Roadside bomb kills 7 including 5 children in Pakistan

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups that have stepped up attacks on security forces and civilians in recent months. A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers in restive southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing seven people, including five […]

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Climate shifts and urbanisation drive Nepal dengue surge

Only a single case of dengue was recorded in Nepal in 2004. Two decades later, thousands of cases are being reported across the country. Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country’s high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanisation nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new […]

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Jammu and Kashmir is heating up again, the finger of accusation is pointed at Pakistan

Immediately after the formation of the new government, Jammu and Kashmir in India has become heated again due to the alleged terrorist attack. There have been seven attacks in this region in the last 20 days. Why have these attacks increased? Last Monday, three alleged terrorists opened fire on an army ambulance near the Line […]

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160 Pakistani MPs ‘retaliate’ for letter from 60 US Congressmen

Last week, 60 members of the US House of Representatives urged President Joe Biden to take the initiative to release former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from prison. In light of this, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry sent a strong message to the United States. Finally, more than a hundred members of the Pakistani parliament have […]

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Are the terrorists active in Kashmir infiltrators?

There have been seven consecutive terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. These incidents have happened in the last 20 days. Why have the terrorists become active again after the recently concluded assembly elections? In this regard, former DIG of Jammu and Kashmir SP Baid said in an interview with news agency ANI, ISI started infiltrating […]

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What the US said about Imran Khan

The US State Department has reiterated its position on the ongoing legal proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying it is a matter for the Pakistani courts to decide. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said, “We have repeatedly said that the Pakistani courts will decide on the legal […]

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Foreign investment pledges in Nepal reach Rs16.4 billion

Nepal received foreign investment commitments totalling Rs3.45 billion in the third month of the current fiscal year (September-October), the Department of Industry said. Among these, Rs150 million were pledged for 21 industries through the automatic approval route, a system introduced following the Third Nepal Investment Summit in April. An additional Rs3.3 billion in pledges was […]

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RFCD interest rate to be fixed on basis of bank-customer relationship: Cenbank

A Resident Foreign Currency Deposit (RFCD) account is a savings account that allows Bangladeshi residents to manage and access foreign currency. Banks will no longer be required to adhere to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) caps when setting interest rates on Resident Foreign Currency Deposits (RFCDs). Instead, banks will be allowed to determine interest […]

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Pakistan says IMF cut its inflation forecast for the country for this year to 9.5%

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its inflation forecast for Pakistan for the current year by 3.2 percentage points to 9.5%, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday. The IMF’s revised projection bring it closer to Pakistan’s own projections, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said. He said there was no need to introduce a mid-year budget, […]

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Gov presents MVR 56.6bn budget for next year; projected revenue at MVR 39.8bn

Finance Minister Moosa Zameer on Thursday presented a projected state budget of MVR 56.6 billion for next year. The total budget for this year is MVR 55 billion, with the MVR 5.1 billion supplementary budget approved earlier this week. This means next year’s projected budget is higher than this year’s by MVR 1.6 billion. The […]

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