Archive for the ‘South Asia’ Category

Dalai Lama to meet Obama amid row

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

The Dalai Lama arrives in the US ahead of talks with President Barack Obama.

Dhaka’s ‘crackdown’ on Rohingyas

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

Aid agency MSF accuses Bangladesh of launching a crackdown against thousands of Rohingya refugees from Burma.

India Maoists kill 11 villagers

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 18th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 11 people in an attack on a village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Big goal

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

Sri Lanka hopes sport industry will aid its recovery

US hails Taliban chief’s capture

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

The US hails the capture of the Afghan Taliban military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as a “big success” for US-Pakistani cooperation.

India to hold Maoist attack probe

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

The government of the Indian state of West Bengal orders an inquiry into the killings of at least 24 troops by Maoist rebels.

Pakistan confirms Taliban arrest

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

Pakistan confirms a captured Taliban suspect is key leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, but denies US agents were involved.

Taliban ‘lining up human shields’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as “human shields” as they fight allied troops, an Afghan general says.

BBC Bangladesh mobile landmark

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

Mobile phone users in Bangladesh have accessed more than one million English lessons using a new BBC service, officials say.

India unveils bullet-proof ‘anti-terror buggy’

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Feb 17th, 2010 | filed Filed under: South Asia

A mini armoured car, designed for use in confined spaces in the wake of the Mumbai attacks of November 2008, goes on display at an Indian arms fair.