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Kathmandu — Foreign Minister Balananda Sharma departed for Dhaka on Monday to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia. Minister Sharma is accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the ministry, he is scheduled to return to Kathmandu on…

Agency- Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday, as negotiators continue to search for a breakthrough in peace talks to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Troops held a brief ceremony to mark the occasion in neighboring Belarus where the missiles have been…

Agency- Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who many believed would sweep elections next year to lead her country once again, died on Tuesday aged 80, her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said. Despite years of ill health and imprisonment, Zia vowed in November to campaign in elections set for February…

Kathmandu — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expressed readiness to engage in dialogue with the United States, but only if Washington abandons what he described as decades-long interference in Venezuela’s internal affairs. Speaking in a televised address on Friday, President Maduro said Venezuela would welcome talks with the U.S. if…

Kathmandu- Nepal has been ranked the top country in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia Region surveillance of suspected polio cases for the year 2025. The surveillance, focused on children under the age of 15, was conducted in ten countries jointly by the WHO and the National Public Health…

Agency- Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, an emergency services official said on Friday. “Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services,” Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima,…

Agency- A major Gaza hospital has suspended several services because of a critical fuel shortage in the devastated Palestinian territory, which continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis, it said. Devastated by more than two years of war, the Al-Awda Hospital in the central Gaza district of Nuseirat cares for…

Agency- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to a revised 20-point peace plan prepared by the United States aimed at ending the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war, while underscoring that territorial control remains a highly sensitive issue that must be discussed directly at the leadership level with former US President Donald Trump.…

Kathmandu- Christmas, observed worldwide on December 25, is traditionally celebrated as the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ. While it remains a major religious festival for the Christian community, Christmas has increasingly become a global cultural celebration, embraced by people across communities for its message of peace, goodwill, and togetherness. Why…

Dhaka: The assassination of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth leader linked to last year’s student-led uprising, has once again pushed Bangladesh into political turmoil at a critical moment, just over a year before national elections scheduled for February 2026. Hadi was shot at close range while leaving a mosque…