Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared all services connected to the supply of electricity as essential. The decision was announced through a Gazette Extraordinary issued on Sunday. The move follows weeks of escalating tension between the government and unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), which recently...
Bangladesh, which depends heavily on remittances from the Middle East, is slowly losing its footing there, raising worries about falling inflows and bigger risks ahead.
After the fall of the Hasina government in 2024, remittance inflows initially surged to record highs, but recent trends show the flow is shrinking, particularly...
India on Thursday said it has rolled over, for one more year, USD 50 million Maldives’ Government bonds as “an emergency financial assistance” to the archipelagic nation.
The deadline for the repayment of a USD 50 million Treasury Bill (T-bill) was extended once again “on the request of the Maldives...
The Election Commission has urged the government of Nepal to ensure the necessary resources, including the amendment to the Voter Registration Act, 2073, to be able to conduct the elections to 275 seats in the House of Representatives within the stipulated time. By November 2, 2025, the number of...
Two prominent Nepali Gen Z protesters have said they want India and other nations to contribute and invest in the Himalayan country so that economic progress can be reached.
Gen Z core committee members Tanaka Dhami and Arjun Shahi said they want to establish a corruption-free political system in Nepal.
Speaking...
Protests against the Muhammad Yunus government in Bangladesh are growing on foreign soil. This time, more than 2,000 members of the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United Kingdom held a demonstration in London's Trafalgar Square. The demonstration was held to protest the government's repression of the people, human rights abuses,...
Newly appointed Home Minister of Nepal, Om Prakash Aryal, has said the formation of the incumbent government aims to conduct the election in a free and impartial atmosphere.
Talking to media persons after assuming his office at the Ministry, he said the government was formed with this explicit mandate. According...
Bangladesh’s July Reform Charter has triggered political deadlock as major parties clash over its content and timing. Initial support has faded with talks at the National Consensus Commission slowing sharply. While proposals to strengthen the Election Commission are widely backed others like judicial and parliamentary changes remain divisive. Senior...
More than 3,700 inmates, who had escaped from different jails during the violent anti-government protests in Nepal last week, have been arrested again, police said on Sunday.
Deputy Inspector General Binod Ghimire, spokesperson of Nepal Police, said that 3,723 inmates have been brought to jails till Sunday afternoon.
However, as 10,320...
Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel has dissolved the House of Representatives, the lower House of the Federal Parliament, at the recommendation of newly appointed interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki and announced fresh parliamentary elections for the 21st of March, next year. Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki took the oath as...
