KATHMANDU: Nepal Foreign Minister NP Saud has said that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project has not been implemented in Himalayan country so far. Recently, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Cheng Song said that Pokhara International Airport was built under the BRI project, while Minister Saud clarified that BRI has not...
Bangladesh is all set to settle trade with India in Rupee from Tuesday, a move to cut their reliance on the American currency, which was involved in nearly 90 per cent of global forex transactions in 2022. Bangladesh Bank and the Indian High Commission are expected to announce the news regarding the Indian...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is likely to discuss energy, power and port projects during a presidential visit to New Delhi next week, the foreign minister said on Monday, as India tries to push forward stalled initiatives with its crisis-hit neighbour. India's support was critical for Sri Lanka last year after it almost ran out of...
Karachi (Pakistan): Families of Baloch and Sindhi missing persons in different Pakistani cities held protests on Eid-al Adha, June 28, against enforced disappearances. In Karachi, Dr Deen Muhammad Baloch’s family and other Baloch families led a march from the Art Council to Karachi Press Club, demanding the release of...
New Delhi: Incessant rains across north India have paralysed normal life, leading to at least 40 reported deaths, landslides, devastation and flood-like situations in even the biggest of cities, including the national capital.   As of the evening of Monday, July 10, the Times of India reported 17 deaths from the...
With New Delhi closely monitoring the Thimphu-Beijing boundary negotiation, India’s top diplomat, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra called on Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck – not in the neighbouring country’s capital, but in Gelephu, a town near its border with India. The king was accompanied by Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering when Kwatra and New Delhi’s...
New Delhi: Myanmar’s government-in-exile, the National Unity Government (NUG), has asked Myanmarese citizens, who have been “temporarily sheltering” in India due to the military crackdown in that country, to stay away from local political matters and ethnic-based conflicts.   The NUG government’s advisory to the displaced citizens is significant because it...
Kabul , July 9: After schools and universities closed, many students in war-torn Afghanistan turned to training in tailoring, and have called on the Taliban to reopen schools.   Some of these girl students demanded that the de-facto authorities reopen the colleges and universities that were closed to female students in...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , July 10: In the Khyber province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a group of tribal clerics has once again took matters into their own hands by enforcing a ban on transgender people dancing and playing music during weddings. The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not...
BEIJING, July 10: A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China's Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against children at school.   Media reported the attack in Lianjiang county in the southern province was a stabbing. The...