Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo to watch an annual Buddhist pageant where hundreds of drummers, traditional dancers and torchbearers escort dozens of beautifully decorated elephants in a colourful parade.

South Asia Diary: Lanka's Annual Buddhist Pageant

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been convicted by a Pakistan court in terror financing cases and sent to jail for five years.

South Asia Diary: Hafiz Saeed gets 5 years jail term

In Bangladesh 1st sex worker to receive a formal burial. Bangladesh is one of the few Muslim countries in the world where prostitution is legal for women aged 18.

South Asia Diary: Sex workers gets honourable funeral in Bangladesh

Mouth cancer or oral cancer is a pernicious disease which occur on the lips, gums, tongue and other parts of the mouth. The mouth cancer is become a common issue among the youth. It occurs by the excessively use of tobacco ,including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff, among others.

South Asia Diary: Rising cases of Oral cancer in Pakistan

A team of international scientists is preparing to carry out a deep sea dive mission into the depths of the Indian Ocean.

South Asia Diary: Diving into the 'Midnight zone'

Kabul is better known for its hulking concrete blast walls and tense security checkpoints. But it also sits in a valley in the Hindu Kush mountains at an elevation of around 1,800 meters (5,900 feet).

South Asia Diary: Kabul turns into a sporting paradise

#SouthAsiaDiary | Watch these stories as @MaroWardak brings issues from world's most under-reported region. +Rising nos of oral cancer cases in #Pakistan +Snowboarding in war-torn #Afghanistan +Diving into #Maldives' 'Midnight Zone' +Changing with time: #Nepal

South Asia Diary: Watch these stories from world's most under-reported region

#WION #SouthAsiaDiary Wion brings you its brand-new show South Asia Diary with Mariam Wardak. We look at the following stories. Bangladesh Fences Rohingya Camps. Appeasement Politics In Sri Lanka Imran using media to take on dissent?

WION: South Asia Diary with Mariam Wardak | Dec 16, 2019

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