Kathmandu, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A general strike called by the Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’-led faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Thursday has led to the disruption of normal life across the Himalayan country….
New York, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dave Chokshi, the Indian-American Health Commissioner of New York City, said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and warned that the disease “continues to circulate in our…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his wish to visit Tungipara in Bangladesh — the birthplace of the Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Flaying the opposition for running a propaganda against her government, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the country will march forward nevertheless. She also asserted that…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bangladesh government has rejected the desperate “smear campaign” instigated by extremists and their allies working from London and elsewhere, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said in…
Washington, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as the space agency’s acting chief of staff. As the senior White…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said that freedom of expression is a fundamental right as a general enunciation of a principle in regard…
By Arul Louis New York, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki has condemned the desecration of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in California and expressed concern over the incident. “We…
Kathmandu, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Nepal has imposed a 10-year ban on two Indian mountaineers, restricting them from climbing any peak in Nepal after they produced fake…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the former governments of Ziaur Rahman, Hussain Muhammad Ershad and Khaleda Zia have destroyed many documents of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence…
New York, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian origin law enforcement officer in California has been arrested in connection with allegations that he had faked a shooting incident and claimed that his body camera stopped the…
Washington, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives, has sought a larger Covid-19 relief package with full access to immigrants and path to citizenship for…
Kathmandu, Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major favour to New Delhi, a meeting chaired by Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli vening awarded a hydropower project to Indias Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam. The meeting of…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) American Secretary of State Antony Blinken “underscored India’s role as a pre-eminent partner of the US in the Indo-Pacific” during a discussion with Indian External Affairs Minister…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Underscoring the importance of 2021 in the context of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation, the 50th year of bilateral diplomatic ties as well as the birth centenary…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the country is in talks with Myanmar for the peaceful repatriation of Rohingyas. The Premier reiterated Bangladesh’s foreign policy of…
San Francisco, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Silicon Valley-based online trading app Robinhood, co-founded by Indian American Baiju Bhatt, raised emergency funding of $1 billion from its existing investors after demands on its cash skyrocketed amid this…
By Hamza Ameer Lahore, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan government has decided to renovate several holy sites belonging to minorities across the country, in a bid to further strengthen its case of providing safety and…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has again offered his “good offices” to India and Pakistan to resolve their problems, even though New Delhi has rejected his involvement in…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Jan 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Advay Misra, 8, an Indian student in New York, has been named among 1,400 of the “brightest students in the world” by the Johns Hopkins Center for…