The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that of the 23.7 million people in need of life-saving assistance, “humanitarian partners have prioritized 17.3 million people to receive well-coordinated multi-sectoral assistance in 2024, for which US$3.06 billion is required.” Click here to read...
After the detention of several girls by the authorities of the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on charges of “ban hijab” in the outskirts of Kabul, a recent announcement based on the observance of the hijab guidelines in the eighteenth district of Kabul has been issued. Click here to read...
The European Union has called upon Bangladesh authorities to ensure a timely and full investigation of all reported election irregularities in the spirit transparency and accountability. Click here to read...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may bank on her party's core ranks while forming the new cabinet tomorrow evening. Several younger leaders are likely to get the chance to be ministers as the PM wants to bring the next generation of leaders to the fore, according to insiders. Click here to read...
The winners of the 12th general election took their oath of office in parliament on Wednesday. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, winning the polls from Rangpur-6, took the oath at 10 am. Click here to read...
Former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay's party won Bhutan's election Tuesday, media reported, after polls dominated by economic threats challenging the Himalayan kingdom's longstanding policy of prioritising "Gross National Happiness" over growth.
Foremost in the minds of many who voted are the struggles facing the Buddhist-majority kingdom's younger generation, with chronic youth unemployment and a brain drain. Click here to read...
The party of Bhutan's former prime minister Tshering Tobgay won general elections with nearly two-thirds of seats in parliament. Tobgay's People's Democratic Party (PDP) "wins the 2024 National Assembly general elections with 30 seats" while the Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) took the remaining 17, local media reported. Click here to read...
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on January 9, requested China to "intensify" efforts to send more tourists to his country and stated, "China remains one of our closest allies and development partners." In his address to the Maldives Business Forum in Fujian province, Mohamed Muizzu termed China as the island nation's "closest" ally. Click here to read...
Maldives Association of Tourism Industry “strongly condemned” comments made by some deputy ministers against India and PM Modi after his visit to Lakshadweep. The Maldives Association of Tourism Industry or MATI has said it strongly condemns the derogatory comments made by some deputy ministers on social media platforms against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, days after his visit to Lakshadweep. Click here to read...
Laos, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has appointed a veteran diplomat as its special envoy to Myanmar ahead of the bloc’s foreign ministerial retreat in Luang Prabang later this month. Click here to read...
Myanmar’s military junta has invited representatives from several ethnic armies and heads of political parties to meet with the new ASEAN special envoy during a planned visit this week. However, several key stakeholders will be absent from talks, including members of the opposition. Click here to read...
Some 34 political prisoners died in military junta’s prisons across Myanmar in 2023, with 18 killed inside jails and 16 others dying due to a lack of medical treatment, a human rights monitoring group said Tuesday. Click here to read...
The Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP) is a hydropower project to be developed on the Mahakali River. A ministerial-level discussion was held about the project during the recent visit of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Saud said, adding that it was decided to expedite the project’s activities within a month. Click here to read...
In the third week of December, media reports, citing excerpts of former Indian Army chief MM Naravane’s forthcoming book Four Stars of Destiny, suggested that the Agnipath scheme surprised the Army. By that extension, it was not unusual for Nepal to have been caught off guard. Click here to read...
Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud has said that the family members of 115 Nepali nationals, who joined the Russian army, have applied for government assistance to rescue them. Speaking at a program held in Kanchanpur on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Saud said that the families of those who have reached Russia and joined the army there have applied to the Department of the Consular Services under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the necessary assistance. Click here to read...
In a significant move to bolster military cooperation, Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia held discussions on potential collaboration in military technologies, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Pakistan's Supreme Court scrapped lifetime bans from contesting elections for people with past convictions. Pakistan Chief Justice Faez Isa read the order in a live telecast broadcast on the court's website as per news agency Reuters. This paves the way for former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif to run in next month's national election. Click here to read...
Soon after the 2016 terror attack on an Indian Army base at Uri, the US confronted then Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif with evidence of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency’s role in the assault, according to a new book by former envoy Ajay Bisaria. Click here to read...
“Pakistan’s decision to deploy warships in the Arabian Sea to maintain its maritime security in international waters and not to help a specific country against Yemen’s Houthis militants,” the Pakistan Navy has said. Click here to read...
Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack and outlawed Jamat-ud-Dawah chief is serving a 78-year-imprisonment sentence in Pakistan, news agency PTI quoted the United Nations as saying. He is facing conviction in seven terror financing cases. Click here to read...
With the elections looming on the horizon, the political landscape is witnessing strategic moves and party-switching among politicians, marking a season of political skulduggery. Click here to read...
The UNP Management Committee today decided to field incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the candidate for the Presidential election which is to be held in September this year. Click here to read...