Full Coverage: South Asia

29.12.2008 Khaleda Zia attacks Sheikh Hasina, her main rival in today's Bangladesh election, but asks her to work together for development, while Hasina calls for an end to vengeance.
+ Cutting vote fraud in Bangladesh
+ Guide to Bangladesh

23.12.2008 Between 230,000 and 300,000 displaced people are trapped in Sri Lanka's Vanni conflict zone, facing severe shortages of food and other essenials because of government restrictions on humanitarian assistance, says a leading international rights group.

22.12.2008 Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, along with neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, are some of the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies in the world, according to an international medical humanitarian organisation.

20.12.2008 A film season - with some classics - complements Indian Highway, an exhibition and events programme at the Serpentine Gallery that provides a snapshot of artists working in India today.

08.12.2008 The carnage of the terrorist attack at Mumbai's railway station was given relatively poor coverage in the media. Those of us with a fear of railway terror will have India's ordinary travellers in our thoughts.