Asia

Dhaka: Authorities in Bangladesh ordered schools and universities across the country to remain closed for an indefinite period. This decision came after six...

New Delhi: In the wake of last month’s South China Sea skirmish, the Philippines has called upon the China to pay 60 million pesos (approximately $1...

Darwin : An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent landed today at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin, Australia for participating in...

New Delhi: Bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have flourished, given the political will of the two countries. Both have forged development...

Phnom Penh: Ten members of the Cambodian environmental activist group Mother Nature were sentenced to six to eight years in prison in July for conspiring...

Pyongyang: North Korea has decried a declaration recently signed by NATO members which condemned Pyongyang's weapons exports to Russia, state media said on...

Kathmandu: Nearly 6,500 adolescent girls die in childbirth in South Asia every year, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF),...

Kathmandu: Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist leader (CPN-UML) KP Sharma Oli on Friday staked claim to become Prime Minister of Nepal after...

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was ousted from his position on Friday after failing to secure a vote of confidence during a floor test...

New Delhi: Foreign Ministers from the BIMSTEC member countries held a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ways to strengthen regional...