COLOMBO: Sri Lanka received a first consignment of a $16 million humanitarian aid package from neighboring India to help mitigate severe shortages caused by the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory.
Gopal Baglay, the Indian envoy to Sri Lanka, delivered the donation from the southern Indian state of Tamil...
Jammu: A captured terrorist undergoing treatment at a facility of the Indian Army in Kashmir said he had been sent on a suicide mission by a colonel of the Pakistani army. The terrorist, identified as Tabarak Hussain by news agency ANI, said he had come along with four-five other...
Islamabad: Pakistan and China have stepped up their defence cooperation by reaffirming on Sunday their "strategic partnership in the challenging times" as Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, accompanied by top defence officials, held talks with the Chinese team led by Vice Chairman Central Military Commission General Zhang Youxia.
The...
Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh resumed on Sunday after an over two-year gap owing to the pandemic with the flagging of Bandhan Express from Kolkata station on way to Khulna in the neighbouring country, an Eastern Railway (ER) official said here.
Maitree Express is also scheduled to resume...
Kathmandu: Nepal Foreign Minister NP Saud on Tuesday rejected the claims of the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal that an airport had been built under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nepal.
FM Saud rejected the claims while addressing the International Relations and Tourism Committee stating the BRI project hasn't been...
Tensions are building in Pakistan once again with ousted prime minister Imran Khan seemingly on a collision course with the country's government after he called his followers to defy a ban on a protest march to Islamabad today to demand fresh elections. Visuals Tuesday from the capital city's Red...
Dhaka : The Bangladesh Muktijoddha Mancha on Saturday staged a protest against the Pakistan High Commission for allegedly sending agents in the guise of a media delegation to Bangladesh.
This protest was held in front of the National Museum in Shahbag between 3 and 4:30 pm on Saturday.
Apart from promoting...
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Sri Lanka’s president for talks to finalise a bailout package, including restructuring debt of about $29bn, amid the nation’s worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.
The second such IMF visit in three months comes on Wednesday as the...
Islamabad: Inconsiderate planning and mismanagement of agricultural sources in Pakistan have left the country with an acute food shortage with a large portion of the population surviving starvation in the rural areas, reported International Forum For Rights and Security (IFFRAS).
Out of the various factors accountable for the food insecurity...
Jammu: A Pakistani intruder was killed by BSF troops along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district early Monday, officials said.
A BSF spokesman said the area domination party noticed the intruder heading towards the border fence with an intention to cross over.
"Our party challenged him to stop but he...
