Kolkata, Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uncertainty looms over the participation of publishers from Bangladesh at the iconic annual Kolkata Book Fair, scheduled from January 28 to February 9 next year, against the backdrop of the ongoing…
Nainital, Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Returning to a physical form after a three-year-long hiatus, the Himalayan Echoes Literature Festival, in its two-day ninth edition beginning in Nainital on Saturday, will go beyond words to encompass music,…
Kathmandu, Nov 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A sports utility vehicle fell off a highway in Nepal on Friday morning, leaving eight dead and five others wounded. The vehicle, carrying a total of 13 people, fell around 300…
Colombo, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Voting in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the Parliament with President Anura Kumara Dissanyake seeking a majority. President Dissanyake is seeking a majority to…
Islamabad, Nov 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 16 people were killed and two others injured after a passenger coach fell into a river in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, an official said. The spokesperson for the…
Islamabad, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) As residents of Lahore gasp for breath under persistent smog with the air quality index mark surpassing 1,000 once again on Sunday, making it the most polluted city in the world,…
Islamabad, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan government has made biometric verification mandatory at airports across the country in a step to increase border security, the Interior Ministry has said. The ministry said in a statement…
Agartala/Guwahati, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the occasion of Diwali, sweets were exchanged on Thursday between the troops of Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), all along the border with Bangladesh, officials said….
Aizawl, Oct 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mizoram’s most influential civil society organisation, the Young Mizo Association (YMA) on Wednesday requested the state government to set up proper shelter homes for over 44,000 refugees from Manipur as well…
Islamabad, Oct 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Yahya Afridi took oath as the 30th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Saturday, according to a statement from the President House’s Media Wing. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath at…
Sahiwal (Pakistan), Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reverend Azad Marshall, President Bishop of the Synod, the Church of Pakistan, Reverend Azad Marshall, in a recent letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, expressed his concern regarding the remarks…
Kathmandu, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal has permitted 1,092 climbers to summit 41 mountains in the country during the fall climbing season, the Department of Tourism announced on Thursday. A total of 316 were allowed to…
Islamabad, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari appointed Supreme Court Justice Yahya Afridi as the next Chief Justice of Pakistan, said a statement from the President’s Office on Wednesday. The Press Wing of…
Kathmandu, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal has decided to gift a pair of male and female elephants to Qatar, the government announced on Sunday. A cabinet meeting on Friday decided to provide the elephants to the…
Charikar, Afghanistan, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four people were arrested along with 33 kg of illicit drugs from Afghanistan’s Parwan province, police said. The contraband, which included hashish, was seized during routine operations conducted by police…
Kabul, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Energy and Water Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has said that his war-torn country has access to 900 Megawatts of electricity and that efforts were underway to…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s economy is seemingly trapped in a cycle of decline, with little hope for immediate improvement for its citizens, who are grappling with sluggish economic growth, soaring inflation, and increasing…
Kabul, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Afghanistan exported saffron and ferula asafoetida worth $77.5 million over the past six months, Ministry of Commerce and Industry spokesman Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad said on Friday. The country has exported…
Colombo, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A train transporting fuel derailed in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province after colliding with a herd of wild elephants on the railway track, the Department of Railways reported Friday. The accident…
Colombo, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka’s Irrigation Department on Friday withdrew flood warnings issued on October 11 for areas around the two main rivers of Kelani and Attanagalu Oya in the South Asian country. The…