Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) Child labour has increased in Bangladesh over the past six years, with nearly 1.2 million additional children joining the workforce since 2019, as per the latest Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2025, local media reported on Friday.
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Cracks have started appearing in the edifice that is the hybrid plus regime running Pakistan these days, as per an article in the local media.
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Ireland is "really, really positive" on the European Union-India free trade agreement, which is very much going to support and propel the two-way trade between the two sides, its Consul General in Mumbai, Patrick Duffy, said.
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) India's High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, arrived in Dhaka on Friday through the Petrapole-Benapole border crossing between the two countries.
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) Government employees launched a protest in Pakistan's Islamabad on Friday, calling for reforms to their salaries and inclusion of service structure in the upcoming financial plan. The protest came before the Pakistan government presented its budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, local media reported.
Taipei, June 12 (IANS) Taiwan on Friday strongly condemned the intrusion into waters around Taiping Island by Chinese government vessels and urged the international community to jointly counter China’s "illegal actions”.
Kuwait, June 12 (IANS) Indian missions in Kuwait, Algeria, Kyrgyzstan, Fiji and Niger organised curtain-raiser events on Friday, ahead of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21.
Jerusalem, June 12 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to not let Iran have nuclear weapons until he serves as Israel's PM, adding that he and US President Donald Trump "are in complete agreement on this issue."
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s new government confronts structural dependency on Chinese capital that shackled its predecessors but feels handtied due to fragility of its economic recovery, a new report has said.
Kathmandu, June 12 (IANS) Just a week after returning from India, Nepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal is now set to pay an official visit to China from June 14 to 17, the two countries announced on Friday.
