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In the bloodiest attack in recent years, 19 people were killed and 150 injured when seven grenades exploded at a Dhaka rally of the opposition Awami League on August 21. Sheikh Hasina,... 2004-09-16

Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, has given the clearest sign yet that he plans to remain head of the armed forces next year. Musharraf, who took power in a bloodless... 2004-09-16

Sri Lanka's coalition government has secured a working majority in parliament after the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) - a small party that represents Indian-origin Tamils - pledged... 2004-09-16

Upcoming elections in the western state of Maharashtra will provide India's Congress-led government with its first test at the ballot box since winning May's general election. The... 2004-09-16

India's short-term political rating has stayed on 65.0 in the run-up to a general election which begins on April

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse was sworn in to lead a government that is eight seats short of a majority in parliament, after President Chandrika Kumaratunga's Freedom Alliance... 2004-04-19

Bangladesh is danger of gaining a reputation as a major hub for smuggling arms to insurgent groups in South Asia, thanks to the government's inability to impose law and order at home... 2004-04-16

Opposition leader Makhmood Javed Hasmhi has been sentenced to 23 years in prison by a closed court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Hasmhi, who heads the Alliance for the Restoration... 2004-04-16

A split in the ranks of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels in early March threatened efforts to end the island's 20 year civil war. The Tigers, led by V. Prabhakaran expelled eastern... 2004-03-22

India and Pakistan have agreed a ?basic roadmap? to peace following their first such talks in three years. According to the roadmap, the two countries? foreign secretaries will meet... 2004-02-25