Private school operators across Nepal have asked guardians to clear student fee for the last academic year and also pay the fee for the last few months despite the fact that schools have remained closed since March 24, due to the nationwide lockdown
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
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Parliament committee endorses Nepal citizenship bill regarding married foreign woman
The Federal Parliament‘s State Affairs Committee (SAC) has endorsed the citizenship bill containing provision of a seven-year waiting period for a foreign woman married to a Nepali citizen to acquire naturalised citizenship
The geopolitics of border posts between Nepal and India
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Pakistan summons Indian diplomat to condemn truce violations
Pakistan on Sunday summoned Indian top diplomat and registered a strong protest over ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC), leaving one civilian martyred and two others critically injured
India continues to halt the movement of Nepali cargo trucks at Panitanki border point
The state government of West Bengal in India has halted the movement of Nepali cargo trucks from the eastern border point of Kakarvitta for the past five days and show no sign of letting them through
With 445 deaths India records worst spike in daily toll, Covid tally at 425,000
India on Monday recorded 14,821 new COVID-19 cases and 445 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 4,252,82
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India, which has seen over 400,000 COVID-19 cases by now, would record over 600,000 cases by July 1 and the numbers are set to increase further as a systematic plan and implementation has not happened in India in a uniform manner to control the spread of the virus, a top Indian-origin researcher from University of Michigan in the US has stressed
Delhi again sees spike of 3,000 cases of COVID-19
A total of 3,000 coronavirus cases have been detected in the national capital and 63 more patients have died due to the virus in the last 24 hours, as per the data released by the Delhi government on Sunday
Pakistani intelligence misusing drones to fuel terror attacks in India?
With declining infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir due to a changed security apparatus, Pakistans ISI along with other anti-India groups have adopted a new modus operandi to fuel terror strikes in India
Bhutan reopens businesses with extended closing time
In the first phase of the transition to a new normal in Bhutan, all businesses including informal businesses, street vendors, snooker rooms and video game parlours will be allowed to operate till 9pm starting next month
Nepalese youths take to streets against poor handling of COVID-19
Hundreds of people joined a youth-led apolitical and ‘leader-less’ protest here in the capital today once again expressing their dissatisfaction against the government’s inability to handle the COVID-19 pandemic
Nepal's Investment Board okays FDI for five hydropower projects
The Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has approved foreign direct investment worth Rs 185.43 billion for seven different projects that are in the pipeline
Nepal’s ruling party for seven-year waiting period for foreign women marrying locals
The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today decided to make foreign women married to Nepali men eligible for naturalised citizenship on the basis of matrimonial relations only after seven years
$1.5bn loan agreements signed to fight COVID-19 in Pakistan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan witnessed the signing ceremony of $1.5 billion loan agreements with three international financial institutions for combating the COVID-19 crisis in the country, it was reported on Saturday
Major hospitals in Lahore running short of beds for critical Covid patients
The provincial capital of Punjab in Pakistan is becoming a ‘hard-to-survive’ city for the COVID-19 patients after its state-run teaching hospitals are running short of beds for them amid a massive surge in the number of serious patients, while the highest number of deaths are also occurring in Punjab every day
