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Nepal Rastra Bank rolls out framework to identify systemically important payment systems

Kathmandu, Sept. 3 -- Nepal's central bank has introduced a new framework for identifying Systemically Important Payment Systems (SIPS), a move aimed at strengthening oversight of the country's paymen... Read More


One dead, another injured in Central Expressway accident

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- An individual has died while another person has been seriously injured and hospitalised following a road accident along the Central Expressway last night (02), police stated. Ac... Read More


BJP leaders meet in Bihar, discuss anti-SIR stir, 'abuse' against Modi

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Opposition's campaign against SIR in Bihar and the NDA's counter-offensive on the issue of abuse aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother figured in a meeting of state ... Read More


No Place To Call Home

Goa, Sept. 3 -- Rohit Sinha Homelessness is not a word often associated with Goa. The image of this state is painted in bright er colours - beaches, music, susegad, a place where people come to escap... Read More


Jarange confident of Marathas getting quota; Bhujbal sulks

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Activist Manoj Jarange on Wednesday said the Maratha community in Marathwada and western Maharashtra will now get reservation, even as OBC leaders expressed unhappiness over the ... Read More


BJP doubles down on Khera, says his 'wife also has two voter IDs'

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The BJP on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Pawan Khera's wife also has two active voter ID cards, and said party leader Rahul Gandhi cannot extricate himself from such "ac... Read More


Deadly taboo

Nepal, Sept. 3 -- Police have reported a slight decline in the number of deaths by suicide across the country in the last fiscal year. As many as 6,866 people died by suicide in Nepal in the fiscal ye... Read More


Bangladesh names Ariful Islam as next Ambassador to US

Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam, who served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices in Geneva, is going to be Bangladesh's next Ambassador to the United Stat... Read More


Bayrou's Final Gamble

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- France once again stands at the brink of a political rupture, as Prime Minister Francois Bayrou prepares to face a September 8 confidence vote that could end his short-lived tenu... Read More


Beyond Old Faultlines

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first meeting on Chinese soil in seven years during the last SCO Summit, held in Tianjin from Augu... Read More