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Rahul Bajoria, Bank of America Chief Economist, on India’s Manufacturing Ambitions

Why has India's manufacturing sector has remained stuck at around 15 percent of GDP despite decades of rapid growth?

Why Has the Maldives Inserted Itself Into the Chagos Sovereignty Dispute?

Muizzu has promised to submit evidence supporting the Maldives’ claim to Chagos to relevant international bodies.

US Republicans Weren’t Happy With Trump’s Hosting of Xi

A spate of Republican senators took umbrage at Trump's reception of “a brutal, unelected, and oppressive dictator.”

Oli warns of action against UML leaders violating party discipline

Kathmandu, September 29 CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli has said the party will strictly enforce discipline and take action against those who violate its...

Pakistan and Terrorism: When the Tables Turn

Islamabad cannot use its own people’s suffering to erase its record of supporting forces that have devastated lives in other countries.

Brunei's crown prince visits Singapore, leaders discuss deepening bilateral cooperation

Brunei and Singapore also signed a memorandum of understanding to further cooperation on maritime and port development, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Govt says threat to former CJ Rana came from unidentified group

Kathmandu, September 29 The government has said former Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana was threatened by an unidentified group, rejecting reports that the threat...

Sri Lanka awards Maga Engineering Rs2.89bn Baseline extension contract

Improvement of the road section from Kirulapone Junction to Dutugemunu Street on the Colombo-Horana Road.

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 330.70/90 to US dollar spot, bond yields edge up

Bond yields edged up slightly

'Gift from God': Rain brings relief from Indonesia toxic haze

The thick smog had limited outdoor activities in Pontianak, a city of about 700,000 people on Borneo island, with schools forced to shutter and...

Sri Lanka greenlights $9.25mn ADB-funded telecom monitoring systems

TRC requires a spectrum management and monitoring system, as well as a system to monitor service quality

Sri Lanka to set up advisory panel on repatriating cultural heritage

To advise on repatriating cultural artefacts taken out of the country during the colonial era

After becoming Brunei’s biggest chilli producer, Gropoint builds country’s largest seafood plant

Gropoint is developing Brunei’s largest seafood processing plant in Serasa, building on an agriculture business that has evolved from premium muskmelons to become the...

Nepal suspends search after 16 swept away by avalanche

"The conditions are very challenging," said Tul Singh Gurung, president of the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association.

‘I didn’t expect her to die’: Ex-Malaysia PM Mahathir says wife 'quite well' the night before death

Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali died at the National Heart Institute on Sep 28. She was 100.

Sri Lanka stocks close down on subdued sentiment

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Lion Brewery, Carson Cumberbatch, and Ambeon Holdings

Bimputh Lanka liquidation moves ahead despite Supreme Court case

Bimputh applied to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal under application SC/HCLA No. 12/2025.

Kyauktaw market airstrike death toll reaches 49; Arakan Army vows retaliation

The incident was the deadliest aerial assault in Rakhine State since the start of the current conflict nearly three years ago

Tenzing screens for the home crowd

Biopic of the mountaineer portrays a sensitive soul who inspired generations of Nepali climbers

Myanmar regime targets returning migrants with conscription pledge

The regime in Naypyidaw has introduced strict new measures targeting returning overseas migrant workers, requiring those who re-enter the country on leave or short...

UN Special Envoy on Myanmar urgent call to action

Addressing a high-level side event co-hosted by Bangladesh on the sidelines of the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on...

Tokyo suffers longest streak of rainy days on record

As it happened: Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew takes historic Asian Games silver after defeat by world No 1 Kunlavut

Loh, who was bidding to win Singapore's first Asiad badminton gold, lost 12-21, 16-21 in the final.

North Korean DMZ landmine blasts 'violation of armistice': Seoul