Slowdown pulls down India's growth to 5.3 percent

The signs of worldwide economic downturns have started showing in world's second fastest growing economy India. India's econmy grew at its lowest rate in almost six years in the third quaeter ending at December. The slowdown has raised questions about projected growth for...

Bangladesh mutiny hits trade,movement across India-Bangla borders

The rebellion in Bangladesh Rifles has brought to a halt the bus services between Dhaka and the two Indian cities of Kolkata and Agartala for an indefinite period causing hardships to commuters. The Agartala-Dhaka and Dhaka-Kolkata bus services have been suspended for an...

Most rape cases in Nepal occurred in day light

There has been a startling and interesting revelation in Nepal in a study about the sexual abuse cases against women and children in Nepal. The study found that most of the cases of sexual abuses against women and children have been recorded in the daylight. Interestingly the...

Nepal vows to probe royal massacre

Nepal’s Maoist government Thursday pledged a fresh probe into the midnight massacre in the royal palace nearly eight years ago in which the then king Birendra and his entire family were killed. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Thursday inaugurated the...

Editor of Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper arrested for questioning

Government troops have arrested an editor of a tamil language newspaper for aiding a rebel air attack on the capital last week. He became latest victim in a string of attacks on the war-wracked island's journalists. The family member of N. Vidyatharan, chief editor of the...