South Asia
Lanka to hold presidential polls Sept 21
Sri Lanka will hold presidential elections on September 21, a government notice said yesterday, setting the date for a crucial vote expected to determine the future of reforms in the South Asian nation weathering its worst financial crisis in decades.
Sri Lanka announces first presidential vote since unrest
Sri Lanka's first presidential elections since an unprecedented economic crisis spurred widespread unrest will be held in September, the election commission said Friday
SOUTHERN PAKISTAN / Over 100,000 schools remain closed due to extreme heat
School summer holidays will be extended by two weeks in southern Pakistan because of high temperatures, affecting more than 100,000 schools, an education official said Tuesday.
Plane crash at Kathmandu airport kills 18
Eighteen people were killed when a regional passenger plane belonging to Nepal’s Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu yesterday, officials said.
Plane crashes in Nepal with 18 dead, pilot sole survivor
A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP
Plane crashes in Nepal with 19 aboard, several dead
A plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning with 19 people aboard, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported citing an airport official
HQ of ex-Pak PM Imran’s party raided
Pakistan police raided the headquarters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party yesterday, a week after the military-backed government vowed to ban the political movement.
6 foreign nationals found dead in Bangkok hotel room
Six foreign nationals were found dead in a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok on Tuesday, Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said, with police suspecting they were poisoned
8 Pakistani soldiers killed in militant attack on base
Militants attacked a military base in northwestern Pakistan, killing eight security personnel, the military said yesterday, after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a perimeter wall.
Pak govt to ban Imran’s party
Pakistan government is planning to ban former prime minister Imran Khan’s political party and move the country’s top court to press treason charges against him, the information minister said yesterday.
Indian troops kill 3 suspected J&K militants
Soldiers in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have killed three suspected militants, the army said, the latest incident in an uptick of attacks in the disputed northern territory.
Marriage case: Imran Khan to remain in jail despite acquittal
Former prime minister Imran Khan and his third wife were acquitted on charges of marrying unlawfully by a Pakistan court yesterday, but he will not be freed as authorities issued fresh orders to arrest him.
Pakistan's Imran Khan to remain in jail despite acquittal in marriage case
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his third wife were acquitted on charges of marrying unlawfully by a Pakistan court on Saturday, yet he will not be freed after authorities issued fresh orders to arrest him
Pakistan reaches $7 billion aid deal with IMF
The International Monetary Fund said it reached a new $7 billion loan deal with Pakistan in a bid to bolster its faltering economy
Ambanis hire over 100 pvt planes for wedding
The wedding of the billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son Anant Ambani, 29, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant, 29, is expected to require the use of more than 100 private planes, including three Falcon-2000 jets, to transport wedding guests, among whom are celebrities in the worlds of entertainment, politics, and business.
Nepal Landslides: 63 missing as 2 buses swept away
At least 63 people were missing in Nepal after a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept two buses off a highway and into a swollen river, authorities said yesterday.
Nepal PM Dahal loses confidence vote
Nepal is set for a new coalition government led by politician K P Sharma Oli after the more radical Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a parliamentary vote of confidence yesterday, ending a tumultuous 20-month tenure.
Ex-PM Imran Khan’s party wins reserved seats
Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party was eligible for over 20 extra reserved seats in parliament, ramping up pressure on the country’s weak coalition government.
