Colombo, Dec 1 (IANS) India on Monday further strengthened its support as part of 'Operation Sagar Bandhu' for the search and rescue efforts currently underway in Sri Lanka to bring relief to families affected by severe flooding and landslides in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
Quetta, Dec 1 (IANS) Two miners were killed after a landslide hit a coal mine in Sorranj area on the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan, local media reported on Monday.
Kathmandu, Dec 1 (IANS) Nepal is unlikely to achieve the targetted economic growth in the current fiscal year 2025–26 due to the delayed monsoon, floods, and landslides that have affected the country’s agriculture and other sectors, Nepal’s Central Bank said on Monday.
Dhaka, Dec 1 (IANS) The Awami League on Monday rejected the verdict by a Dhaka court against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members in a case filed by the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), calling the outcome "entirely predictable".
Islamabad, Dec 1 (IANS) One police personnel was killed and three others were injured in a suicide blast targetting a security vehicle in Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, local media reported.
Kabul/Islamabad, Dec 1 (IANS) Leading Pakistani cleric and head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party Fazlur Rehman has slammed the Pakistani government's policy towards Afghanistan, asserting that it has "failed" completely as tensions between the two neighbours continue to rise over the past few months.
Kabul, Dec 1 (IANS) More than 4000 Afghan refugees have been forcibly repatriated from Pakistan and Iran in a single day, the Afghan media quoted a top Taliban official as saying on Monday.
Kabul, Dec 1 (IANS) Highlighting the arrest of Afghan journalist Hamoon Khamosh and his family in Islamabad, the Afghanistan Media Support Organisation (AMSO) has slammed the Pakistani authorities for escalating harassment, arrests and expulsion of Afghan journalists from the neighbouring country.
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has significantly increased Pakistan’s external obligations to China as its now constitutes approximately $30 billion of the country’s external debt. High loan interest rates and foreign currency financing create serious debt pressure, making successful project implementation more vulnerable to economic and political risks, according to an article in a Kyrgyzstan newspaper.
Dhaka, Dec 1 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison over irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Purbachal New Town project, local media reported.
