The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reported that Afghanistan, with 4.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), ranks fifth globally in terms of internal displacement.
In its latest report, the center stated that in 2024 alone, 1.3 million people in Afghanistan were displaced due to natural disasters, the highest number in...
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Friday put forth a five-point global action plan to protect fragile mountain ecosystems, while representing India at the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad in Kathmandu, Nepal. The high-level global dialogue, themed “Climate Change, Mountains, and the Future of Humanity”, brought...
In Nepal, the arrears of government offices and state-run corporations from all three tiers of government have reached Rs 1284 billion. According to the 62nd annual report of the Office of the Auditor General, there is a steady rise in the amount of arrears.
The money to be recovered is...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) agreed with the condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to switch to a market-based exchange regime to get loan confirmation. Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Wednesday that the central bank will allow the exchange rate of the dollar to be determined by...
The Women’s Freedom Movement has called for an end to the detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and has demanded immediate action on the same
The alarm was raised by the Afghan Women’s Freedom Movement over the widespread detention of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, which is particularly impacting women, children,...
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Syed Ahmed Maroof, has unexpectedly gone on leave, prompting various speculations both in diplomatic circles and on social media
Syed Maroof departed Dhaka on the 11th of May morning, travelling to Islamabad via Dubai. On the same day, the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka formally...
Delegates and subject experts from 12 countries, including from India and China, are expected to attend a summit to discuss and raise awareness about climate change and its impacts on mountain countries here next week, it was announced Tuesday.
‘Sagarmatha Sambad’, or the Mountain Dialogue, with a central theme ‘Climate...
Bangladesh has banned the publication or dissemination of statements and any other publicity of individuals or organisations charged under a revised terrorism law, a day after it disbanded deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League’s activities until the trial of its leaders under the same law.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin...
A team of 10 mountaineers comprising five Nepalese and five climbers from the UK, Kosovo, Iran and the UAE have successfully climbed the world’s third-highest peak – the 8,586-metre-high Mount Kanchenjunga. The feat achieved yesterday marks the first ascent of the peak this climbing season.
Kanchenjunga holds a special place...
Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League on Sunday rejected “with disgust” the interim government’s decision to ban the party and vowed to continue its operations despite the restriction.
The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government’s Council of Advisers or the Cabinet on Saturday night slapped a ban on “all activities...
