Sri Lanka's Sports minister Dullas Alahapperuma has ordered a full-scale investigation into match-fixing claims involving the finals of the 2011 cricket World Cup

Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Friday took to social media to celebrate her recent graduation from Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

All cinema halls in Sri Lanka will be opened starting 27 June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development, and Cultural Affairs said on Friday (June 19)

The emergence of Netflix, Prime Video, and other web-based entertainment platforms have helped Pakistani viewers/writers to look beyond Bollywood and to other Indian regional cinema, writes Mahendra Ved for South Asia Monitor 

Yoga is increasingly gaining popularity among Bhutanese urbanites. Nehru Wangchuck Cultural Centre (NWCC) has more than 4,000 registered Bhutanese

Presence of female security forces in Afghanistan military has increased by 16 percent, according to the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)

Anmol Narang has become the first “observant” Sikh to graduate from the US Military Academy at a ceremony presided over by President Donald Trump

With the profound message of Iskcon Founder-Acharya Shrila Prabhupada that "no one should go hungry" as its motto, the country's leading non-government organisation Akshaya Patra Foundation has served whopping 6.3 crores (63 million) meals to the needy since the lockdown was enforced across the country on March 25 to contain the coronavirus spread

Legendary Indian composer and Oscar-BAFTA-Grammy winner A R Rahman has joined Bangladesh's Mostofa Sarwar Farooki directorial No Land's Man as co-producer and composer

This 2014 Turkish TV series has set viewership records and is reportedly seen in 65 countries. Over 40 million have watched it in Pakistan alone since the holy Ramadan month, writes Mahendra Ved for South Asia Monitor

Noted artiste Ferdous has won the hearts of the masses with his charm over the years. The celebrated actor has garnered an extensive fan base through his prominence in films in Bangladesh and beyond

Ehsan Mani, Pakistan’s cricket chief, has surprisingly emerged as a strong candidate to head the International Cricket Council (ICC) as its chairman

The Telangana state government on Monday permitted resumption of shooting for films and television programmes

Despite the COVID-19 lockdown, conservationists in eastern Nepal are busy tracking ten wild red pandas they had fitted for the first time with GPS-satellite collars in December to monitor their behaviour and habitat

The Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) has told the US government that it will pay for restoring Mahatma Gandhi's statue that was desecrated last week during the protests against police brutality