Sri Lanka probing nationwide power outage

COLOMBO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's state-owned electricity producer and supplier Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said on Sunday that it will cond…[More]

IRC finds 39 pct surge in child marriage in Bangladesh due to climate change

DHAKA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Wednesday said its recent study has revealed a staggering 39 percent surge in child…[More]

7 workers killed in grain factory accident in SW India

NEW DELHI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least seven workers were killed and five others injured after getting trapped beneath a huge heap of corns that fell …[More]

Chinese-built highway enters new construction phase in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The construction of Bangladesh's Dhaka Bypass Expressway Project on Monday entered into a new phase as all T-girders of the …[More]

Gunmen kill head of right-wing group in India's Rajasthan

NEW DELHI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday shot dead Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the head of a right-wing fringe group Karni Sena, and w…[More]