http://khabarsouthasia.com/ Khabarsouthasia.com is a source for news and information about Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other countries in South Asia. en-gb Efforts to boost schooling and job prospects for Muslims is a "fight for a right cause," officials say. http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/al90 apwi/articles/features/2013/05/24/feature-01 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 NEW DELHI, India – India promised Wednesday (May 22nd) to do all it can to help keep Afghanistan stable and secure, as visiting Afghan President Hami... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/al9c apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/24/newsbrief-01 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 DHAKA, Bangladesh – The head of the government inquiry into last month's collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory complex said Wednesday (May 22nd)... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/al9l apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/24/newsbrief-02 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 THUNMULLA, Sri Lanka – A melee broke out Wednesday (May 22nd) outside the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) office in Thunmulla, local media reported.... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/al9x apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/24/newsbrief-03 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 A first-of-its-kind concert helps "young people to know more about each other", one audience member says. http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/ak9z apwi/articles/features/2013/05/23/feature-01 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Once a fiery critic of India, Pushpa Kamal Dahal has recently extended an olive branch. In April, he paid a four-day visit to New Delhi, his first in five years. http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/aka8 apwi/articles/features/2013/05/23/feature-02 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 GUWAHATI, India – Police said Tuesday (May 21st) that militants in the northeastern state of Meghalaya killed five coal miners after owners of the co... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/akan apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/23/newsbrief-01 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 RANCHI, India – The struggling families of Maoists killed during clashes with the authorities have failed to receive the aid promised to them by the... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/akaw apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/23/newsbrief-02 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 NEW DELHI, India – Vice President M. Hamid Ansari left Wednesday (May 22nd) for a four-day trip to Uzbekistan that will focus on counterterrorism eff... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/akb8 apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/23/newsbrief-03 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Was the Bollywood superstar an accomplice to terror, or simply caught up by accident in the Mumbai 1993 bombing plot? Indians continue to ponder his role. http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/aj94 apwi/articles/features/2013/05/22/feature-01 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 NEW DELHI, India – Afghan President Hamid Karzai held bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/aj9g apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/22/newsbrief-01 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 NEW DELHI, India – Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang promised Tuesday (May 21st) to narrow the yawning trade gap with India by opening China... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/aj9p apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/22/newsbrief-02 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Tribal children will be taught in their native ethnic languages for one year, then gradually introduced to Bangla, under a new education policy in Bangladesh. http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/ahin apwi/articles/features/2013/05/21/feature-01 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 In the wake of deadly jail beatings of a Pakistani and an Indian prisoner that rattled bilateral relations, students at South Asian University have taken up the cause of peace and harmony between the two countries. http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/ahiz apwi/articles/features/2013/05/21/feature-02 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 NEW DELHI, India – The prime ministers of India and China vowed Monday (May 20th) to resolve a decades-long border dispute along the Line of Actual C... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/ahjb apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/21/newsbrief-01 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 SRINAGAR, India –- Police on Sunday (May 19th) arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative who is suspected of managing finances for the Pakistan-base... http://khabarsouthasia.com/r/ahjn apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/05/21/newsbrief-02 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000