Kathmandu: Authorities in Nepal on Saturday lifted a curfew imposed in the eastern part of Kathmandu following violent clashes between the security personnel and the pro-monarchy protesters, as tensions eased in the area. Parts of Kathmandu on Friday witnessed a tense situation after pro-monarchy protesters pelted stones, attacked the office of a political party, set…
Bangkok: A 30-story skyscraper under construction for government offices collapsed in Bangkok on Friday after the city was rocked by a strong earthquake. The building in the north of the Thai capital was reduced to a tangle of rubble and twisted metal in seconds after the 7.7-magnitude quake, which had its epicentre in Myanmar. The…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India and preparations are underway for it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. In a video address to a conference titled “Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral Agenda” hosted by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Lavrov said,…
Dhaka: The United States has expressed its interest in equipping the Bangladesh Army with its military hardware, taking into account its importance for regional security as US Army’s deputy commanding general for the Pacific made a 24-hour visit to Dhaka, officials said. In a brief statement issued late on Tuesday, the US embassy said that…
Kyiv: Ukraine’s defence minister said Kyiv agreed to two ceasefire agreements with Russia that were announced by the United States on Tuesday and that Kyiv would welcome third countries supporting the implementation of the accords. The United States said earlier it had made separate agreements with Kyiv and Moscow to ensure safe navigation in the…
Washington: US President Donald Trump announced Monday steep tariffs on imports from countries buying oil and gas from Venezuela, a punitive measure that could hit China and India, among others, and sow fresh global trade uncertainty. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has unleashed tariffs on US allies and foes alike, attempting…
Ottawa: Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early elections for April 28, pledging to defeat Donald Trump’s drive to annex the United States’s huge northern neighbour. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada’s centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the country’s…
Modesto (California): Most Indians swear by their daily handful of almonds, and with the staggering 85 per cent of those in India coming from California, Emily Fleischmann, vice president of global market development at the Almond Board of California (ABC), says India has played a “critical role” in the remarkable success story of California almonds….
Dhaka: Army troops in Bangladesh on Saturday intensified their patrols on the streets of Dhaka as the country witnessed rising tensions with the newly formed student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) accusing the military of political interference. The NCP staged protest rallies at the premier Dhaka University campus, vowing to thwart at any cost a “military-backed…
Washington: The United States said Friday it was terminating the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, giving them weeks to leave the country. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in US history and curb immigration, mainly from Latin American nations. The order affects around 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans,…
