The Latest Breaking News from South Asia

South Asian countries Bangladesh and India are using settler colonial policies as they resettle citizens in contested territories.

Index shows that 83.2 percent of the world’s poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Afghanistan said Wednesday work would begin on a $10 billion gas pipeline traversing South Asia as officials joined dignitaries in neighbouring Turkmenistan to celebrate its completion on that side of the border.

A surprise improvement in air quality in South Asia in 2022 drove a decline in global pollution, with favourable weather a likely factor, a new report said Wednesday.

Torrential storms lashing India and Nepal have killed hundreds of people since June, official data showed Tuesday, with flooding and landslides causing widespread devastation during the treacherous monsoon season.

The dramatic resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses a dilemma for India’s government, and the South Asian powerhouse could even see its influence in the region wane, according to experts

From being seen as a miracle economy years ago, Bangladesh on Monday looked like a South Asian tragedy, with Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country and protesters storming her home. The contours of its interim government are yet to be defined while economic problems are likely to worsen. 

The city will celebrate South Asia’s rich culture over the course of the next few weeks

Transsion has almost half of Africa's smartphone market and the company is expanding in South Asia and other emerging markets.