K2 Basecamp (Pakistan) (TIP): Gazing up from K2 Basecamp, Sajid Ali Sadpara sees Earth’s second-highest mountain, his father’s final resting place, and a blight of litter on the furthest reaches of the natural world. Sajid […]
Kathmandu (TIP): A 16-year-old girl from Nepal has died after being banished to a ‘period hut’- the latest victim of an ancient ritual that still persists in the country- reports The Guardian. Anita Chand, from […]
KARACHI (TIP): Rice exporters of Pakistan are having a field day due to the Indian government’s ban on the export of non-basmati white rice to the international market. On July 20, the Indian government banned […]
Colombo (TIP): The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued an official clarification on August 2 refuting rumours that the Indian rupee could be used as legal tender in the island nation. “The CBSL wishes […]
Myanmar (TIP): Myanmar’s ruling military pardoned on August 1 jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house arrest, state […]
Islamabad (Pakistan) (TIP) : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned the former ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) that it could be declared “ineligible” to obtain election symbol over its failure to hold intra-party […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on July 29 and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Four Pakistani state-owned petroleum companies have signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia to build Pakistan’s largest oil refinery with an investment of USD 10 billion in the strategic Gwadar Port, according […]
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a 2021 military coup, has been moved from prison to a government building, an official from her party said on July 28. […]
LAHORE (TIP): Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been found “guilty of inciting attacks” on military installations, including the Lahore Corps Commander House, an anti-terrorism court was told by the government prosecutor on July […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin police officer went on trial in Singapore on July 20 for his role in the death of a maid from Myanmar for which his former wife and mother-in-law are already serving […]
Colombo (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe had wide-ranging bilateral discussions which include an oil pipeline, ferry connectivity, UPI, trade-in rupee, a possible land route and increased air connectivity, amongst […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Sita Dahal, wife of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, passed on July 12 after suffering from a rare neurological condition for a long time. She was 69. Sita, who has been ill […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The International Monetary Fund on July 12 approved a much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan, the global lender said, a move that’s likely to save the nation from defaulting on its debt repayments. […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thai lawmakers are gathering on July 13 to select a new prime minister, a process whose outcome is far from certain even though the country’s most progressive party won both the popular vote […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Myanmar’s military-controlled government is accusing pro-democracy fighters of killing 15 civilians in a nighttime mortar attack in a restive central area of the country, charges denied by the guerrilla group. A report on […]
Karachi (TIP): Footage emerged on social media on July 5, showing a man on a bike attempting to sexually assault a woman in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar, according to media reports. The CCTV footage shows the man […]
COLOMBO (TIP): An Indian national has been arrested for allegedly murdering a fellow Indian at a restaurant here in Sri Lanka, police said on July 6. The accused, who is the manager of the restaurant […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Torrential rains in Pakistan have killed at least 50 people and injured 87 others while damaging scores of residential properties in the past few days, the country’s disaster management agency said on July […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan could get temporary relief for its ballooning foreign debt with a new stand-by arrangement worth $3 billion announced by the IMF in Washington late June 29. The economy has been stricken by […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The World Bank has approved USD 700 million in financing to help Sri Lanka to recover from the current economic crisis and provide relief to the poor and vulnerable people, the biggest funding […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Myanmar anti- coup fighters briefly seized several border outposts after junta-aligned militia defected and joined the rebels, sparking days of heavy clashes, state media reported on June 29. Fighting has ravaged swathes of […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swaths of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. All in a matter of months. […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TIP): Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accused in a report released June 22 of tampering with police records in order to hamper investigations into mass graves discovered in an area […]
JAKARTA (TIP): Indonesian livestreamer Christine Febriyanti stood in a room crammed with clothes in Jakarta, hawking colourful garments to hundreds of viewers on a TikTok livestream for a local fashion brand. “For the Vitamin C […]
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