Colombo, Jan 4: Sri Lanka has taken a formal legislative step toward abolishing the parliamentary pension scheme, with the gazetting of a…
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Colombo, Jan 4: Sri Lanka’s efforts to position itself as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment are increasingly colliding with the…
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New Delhi, Jan 4: India on Friday unveiled the Piprahwa gems, sacred artefacts linked to the Buddha, for the first time since…
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Spin Boldak/Afghanistan, Jan 4: Hundreds of Pakistani nationals remain stranded in Afghanistan nearly three months after land crossings were shut on October…
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Kathmandu, Jan 3: Nepal recorded a modest increase in foreign tourist arrivals in 2025, with total visitor numbers crossing the 1.15-million mark,…
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Colombo, Jan 3: Sri Lanka’s main maritime gateway, the Port of Colombo, posted its highest-ever container throughput in 2025, handling more than…
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Colombo, Jan 3: Water supply to several parts of Colombo and its suburbs was disrupted on Friday following a failure in the…
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Dhaka, Jan 3: The death of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has placed Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),…
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Islamabad, Jan 2: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced eight journalists and social media commentators to life imprisonment in absentia, convicting them…
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Dhaka cultural institutions targeted as artists push back against rising extremism
Dhaka, Jan 2: Arson attacks on Bangladesh’s leading cultural institutions, Chhayanaut and Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi, have reignited concerns over growing religious extremism…