Around South Asia

The conflict in Sri Lanka over the memorialization of Tamil Tiger militants through the annual observance of Maaveerar Naal or Great Heroes’...

Colombo, December 4 (newsin.asia): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, the Jumhoori Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, and Sheikh Imran, leader of...

Colombo, Dec 4 (newsin.asia) - The Sri Lankan government, on Monday vowed to end impunity for crimes against journalists and...

By Meera Srinivasan/The Hindu When Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam recently received the DSC Prize for South Asian literature, the...

Rome, November 3 (Reuters):  Speaking to reporters aboard the plane returning to Rome from Bangladesh, the pontiff indicated that he...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (BBC) - A newborn baby, declared dead by a hospital in the Indian capital Delhi, was...

Colombo, Dec 2 (newsin.asia) - The death toll from Cyclone OKHI which hit Sri Lanka earlier in the week has...

Colombo, Dec 2 (newsin.asia) - The Sri Lanka Navy, on Saturday arrested 20 Indian fishermen for poaching illegally in the island's...

Colombo, December 1 (newsin.asia): The Indian High Commissiner in Si Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, told young participants in the Second...