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KATHMANDU: At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday (Sep 27) as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said on Saturday. The death toll could rise, they added, with another 69 people reported missing, and 60 injured since Friday morning, home ministry official Dil Kumar Tamang told Reuters. Most of the deaths took place in the Kathmandu valley, which is home to four million people and the country’s capital, where the flooding brought traffic and normal activity to a standstill. Rescue workers used helicopters and rubber…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Friday (Sep 27) in line…
NEW FACES, REFORMIST BACKING The more aggressive strategy follows a recent change in the composition…
JAKARTA: A landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Indonesia has killed at least 15…
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta carried out fresh air strikes on an opposition-held town on Friday (Sep 27),…
JOHOR BAHRU: Foreign-registered vehicles yet to install Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) tags by the Oct…
However, these have fallen short of what activists are demanding. Advocates said the current laws…
BEIJING: China said on Friday (Sep 27) it had “supervised” a Philippine ship as it delivered…
SINGAPORE: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong have written to Sri Lankan President…
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto is set to introduce a free medical check-up programme, targeting…
However, he was concerned because he owns two cars and that his second vehicle’s VEP…
While China did not identify the ICBM tested on Wednesday, the latest iteration it is…
BEIJING: China’s military was on “high alert” on Thursday (Sep 26) and Beijing said it had…
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