Nepal hasn't yet fully recovered from weeks of mass political protests due to about decade-long civil war with Maoist rebels before they were finally included in the central government, recent violence in southern Nepal has once again blazed the...
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A Fresh violence broke out in Biratnagar, Nepal's second-largest city, on Tuesday that left one person dead and many injured. The administration has imposed a curfew in the city and Police were struggling to bring the situation under control now....
Bangladesh's caretaker government has banned political activities, media freedom and the people's right to seek redressal from the judiciary through writ petitions in the country.
With this latest action, the government has also postponed the...
10 people killed and more than 35 became injured in a powerful bomb explosion near a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. According to report, most of the victims were police and municipal officials.
Peshawar's deputy police chief also died in the...
Carved into a mountainside above the central city of Bamiyan in the third and fifth centuries, were the Buddhas, considered international cultural treasures. The larger of the two, at 175 feet high, is thought to have been the world's tallest standing...
The United States forces are facing big failure and humiliation in Afghanistan. The situation of US is the same as it was of Soviet forces in Afghanistan long back.
A renegade Afghan warlord has claimed about it in a video message. It criticized...
After much speculation about China's anti-satellite test, China has confirmed finally that it has carried out a test that destroyed a satellite. China is now only the third country to shoot something down in space. With this confirmation the alarming...
As the Maoist enters the Parliament in Nepal, it was hoped as the beginning of the final stage of the delicate and unique experiment of ending the bloody conflict and establishing sustainable peace. However, a curfew has been re-imposed in a town in...
The government of India is trying hard to develop good bilateral relations with Pakistan. On the other hand, the Pakistani government is remained under pressure from the Islamic extremists in Pakistan to suspend the peace talks with India.
On...
Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf would contest the elections for another five-year term possibly in November this year. The Pakistani government has said that Musharraf would seek re-election from the current National and Provincial assemblies....
Drugs in Afghanistan, Yeah, not a new thing. NATO is fighting a war to eradicate opium from Afghanistan. The war against narcotics - sure it is going to be a long battle. The honest answer to the question - can that [major reduction in Afghan...
Who can say that the Maoist ideology is being wiped out from the world. Just Look at the political development in Nepal. The Maoists are getting power of governance in the country.
The strength and their ways of the Communist Party of Nepal...
Sensing the impending upsurge in Taliban violence and recording the abrupt increase in terrorist attacks on U.S. and joined forces, in recent past, U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have suggested the increase in U.S. troop levels so they could tackle and...
Bangladesh will go for general elections with a new schedule now and it is difficult to say that how much time the new government will take to meet the political parties' demand. The new caretaker government would announce new dates for elections in...
A number of on the breadline fisherwomen have had recourse to put up for sale their kidneys to economize on a living subsequent to being impinged on by the tsunami two years ago, invoking the Tamil Nadu government to order a investigation. The "organ...
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