Nepal awards contracts to print various bank notes to Chinese firm
A Chinese security printing press has received a contract to print Nepal’s bank notes of various denominations, including for the latest NRs 1,000, a central bank official said Sunday. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central bank of Nepal, has awarded a contract to China Bank Note Printing and Minting Corporation,...
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Hong Kong inferno toll rises to 146
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Hasina extradition would not hurt ties: Touhid
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Ditwah: 400 stranded Indians evacuated from Sri Lanka
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Monument to Yuri Gagarin unveiled in Pakistan
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Boat capsizes in Congo, 20 dead
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Hong Kong residents struggle to rebuild after devastating blaze
It was just after 3 pm when William Li received the unusual call from his wife, who was at work, saying she'd heard from a friend that their building was on fire. There were no alarms, no signs of smoke in his 2nd-floor apartment, and no burning smell to give...
Russian attacks kill 3 in Ukraine, amid peace efforts
Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said. The attacks came just before a second round of peace negotiations was set to begin, as a renewed US-led push to end the war...
Imran’s son demands proof that his father is alive
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s son has demanded the Government to present proof that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder is alive. “We demand proof of Imran Khan’s life,” Khan’s son Kasim Khan said in a social media post on Friday evening. There has been speculation that the Imran has...
Migrant crisis: emergency declared
President José Jarí of Peru said his Government on Friday would declare a state of emergency along the country’s southern border and deploy more armed forces to the area as a large number of Venezuelan migrants venture north from Chile, where anti-immigrant sentiment has surged during a fraught presidential campaign. ...
Three TTP militants killed
Security forces on Saturday killed three militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an operation conducted in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The members of the “Fitna al-Khawarij” clashed with the people of the Hathit Khel tribe in the Bannu district, according to the police. Pakistan...
Mine blast injures Chinese national near Thailand border
A Chinese man allegedly attempting to cross illegally into Thailand from Cambodia was injured on Saturday when he stepped on a land mine, the Thai army announced, reiterating its charges that Cambodian forces have been planting the anti-personnel weapons in territory claimed by both countries. Army Spokesperson Major Winthai Suvaree...
Israel kills two Palestinian children in southern Gaza
Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, a hospital reported, marking the latest deaths of Palestinians as a shaky ceasefire with Hamas held. The two brothers, aged 11 and 8, died when an Israeli drone struck close to a school sheltering displaced people in...
