South Asia

MANILA — Emerging East Asia’s total local currency bond issuance rose 7.1% to an all-time high of $9 trillion in...

MANILA — The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty in 2021, as...

Kathmandu: The United Nations has released the World Happiness Report. In this troubled time of war and pandemic, the World...

WASHINGTON – The World Bank today released results of a household survey conducted in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021...

DHAKA  – The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank today signed a $120 million financing agreement to help improve...

Kathmandu: Chinese foreign minister and State Councilor Wang Yi is expected to visit India on an “exploratory” mission to improve...

Kathmandu: Nepal Foreign Minister Dr Narayan Khadka will be among the foreign leaders attending this year’s Antalya diplomacy forum (ADF)....

KATHMANDU – The Government of Nepal and the World Bank today signed an agreement for a second additional concessional loan...

Mumbai : Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (Jio), India’s largest 4G and mobile broadband digital service provider, will land the next...

New Delhi: Various religious traditions and practices are prevalent in different parts of our country. But there is only one...