Pakistan on Thursday warned the US and India against any further covert operation in Pakistani territory, saying this would lead to a "terrible catastrophe".

The dollar strengthened against the euro in Asia on Wednesday as skittish short-term investors took profit ahead of a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, analysts said.

After an eventful 19th Commonwealth Games in India in 2010, the CGF is all set to receive bids for the 2018 edition's hosting rights from Australia and Sri Lanka during a series of meetings from May 6 to 11.

A court in Northwestern Bangladesh sentenced 11 people to life in prison on Wednesday for gang-raping a teenage girl during a spate of violence following 2001 elections, the police said.

Pakistan on Wednesday stepped up security in the neighbourhood where Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos, sealing off the area after crowds had flocked to his one-time villa home.

Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a US special forces and CIA helicopter-borne raid on a mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan, at about 1 am Pakistan time on Monday. The mansion where the firefight took place is less than two km from the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul, frequented by top Pakistani generals, including Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani who visited it only days ago to address cadets.

Indonesia's top Islamic body on Tuesday condemned the sea burial of Osama bin Laden, as radicals promised a day of mass prayer to mourn the al Qaeda leader's death at the hands of US special forces.

Indonesia is beefing up security on the holiday island of Bali following the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, an official said on Tuesday.

He created a flutter by claiming that Sri Lankan players have been fixing matches since 1992 but former captain Hashan Tillakaratne on Tuesday refused to divulge the names of those cricketers, saying he would make the revelations only to the ICC.

China has described the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a milestone and a positive development for international anti-terrorism efforts.