A British man is among the eight climbers to die on Mount Everest and the 18th in Nepal's Himalayas during the current climbing season
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23rd Jul 2019 | Updated at 04:42pm 23rd Jul 2019
Myanmar must take back all Rohingyas, reiterates Sheikh Hasina
- 17 Jul 2019
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to Myanmar to begin the repatriation of the Rohingyas and said that the country must take back them from Bangladesh
Nine get death for 1994 attack on Sheikh Hasina
- 10 Jul 2019
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced nine members of the opposition party to death and 25 others to life in prison for an attack on a train carrying political leader Sheikh Hasina 24 years ago
Kamala Harris banks on black colleges
- 24 Apr 2019
California Senator Kamala Harris has described her experience as a student at a historically black college as “one of the most important aspects" of her life
Bhutan too may give China’s BRI meet a miss
- 17 Apr 2019
While India has rejected China’s invite for Belt and Road Forum meet, Bhutan is the only country in the immediate neighbourhood which is again holding out against Chinese attempts to rope it in for the event which is likely to be attended by...
Lanka bans face veils after Easter bombings
- 01 May 2019
In the aftermath of the tragic Easter Sunday bombings, President Maithripala Sirisena announced new regulation that have banned Muslim women in Sri Lanka from wearing any form of face veils in public form.
Sri Lanka announces ban after Easter Bombings
- 29 Apr 2019
In the aftermath of the tragic Easter Sunday bombings, President Maithripala Sirisena announced new regulation that have banned Muslim women in Sri Lanka from wearing any form of face veils in public form. The new rule was announced on Sunday,...
Nepal halts Tibetans from celebrating Dalai Lama's birthday
- 10 Jul 2019
Authorities of Nepal have stopped the Tibetan community from holding public events to commemorate the 84th birthday of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, over security concerns
Everest clean-up throws up 11 tonnes of trash, four bodies
- 12 Jun 2019
Nepali climbers have retrieved four bodies and collected some 11 tonnes of decades-old garbage from Mount Everest and its approach below the base camp as part of the first drive to clean up the world’s highest mountain since it was first scaled...
Kerala Chief Minister opens trading floor at the London Stock Exchange
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan rang the bell at the London Stock Exchange, opening the Market on Friday 17 May, marking the listing of Masala Bonds sold by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). It is a government owned...
A guide to travel after Brexit
The UK is set to leave the European Union on March 29, in an end to an unbearably long process that has divided the nation. The exit will have profound implications for travelers, and there will be several changes. In a brief guideline to visas...
Pakistan reopens its airspace after 6 months
- 17 Jul 2019
In a massive relief for air travellers as well as the airline sector, Pakistan reopened its airspace for all flights early Tuesday after a gap of six months since the IAF’s strikes on Balakot
Hafiz Saeed, aides booked for 'terror' financing
- 10 Jul 2019
Pakistan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has lodged 23 cases on charges of terror financing and facilitation against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and a dozen accompliances of the terror group,...
The run-up to the US presidential elections has seen growing interest among green card holders to obtain citizenship
Amid strained relations, Bangladesh high commission in Islamabad has stopped issuing visas to Pakistani nationals for one week over a fresh diplomatic...
The Sikh Coalition, the largest Sikh body in America, in a statement said that a US judge has ordered a white youth, who admitted to attacking a Sikh store...
Dave Sharma, the Liberal candidate and former Australian ambassador to Israel, has become the first Indian-origin lawmaker in the country’s Parliament after winning a seat in Sydney suburb in the federal election
Wayfair, a company co-founded by Indian American Niraj Shah, has joined the Fortune 500 list
- 29 May 2019
Emergency, which was imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday Islamist bombings in Sri lanka that killed 258 people, has been extended by one more month
Wayfair, a company co-founded by Indian American Niraj Shah, has joined the Fortune 500 list
- 22 May 2019
Prominent poet Henry Sawpon was arrested by the police in southern Bangladesh after he was accused of hurting the religious feelings of the country's minority...
A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned Islamist extremist group, National Tawheed Jamaat...
