How Britain is helping India with UN goals
Many childhood memories for me are filled with yearly trips to see family in Bangalore and Mumbai, spending time with relatives and accompanying my...
Pakistan’s flood victims remain soaked in misery
Months after catastrophic floods drowned Pakistan last summer, poor families are yet to see any rehabilitation as government pledges to rebuild water-ravaged swathes of...
Indian agency seeks death sentence for Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik
India’s top anti-terrorism investigation agency last Friday (26) again sought the death sentence for a leading Kashmiri independence figure and former rebel leader after...
We cannot believe the mass murderers, Rohingyas tell Myanmar team
A Myanmar government team visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh last Thursday (25) as part of a mooted pilot repatriation scheme.
Most of the refugees...
Avalanche kills 11 in northern Pakistan
At least 11 people died after an avalanche hit members of a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area in northern Pakistan, the...
Further UN food aid cuts compound misery of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
The United Nations food agency said on Monday (22) that lack of funding has forced it to cut food aid for around one million...
IMF asks Sri Lanka to speed up debt restructuring
The International Monetary Fund asked Sri Lanka on Tuesday (23) to speed its debt restructuring and warned any delays could undermine efforts to overcome...
Bangladesh garment industry in a spin after Cyclone Mocha
Apparel makers in Bangladesh are considering rare bulk exports by air to Europe and the United States, as they race to meet deadlines and...
G20 event a chance to show Kashmir’s tourism potential
The Group of Twenty (G20) is now “the premier forum for international economic cooperation.”
The G20 comprises 19 countries and the European Union. Founded in...
24 Indian crew on US-bound tanker seized by Iran
A US-bound oil tanker seized by Iranian commandos had 24 Indian crew on board, its operator said on Friday (28), adding it was working...
