Asia

Hanoi: Vietnam's Communist Party's Secretary General To Lam was unanimously elected by parliament as the country's president for a five-year term, making...

Dhaka: High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday. He held...

Kabul: The death toll from heavy rainfall-triggered flooding across Afghanistan has risen to at least 99 people, with 154 others injured over the past nine...

Kathmandu: The Government of Nepal on Sunday decided to implement a two-day public holiday--Saturday and Sunday--in response to the ongoing fuel crisis...

Kabul: At least eight people were killed in Kabul after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rattled parts of northern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late on...

Dhaka: The Bangladesh Government announced a series of austerity measures in response to the ongoing energy crisis, worsened by the conflict in West Asia,...

New Delhi: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah, held talks on defence collaboration with Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra...

Kathmandu: Nepal's national flag carrier will operate special flights for three days to and from Dubai and Dammam (UAE and Saudi Arabia) targeting the...

Seoul: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday called on the country's National Assembly to quickly pass a KRW 26.2 trillion (approximately USD...

Tokyo: The Group of Seven (G7) on Monday declared its readiness to take "all necessary measures" to stabilise global energy markets amidst the ongoing war...