The new government of Nepal has announced that it will set up a committee to investigate the assets of political leaders and high ranking officers who have held public office from 1990 to 2026. The government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, said in a 100-point governance reform agenda...
Balendra Shah, the parliamentary party leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), took the oath as Nepal’s democratically elected Prime Minister today. The 35-year-old RSP leader who became the country’s youngest Prime Minister was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ramchandra Paudel at the President’s Office...
Bangladesh is observing its 56th Independence and National Day today, commemorating the historic birth of the nation following its Liberation War in 1971. The day marks the declaration of independence from Pakistan on March 26, 1971, and honours the sacrifices of millions who fought for sovereignty.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and...
Bangladesh is observing Genocide Day today in solemn remembrance of the victims of the brutal military crackdown carried out by Pakistani forces on the night of March 25, 1971, under the codename Operation Searchlight.
The day marks one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history, when unarmed Bengalis –...
In Colombia, a military transport plane with 128 people on board, crashed shortly after taking off in Puerto Leguizamo yesterday, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured. General Hugo Alejandro Lopez Barreto said the airplane had 128 people on board, including 115 were from the Army, 11...
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath has said that lack of fuel storage infrastructure has left the island nation vulnerable. Speaking in Parliament, the Minister said that the government had signed a memorandum of understanding to build a multi-product fuel pipeline with India and UAE with an aim...
India and Bhutan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Postal Cooperation, providing a structured framework for collaboration between India Post and Bhutan Post. The MoU aims to promote cooperation in areas such as postal operations, technology development, capacity building, logistics connectivity, philately, and knowledge exchange.
The agreement was...
Bulldozers dug pits in a cemetery in the Afghan capital ahead of a mass funeral Wednesday for some of the victims of what officials have said was a Pakistani airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul earlier this week.
The strike was the deadliest in an escalating conflict...
A 240-foot Bailey Bridge built with Indian assistance was inaugurated on Sri Lanka’s Chilaw-Thoduwawa Road, restoring a key coastal link damaged by Cyclone Ditwah. The bridge was jointly opened by Sri Lankan Minister A.H.M.H. Abayarathna and India’s High Commissioner Santosh Jha, highlighting New Delhi’s expanding humanitarian role in the...
Sri Lanka has approved an Indian-Sri Lankan joint venture to build a key power transmission link connecting wind energy projects in the island’s northern region.
Cabinet spokesperson and Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said the government had cleared the award of a tender to Intend, which is a Joint Venture of Jyoti...
