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Dhaka in frontline in heritage battle

Population pressure and steady economic growth mean the odds are stacked against saving the eclectic, 400-year-old architectural history of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital and the world’s most densely populated city

China quake activist jailed for three years

A Chinese man was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for breaking China’s “state secrets” laws after he tried to provide legal advice to parents whose children died in shoddily built schools in the Sichuan earthquake last year

Tensions rise as 21 die in Philippines attack

At least 21 people have been killed in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao in what the authorities described as one of the country’s worse cases of political violence in recent memory

Rice price fears drive Philippine buying

The Philippines could import as much as 3m tonnes of rice next year as the world’s largest buyer of the grain moves quickly to secure supplies

Unclear who controls Pakistan army, says Singh

India’s PM says Pakistan’s objectives in Afghanistan are not necessarily those of the US and that he is worried about its nuclear arsenal falling into the wrong hands

China coal mine death toll reaches 104

Relatives of the victims of a gas blast at a coal mine have scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners as state media put the number of dead at 104

Singh’s visit to “consolidate” US-India ties

Attempt to revive good relations amid concerns that India has slipped down on the US priority list

‘Civilian surge’ to help Afghanistan

As training for 36 officials begins in the US, questions about political goals remain

Japanese deflation fuels calls for action

Japan said for the first time since 2006 that the economy was back in deflation, warning of the risk that price falls may put pressure on a fragile economy

Chinese white weddings boost platinum

Chinese brides, who value platinum partly because it goes so well with a white wedding dress, are on course to snap up enough of the metal to make up for a fall in demand from the auto components industry