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.
Ending weeks of confusion, the Nepal government has finally tabled the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-Nepal compact - a US government aid program under which Kathmandu will receive $500 million for infrastructure development - in parliament amid a huge protest as the deadline, 28 February, to ratify the compact loomed large
India and the US are in dialogue to look at ways beyond a free trade agreement to promote economic ties by providing better market access and enhanced engagement on investments, India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday
Pakistan awarded Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, one of its top civilian honors in recognition of his service in the field of poverty alleviation and diseases like polio and tuberculosis control
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met an Afghan Sikh-Hindu delegation at his residence, members of a minority community who have been facing persecution in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country in mid-August last year
Sri Lankan High Court acquitted two top security officials who were accused of crimes against humanity for failing to stop the 2019 Easter Bombings case, a series of terror bombings that killed 259 people
Sri Lanka's state-owned petroleum company has run out of cash, the country’s Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said, warning a severe fuel shortage is inevitable if tariffs aren’t increased or the government doesn’t provide another bailout
We oppose the US’ “coercive diplomacy”, China said in its reaction to Nepal’s MCC row - a stalled $500 million grant program that threatens to derail Nepal-US ties as Beijing accuses Washington of pressuring Kathmandu at the “expense of Nepal’s sovereignty and interests.”
After Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in the course of a parliamentary debate that "Nehru's India" had changed from its lofty values and principles where "almost half the MPs in the Lok Sabha have criminal charges pending against them, including charges of rape and murder", India reacted with anger and, in an unusual gesture towards a friendly country, summoned Singapore’s High Commissioner Simon Wong and conveyed its displeasure, saying “remarks by the Prime Minister of Singapore were uncalled for”
What began as a forex crisis, primarily because of the collapse of the tourism industry, blew up into an energy crisis, and now seems to jeopardise the revival of the same tourism industry.
On Thursday, the defence minister reiterated that the campaign posed a threat to Maldivian nationals living in India and foreigners staying in the archipelago
Despite being a net energy surplus country, Nepal still imports electricity from India to supply to some regions which remain off the national grid
Pakistani forces, using helicopter gunships, have killed at least six insurgents in the southwestern restive province of Balochistan, the country’s military said, in an operation that came after a spate of attacks on security forces by separatists in the last few weeks
Liton Bhumij, a 25-year-old Bangladeshi man, accidentally entered India in 2017. At the time little did he know that he would next meet his family four years later.
Britain has established its high commission in the Maldives’ capital Male, becoming the first European country to open a diplomatic mission in the country for its luxury tourism and white sandy beaches
The Nepal government withdrew its decision to table the MCC the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement for ratification in Parliament on Wednesday after a key coalition partner threatened to quit the ruling alliance
