Category: South Asia

US-Iran war: Flights between Kathmandu and Gulf cities cancelled ​

Kathmandu, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than a dozen scheduled flights between Nepal and various cities in Gulf countries were cancelled…

9 hours ago

Bay of Bengal nations chart reform path for small-scale fisheries governance

Kochi, Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Countries across the Bay of Bengal region are preparing for a significant overhaul of fisheries governance,…

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Escalating Aggression: Civilian bloodshed and widening Afghanistan-Pak rift (IANS Analysis)

New Delhi/Kabul, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have entered a dangerous new phase, marked by deadly airstrikes,…

3 days ago

Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan witness decline in first seven months of current fiscal year

Kabul, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan's exports to Afghanistan reduced sharply in the first seven months of the current fiscal amid…

3 days ago

Neo-JMB’s Southern expansion: Islamic State-backed network moves beyond West Bengal

New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which appears…

4 days ago

Pakistan: PTI approaches SC for Imran Khan’s treatment at hospital of choice

Islamabad, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday filed a petition in the country's Supreme Court requesting…

4 days ago

Bank borrowing plunges 39 per cent in Pakistan as investors face uncertainty

New Delhi, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) There has been a drastic decline in private investment in Pakistan’s economy despite a reduction…

4 days ago

Nepal PM candidate Balen Shah drops China-aided project from poll manifesto

New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A multi-billion rupee Nepal project, a part of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)…

4 days ago

‘Pakistan economy in dire straits’

New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan's economy is in dire straits as inequality and poverty are rising, while the Federal…

5 days ago

Bengal: Siliguri hoteliers lift ban on renting rooms to B’deshis after 13 months

Kolkata, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Greater Siliguri Hoteliers’ Association (GSHA), a leading hoteliers’ body based in Siliguri in West Bengal’s…

6 days ago

‘Pakistan’s poverty level jumps to 11-year high amid govt claims of economic revival’

New Delhi, Feb 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the Pakistan government claims that the country’s economy has been revived from the brink…

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Pakistan: Father coerced into Islam over debt, children struggle to reclaim Christian identity

Islamabad, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Pakistani Christian brick kiln worker's forced conversion into Islam, recorded in the country's national database…

6 days ago

Party, once linked to trauma of 1971 war, returns to Bangladesh’s mainstream politics: Report

Washington, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh's radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, failed to translate electoral gains into executive dominance in the 13th…

6 days ago

New BNP govt will firm up constructive ties with India, says Bangladesh journalist

Colombo, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Zillur Rahman, a leading Bangladeshi journalist and President of the Centre for Governance Studies in Dhaka,…

6 days ago

Balochistan: Spike in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances in February, rights body raises alarm

Quetta, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has strongly condemned the alarming surge in extrajudicial killings,…

6 days ago

Under Asim Munir, Pakistani military escalated transnational repression: Report

New Delhi, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has long been accused of employing transnational repression to silence dissidents living abroad, with…

7 days ago

‘Pakistan’s citizens pay high taxes but get nothing in return’

New Delhi, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s successive governments, both civil and military, have been imposing higher and regressive taxes, pushing…

7 days ago

All-party meeting calls for peace after communal clash in Nepal border district

Kathmandu, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A meeting of stakeholders, including representatives of all political parties active in Nepal’s border district of…

7 days ago

Weak growth, fractious polity pose hurdle for Pakistan

New Delhi, Feb 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the IMF loan has bailed out Pakistan from the brink of economic collapse for…

7 days ago

TN fishermen hold strike after 22 arrested by Sri Lankan Navy; urges Centre’s intervention

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Feb 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fishing activities remained suspended across parts of the Ramanathapuram coast in Tamil Nadu on…

1 week ago



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