India and Singapore are looking at finalising nearly 10 memorandums of understanding in areas such as advanced technology, connectivity, skilling and digitisation during a meeting of their top ministers this week, people familiar with the matter said.
The two sides are also in the process of finalising an ambitious...
Nepal is all set to host an international conference to spotlight the escalating impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental pollution in the Hindu Kush region
The two-day Hindu Kush Himalaya Parliamentarians’ Meet in Kathmandu, which will begin on Aug 18, aims to foster collaboration among over 100 parliamentarians,...
The 8th High-Level Meeting between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) was held in New Delhi
The discussions centred on strengthening cooperative engagements in the fields of marine pollution response, maritime search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement, along with enhanced capacity building and...
Nepal will waive climbing fees for nearly 100 peaks in the remote northwestern Himalayas for the next two years to try and lure more mountaineers to the less developed region bordering China, an official said on Monday.
The country has opened 491 of its peaks but climbers typically focus on...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have signed an agreement, aimed at ending decades of conflict, as they were hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House.
Trump said the agreement will reopen some key transport routes between the countries and increase US influence in...
Germany's Interior Minister says the government is working to return individuals without legal residence status to Afghanistan and Syria.
In an interview with the podcast Table Today, Alexander Dobrindt stated that Germany is aiming to organize more deportation flights to these countries.
"We are working on organizing additional deportation flights to...
Afghanistan is witnessing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program has said adding the country requires 539 million dollars to help the most vulnerable families. A quarter of Afghanistan’s population, almost 10 million people, face acute food insecurity where one in three children is affected.
The WFP...
In Bangladesh, Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the next parliamentary elections will be held in February 2026. He said that on behalf of the interim government, he will send a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner asking the Election Commission to arrange...
Sri Lanka’s government finances continue to face significant strain despite a robust rise in tax revenue in the first half of 2025. Official data shows tax collections grew 25% to 2.2 trillion Sri Lankan rupees, while non-tax revenue rose 12% to 169.6 billion rupees. However, current spending reached 2.5...
India launched a new collaborative initiative with the support of the UN World Food Programme to strengthen Rice Fortification and Supply Chain Management in Nepal. This initiative is part of India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative launched on 1st August 2025 by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in...
