Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal-China floods: Rescuers race to reach 933 believed trapped in tunnels
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
31 August 2026
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Asia
Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal’s high-tech disaster response meets low-tech reality
30 August 2026
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World
If connectivity is increased, India's northeast can have access to Ctg port: PM tells Jaishankar
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (April 28, 2022) emphasized the importance of improving connectivity between Bangladesh and India for mutual benefit, saying that steps have been initiated to reopen various cross-border roads between the two nations that were closed in 1965.
28 April 2022
Anti-Muslim rhetoric preys on fear, poisons people in India: Padma Lakshmi
Indian American supermodel and author Padma Lakshmi recently took to Twitter to assert that there is "no threat to Hinduism in India" and protest "violence against Muslims in the country".
28 April 2022
China detects first human case of H3N8 bird flu
China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people.
27 April 2022
Forex crisis: Nepal bans luxury goods
Nepal banned imported liquor, playing cards and nearly a dozen other “non-essential” goods to address the Himalayan country’s widening trade deficit and
27 April 2022
Bilawal Bhutto appointed Pak foreign minister
The scion of Pakistan’s most influential political dynasty was appointed foreign minister yesterday, the latest step up a ladder likely to take Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to the top of the country’s leadership.
27 April 2022
Suu Kyi gets 5 years for graft
A Myanmar junta court yesterday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption, part of a barrage of criminal cases that could see the deposed civilian leader jailed for decades.
27 April 2022
India too hot
India is getting too hot too early, raising the risk of fires, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday, as New Delhi sweltered in extreme heat and a burning landfill on the outskirts of the capital spewed toxic smoke into the air.
27 April 2022
Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal becomes Pakistan's new foreign minister
President Arif Alvi administered oath to PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday who would be joining Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's cabinet as a federal minister.
27 April 2022
Pakistan PM Shehbaz to be indicted in money laundering case
A special court in Lahore on Wednesday stated that charges against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Rs16 billion money laundering case will be framed on May 14, asking them to ensure their presence at the next hearing as no further adjournments will be made.
27 April 2022
World Bank to provide Sri Lanka $600 million aid
The World Bank has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with $600 million in financial assistance to help meet payment requirements for essential imports, the Sri Lankan president's media division said in a statement on Tuesday.
27 April 2022
Suu Kyi sentenced to 5 years in jail in corruption case
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, according to a source with knowledge of proceedings.
27 April 2022
3 Chinese nationals, one Pakistani killed in Karachi University suicide bomb attack
A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Karachi on Tuesday, police and officials said, in the first major attack this year against nationals of long-time ally China working in Pakistan.
26 April 2022
Indonesia’s export ban: Edible oil supply crunch has begun
Indonesia’s abrupt announcement of a palm oil export ban from tomorrow has sent refiners in Bangladesh into zealous rationing, choking the availability of cooking oil at the retail level at a time when its consumption is high.
26 April 2022
Four killed by female suicide bomber near China institute in Pakistan
A woman suicide bomber from a Pakistan separatist group killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a minibus carrying staff from the Confucius Institute at Karachi University yesterday.
26 April 2022
Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif issued green passport
Pakistani former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s name has been removed from the exit control list (ECL) and he has finally been issued a green passport by the government, led by his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif.
26 April 2022
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying
Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing yesterday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital.
25 April 2022
‘Failed state’
Sri Lanka’s beleaguered government yesterday faced new pressure to resign from influential Buddhist leaders over a crippling economic crisis, as the island nation’s stock market halted trading after a nearly 13 percent plunge.
25 April 2022
Cattle smuggling at India-Bangladesh border: Former BSF official arrested
The former commandant of India’s Border Security Force Satish Kumar has been shown arrested under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal state, the Enforcement Directorate said today (April 25. 2022).
25 April 2022
India suggests IMF, World Bank to reclassify Sri Lanka as lower-income country temporarily
India has suggested to the IMF and World Bank to temporarily give Sri Lanka – grappling with its worst financial crisis – the tag of a lower-income country to help the island nation restructure its debt.
25 April 2022
Suu Kyi corruption trial verdict delayed
A Myanmar junta court today postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokesman told AFP, a case which could see the Nobel laureate jailed for 15 years.
25 April 2022