Nepal has extended an economic aid of USD 200,000 for relief and rescue operations in flood-hit Sri Lanka, underlining that it stands firmly with the island nation in this difficult time.
Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday transported 21 tonnes of relief supplies, more than 80 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, and eight tonnes of specialised equipment to Sri Lanka to support thousands displaced by severe flooding.
In a statement on social media, the IAF said India had “swiftly launched Operation...
In Indonesia, the death toll from devastating floods and landslides triggered by cyclonic rains has reached 442.
National Disaster Management Agency yesterday said another 402 people remain missing across the provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh, with rescue teams struggling to reach the hardest-hit areas.
Much of the destruction...
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia remains in critical condition at a Dhaka hospital as her family and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) prepare for a possible medical transfer abroad. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the 80-year-old opposition leader is in the Coronary Care Unit...
Sri Lanka is grappling with worsening impacts from Cyclone Ditwah, which has brought days of intense rainfall, deadly landslides and widespread disruption. The storm has already caused severe flooding across more than a dozen districts, leaving at least 56 people killed, while 21 remain missing. Nearly 44,000 people from...
The Regional Met Department has predicted that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Srilanka coast has moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 8 kmph during the past six hours and lies centred over the same region. It is very likely to continue to move...
Afghanistan’s Taliban administration on Tuesday vowed to deliver a “measured response” after overnight airstrikes it accused Pakistan of carrying out killed 10 civilians, sharply escalating tensions a day after a deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan.
According to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, nine children and a woman were killed when drones and aircraft struck a...
At least ten civilians, including nine children, were killed after Pakistani air forces struck a residential area in Afghanistan’s Khost province, the Afghan government said today. According to officials, the attack took place shortly after midnight and targeted the home of a resident, reigniting concerns about escalating hostilities along...
Five people have been arrested for their involvement in vandalism and arson at Nepal’s Supreme Court building near Singhdurbar Secretariat complex in Kathmandu during the Gen Z protests in September, police said on Monday.
Superintendent of Police Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, who is also the spokesperson for the Kathmandu District Police...
Bangladesh’s interim government of Muhammad Yunus has sent an “official letter” to New Delhi seeking the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina after the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) sentenced her to death.
“The letter was sent the day before yesterday (Friday),” the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported,...
