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India mocks Pakistan PM's offer, says India's stimulus package as big as Pakistan GDP

The Indian government decided Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan after he offered financial aid to India, claiming that Indians would not be able to survive for more than a week without assistance

New documentary reveals IS Khorasan links with Pakistan

Pakistan's ISI not only provides cadres of its proxies like Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Taiba to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in Afghanistan, but also gives the pan-Islamist terror outfit around $200 million aid every year

Locust situation worsening as swarms entering Pakistan via Afghanistan

The desert locust situation in Pakistan is fast deteriorating and locusts have found a new corridor — they are ente­ring Pakistan from Afghan­istan — to attack agricultural fields in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

UN agency hopes to reach 11.1mn Afghans with aid

With the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on top of armed conflict and natural disasters in Afghanistan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that it hopes to reach 11.1 million people in the war-torn country with aid

Sri Lanka's export earnings, thanks to PPE exports

Sri Lanka’s export earnings have increased to 606 million US dollars in May from 277 million US dollars in April, thanks to the export of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the foreign ministry said in a statement

Maharashtra's Lonar Lake dons baby-pink colour, astounds scientists

For the past four days or so, Maharashtra's world-famous Lonar Lake, that was supposed to have been formed by a meteorite hit,  has mysteriously changed colour from its normal bluish-green to a baby-pink shade

PM Imran Khan offers to share Ehsaas programme with India

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter on Thursday and offered to assist the Indian government in providing support to its impoverished households

US retailer cancelled $50m Bangladesh clothing orders; 500,000 could lose jobs

Kohl’s, one of the largest US clothing retailers, cancelled clothing orders worth $50 million from apparel factories in Bangladesh in March, according to The Guardian

ADB okays $500m loan to Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan to Pakistan for social protection, health and fiscal stimulus for growth and job creation

'UK defense chief Arranged Gen Bajwa's trip to Kabul'

Nick Carter, the UK's chief of the general staff, during a secret visit to Kabul a week ago arranged the visit of Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa to Kabul, sources told TOLOnews on Wednesday

Amid protests against US treatment of minorities, official expresses 'concern' about India

While the US is being rocked by protests against the extra-judicial killing and mistreatment of minorities, the State Department's top diplomat for religious freedom has expressed concern about the treatment of religious minorities in India

Bangladesh to overhaul health sector

Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to announce an overhaul of the health sector overwhelmed by the COVID-19 epidemic, in the fiscal 2020-21 budget

Germany funds construction of water wells in Vavuniya district

The German Embassy in Colombo and the Voluntary Organization for Vulnerable Community Development (VOVCOD) are providing poverty-stricken families in Vavuniya District with water sources, the Embassy said

Nepal House of Representative endorses new map with disputed Indian territories

Nepal's House of Representative has unanimously endorsed the Constitution Amendment Bill to adopt a new map of the country which includes Indian areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, according to media reports in Nepal

China-backed AIIB emerges as a key lender to Sri Lanka in 2019

China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has emerged the third largest multilateral lender to commit loans to Sri Lanka in 2019 with 280 million US dollars, though China itself committed another billion US dollars, official data show