SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 9 (Xinhua) — At least five militants were killed Friday in a gunfight near Line of Control (LoC), dividing Kashmir, officials said. The gunfight, according to Indian army officials, broke out in Uri sector of frontier Baramulla district, about 110 km northwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. […]

TOKYO, June 8 (Xinhua) — Five atomic bomb survivor groups in Japan’s Nagasaki protested on Thursday against a civilian nuclear cooperation treaty between Japan and India that was approved by Japan’s parliament a day earlier. The groups, formed mainly by survivors from the U.S. atomic bombings in 1945, said that they will send a letter […]

KATHMANDU, June 6 (Xinhua) — President of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected as the 40th prime minister of Nepal on Tuesday. Deuba was elected as the head of the government of Nepal through parliament voting. “I announce that respected member Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected to the post of Nepal’s prime minister,” […]

HERAT, Afghanistan, June 6 (Xinhua) — Up to seven people have been confirmed dead and 17 others injured after a bomb blast rocked the western Herat city of Afghanistan on Tuesday, provincial police chief Mohammad Ayub Ansari said. All the victims are civilians including women and children, the official added. He also noted that explosive […]

NEW DELHI, June 5 (Xinhua) — India Monday firmly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s allegation that it signed the Paris climate accord for financial gain. “What Trump said is not the reality. We have signed the Paris accord not under any pressure nor for any money… to say we did it for money, I totally […]

DHAKA, June 5  (NsNewsWire) — Despite Bangladesh’s robust economic growth, the pace of job creation has slowed in the recent years, says a new World Bank analysis discussed on Monday at a high-level workshop. The country needs to proactively address the challenge, starting with the development of a National Jobs Strategy to increase the pace […]

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (Xinhua) — Pakistani security forces have killed 12 hardcore terrorists in southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Sunday. An army statement said an intelligence-based operation was conducted in Mastung, some 50 km south of Quetta, the provincial capital, over the past two days. “Terrorists were hiding inside a cave for planning, […]

DHAKA, June 4 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has approved $100 million financing to help Bangladesh diversify exports in labor and skill intensive industries beyond the garment sector and create more and better jobs. The Export Competitiveness for Jobs Project will improve competitiveness of existing and potential export-oriented industries such as leather, footwear, plastics and […]

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Xinhua) — India Friday successfully test-fired its home-made, nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said. “The test-firing of the surface-to-surface missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near the state’s Balasore district around 10 a.m. (local time) was actually part of user […]