Nepal’s week-long youth-led protests have already toppled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, and attention is swiftly turning to Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, better known as “Balen”, as the face of a possible new leadership. Demonstrations, driven largely by Gen Z, erupted after the government banned 26 major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and […]
Read MoreNepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned today (9 September), his aide said, as anti-corruption demonstrators defied an indefinite curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19 people died in violent protests triggered by a social media ban. “The PM has quit,” Oli’s aide Prakash Silwal told Reuters, a move that plunges the country […]
Read MoreKathmandu: At least 19 people, including a 12-year-old, were killed and more than 300 were injured in violent clashes in Nepal’s Kathmandu as Gen-Z protestors took to the streets to protest against corruption and the government’s ban on several media apps. The army was deployed in the Nepali capital after angry protesters broke curfew restrictions […]
Read MoreNearly a week after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in Afghanistan and left tens of thousands homeless, the United States has not taken the first step to authorize emergency aid, and it was unclear if it plans to help at all, two former senior US officials and a source familiar with the situation […]
Read MoreNew Delhi : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Delhi’s ties with Washington are still “very positive” as US President Donald Trump’s imposition of steep tariffs on Indian exports puts a strain on relations between the two countries. Last month, the US hiked the total duty on Indian exports to 50 […]
Read MoreDHAKA, September 4, 2025 —United Nations Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka. During the meeting, Lewis praised the strong cooperation between the UN and the Interim Government. They discussed a wide range of topics on Bangladesh’s development priorities and reform […]
Read MoreDARA-I-NUR, Afghanistan: Families huddled hungry and homeless days after a deadly earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, not daring to set foot in the few remaining buildings for fear an aftershock could bring them down. The initial powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck remote regions along the border with Pakistan, killing more than 1,400 people, with at least six […]
Read MoreIndia will send teams to monitor a general election in war-torn Myanmar that is scheduled to start in December, Myanmar state media said on Monday, as New Delhi signals support for a vote that has already been derided by critics as a sham. Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: India and Russia are exploring ways to deepen their cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China. Modi and Putin were both in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s leaders’ summit, where they underscored their friendly ties by […]
Read MoreBy Biman Mukherji India’s stronger-than-expected economic growth of 7.8 per cent in the April–June quarter has been hailed by leaders as a resounding retort to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the country’s economy is “dead”, even as experts warn that retaliatory tariffs from Washington could weigh on the outlook. Bilateral ties have plummeted recently […]
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