Full Coverage: South Asia

29.09.2009 The UN Refugee Agency says it is "deeply concerned" about reports of security incidents inside internally displaced people's camps in northern Sri Lanka.

28.09.2009 Daniyal Mueenuddin’s In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is likely to get my vote for book of the year. The publishers have also taken trouble with old-fashioned virtues of design.

27.09.2009 Malnutrition is a serious problem in Pakistan with rising food prices a contributory factor. How can it make sense for the government to lease 500,000 hectares of agricultural land to Saudi Arabia? IRIN News

16.09.2009 A summary of issues surrounding India's proposed Food Security Bill which aims to distribute food to the poorest households. Institute of Development Studies

11.09.2009 Sri Lanka must end the forced confinement of hundreds of thousands of survivors of the civil war and allow them to go home, says an international charity.
+ UN patience wears thin

01.09.2009 An attractive portal which encourages India and its people to demonstrate leadership and action on climate change.

01.09.2009 As new floods threaten Bangladesh this week, this eyewitness account finds villagers still struggling with the aftermath of a cyclone in May. From Poverty to Power