaccine was 81% effective at protecting people in a large clinical trial, an announcement that could invigorate India’s inoculation drive and vaccine-diplomacy efforts ... ( read original story ...)
India v England: Joe Root says his team ‘shouldn’t be scared’
Captain Joe Root says England should have "no scars" from two successive defeats when they play India the final Test starting on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Blinken singles out China as ‘biggest geopolitical test’ for U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday singled out the U.S. relationship with China as the main overseas focus of President Joe Biden's administration and said the country posed "the biggest ... ( read original story ...)
China-based hackers exploit bug in Microsoft software to steal from U.S. companies
China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft said that a "highly skilled and sophisticated ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent boss to call for tighter governance on China’s internet economy: state media
The founder and CEO of technology giant Tencent Holdings plans to call for tighter governance of the internet economy at China's parliamentary meeting in Beijing, state broadcaster China National ... ( read original story ...)