Kathmandu, March 25 (IANS) Nepal’s ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) on Friday welcomed cooperation deals inked with China during the ongoing visit of Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli. “These bilateral cooperation deals are…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Pakistani-American LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley said here on Friday that he nursed a hatred towards India and Indians since December 1971 when his school was bombed by Indian fighter planes…
Kathmandu, March 24 (IANS) A decade after the end of civil war in Nepal in which about 13,000 people were killed, Nepal’s transitional justice bodies are all set to register complaints of the war-crime victims…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on his birthday. “Wishing my friend, a leader with great knowledge and wisdom, SL PM @RW_UNP on…
Kabul, March 24 (IANS) Eight people were killed and eight others wounded in a road accident in Afghanistan’s Balkh province on Thursday, police said. Three sedan were involved in the crash which occurred along a…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, March 23 (IANS) Impressed by Nepal’s natural beauty and in order to work for the reconstruction of a school devastated by an earthquake on April 25 last year, Britain’s Prince Harry…
New York, March 23 (IANS) Bangladeshi authorities should immediately set aside the death penalty against Mir Qasem Ali, a senior member of the opposition party Jamaat-e-Islaami, and order a new trial that meets international fair…
Colombo, March 23 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday called on the international community to unite to eliminate all forms of terrorism. In a condolence letter sent to King Philippe of Belgium, Sirisena…
Colombo, March 23 (IANS) Pakistan and Sri Lanka have undertaken measures to further deepen and broaden their economic and political ties, Islamabad’s envoy here said on Wednesday. High Commissioner Syed Shakeel Hussain, speaking at a…
Islamabad, March 23 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Pakistan on March 25-26 for talks on bilateral and regional matters, an official announcement said on Wednesday. This will be Rouhani’s first visit to Pakistan…
Colombo, March 23 (IANS) Security was tightened at Sri Lanka’s main Bandaranaike International Airport on Wednesday following the terrorist attack at the Brussels airport a day earlier, media reports said. Airport officials were quoted as…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India and Bangladesh have set an example of how neighbouring countries can build a…
Kabul, March 23 (IANS) At least 13 Taliban militants were killed in a gunbattle with security personnel in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Wednesday, police said. A group of armed Taliban fighters raided security checkpoints in…
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Mutual help of India and Bangladesh will boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries and facilitate their people, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Wednesday. “Mutual help and…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India on Tuesday received visa applications for five members of the…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India is unperturbed by Nepal’s signing a transit and transportation agreement with China during the visit of the Himalayan nation’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to Beijing. Our age-old ties…
Kathmandu, March 22 (IANS) Nepal on Tuesday officially become a Dialogue Partner of the Sanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), after signing a Memorandum of Understanding in Beijing. Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and SCO Secretary-General…
Dhaka, March 22 (IANS) Bangladesh on Tuesday reported the country’s first case of the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease that has been linked to birth defects and other health issues. Zahid Malik, Bangladesh’s state minister…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday greeted the Pakistan government and people on their national day, observed on March 23. In his message to his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain, the president…
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) In a unique apolitical ‘exchange’, some Pakistani filmmakers came to India as part of a peace initiative called Zeal for Unity last week. Indian filmmakers who were…