Category: South Asia

Pakistani opposition steps up pressure over Panama leaks

Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Pakistani opposition parties have discussed various probe options as also stepped up pressure as the Panama…

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Toll from consuming bitter sweetmeats rises to 14 in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) The toll in the recent mass food poisoning after consuming toxic laddus (sweetmeats) has risen to…

9 years ago

Journalists, activists seek release of Nepalese editor Kanak Dixit

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prominent journalists, activists and scholars from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the US and other countries have…

9 years ago

Pakistan-Iran to boost trade cooperation

Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Lack of trade information was the major reason behind low Pakistan-Iran trade volumes, Iranian Ambassador to…

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Tripura to supply additional 100 MW power to Bangladesh

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 23 (IANS) Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 100 MW of electricity to Bangladesh,…

9 years ago

Professor killed in Bangladesh

Dhaka, April 23 (IANS) A university professor was killed in the northern Bangladesh district of Rajshahi on Saturday, police said.…

9 years ago

Two years after Nepal landslides: Survivors battle for survival

By Imran Khan Jure (Nepal), April 23 (IANS) Less than two years ago, Man Bahadur Tamang was the proud owner…

9 years ago

No change in Gilgit-Baltistan status, Nawaz assures Malik

Srinagar, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has "assured" Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin…

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India-Pakistan leadership determined to continue dialogue process: Basit

By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Friday evening said the leadership of…

9 years ago

Sikh leader shot dead in Pakistan

Peshawar, April 22 (IANS) Soran Singh, special assistant to the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on minorities affairs and a provincial…

9 years ago

Dialogue with Pakistan not suspended: India

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said the dialogue process with Pakistan was not suspended and the visit…

9 years ago

Dialogue with Pakistan not suspended: India

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said the dialogue process with Pakistan was not suspended and the visit…

9 years ago

13 dead in Pakistan after eating poisonous sweets

Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Thirteen people died after eating poisonous sweets in Pakistan's Punjab province, the media reported on Friday.…

9 years ago

Federal Alliance to continue struggle in Nepal

Kathmandu, April 22 ( IANS) The alliance of Madhesi and Janajati forces in Nepal -- Sanghiya Gathabandhan (federal alliance) --…

9 years ago

Accused in Daniel Pearl murder case arrested

Karachi, April 22 (IANS) Police and intelligence agencies have arrested in Karachi on Friday a man wanted in US journalist…

9 years ago

Dialogue with Pakistan not suspended: India

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India on Friday said that the dialogue process with Pakistan has not been suspended and…

9 years ago

Pakistani court terms Musharraf’s medical report ‘fake’

Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Friday rejected former army chief General (retd) Pervez Musharraf's request for…

9 years ago

Senior journalist held for graft in Nepal

Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Nepal's anti-graft body on Friday arrested publisher, editor and journalist Kanak Mani Dixit from his Lalitpur-based…

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Sri Lanka seeks WHO bill as malaria-free nation

Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka has steadily reduced the number of malaria cases and has applied for World Health…

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Hundreds gather in Kathmandu for holy bath on full moon

Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Hundreds of Nepalese celebrated the annual Hindu festival of the full moon on Friday by bathing…

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