A special Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced a 90-year-old top Islamist to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.

Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets at protesters on Monday, as violence erupted across the country ahead of the verdict on a top Islamist for allegedly masterminding atrocities during the 1971 liberation war.

The task force, which was set up to study crime against women in Assam, has stressed the need of a calibrated approach to check the growing crime against women as it has identified a disturbing trend

The rain-fed mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries flowing above the danger level across Assam have hit nearly one lakh people inundating human habitations and farm land in 10 districts with Dhemaji being the worst-hit.

North and South Korea held rare talks today on re-opening a joint industrial zone seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation.

A court in Darjeeling district today remanded Saradha scam accused Sudipta Sen and Debjani Mukherjee to 14 days’ judicial custody in one of the cases in the multi-crore Ponzi scheme scandal.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries’ relationship was “sweeter than honey”, during a visit to Beijing with economic ties at the top of the agenda.

An outspoken Chinese general known for his nationalist views warned India on Thursday against stirring up “new trouble” in a long-running border dispute, just as New Delhi’s defence minister was set to visit Beijing.

Philippine troops on Thursday killed eight communist rebels, two of them women, in the latest flare-up of violence since talks to end one of Asia’s longest running insurgencies broke down.

BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the party is also willing to resolve the border dispute with Bangladesh but agreement should not be unilateral.