FGN68: NEPAL-INDIA-BANGLA-LD DEAL
*Nepal, India, Bangladesh sign tripartite agreement to facilitate cross-border electricity trade
Kathmandu: Nepal, India and Bangladesh on Thursday signed a long-awaited tripartite agreement to facilitate cross-border electricity trade, officials here said.
FGN69: UK-MAURITIUS-3RDLD CHAGOS
UK hands over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, holds on to military base
London: The UK on Thursday announced a “historic” agreement that will see Britain hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while it retains the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.
FGN64: INDIA-NEPAL
Nepal Oil Corporation and Indian Oil Corporation sign agreement to construct new pipelines
Kathmandu: Nepal Oil Corporation and Indian Oil Corporation Thursday signed an agreement for the construction of two new pipeline projects, marking a key milestone in the energy partnership between the two neighbouring countries.
FGN61: PAK-IMRAN-PROTESTS
Imran Khan’s party claims over 700 supporters arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province ahead of Islamabad protests
Lahore: Over 700 supporters of the jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan were arrested from different parts of Punjab province on Thursday, a day before a major showdown in Islamabad by his party for the independence of the judiciary, release of the party founder and against rising inflation.
FGN57: PAK-COURT-LAWMAKERS
Votes cast by lawmakers in parliament against party lines can be counted, rules Pak's top court
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the votes cast by lawmakers in parliament against their party directions can be counted, in a major relief to the government seeking support for a constitutional amendment to tweak laws related to the judiciary.
FGN32: LANKA-ELECTIONS
After November Parliamentary polls, Sri Lanka to face its third major election before 2024 ends
Colombo: Amid continued economic troubles, Sri Lanka is to witness two more island-wide major elections before the end of the year, months after the recently concluded Presidential polls.
FGN42: BANGLA-DIPLOMATS
Amid diplomatic reshuffle, Bangladesh recalls envoy from India
Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government has recalled five envoys, including its high commissioner in New Delhi, as it carried out a second phase of reshuffle in the diplomatic service alongside the domestic administration, an official said on Thursday.
FGN29: LANKA-IMF
Sri Lanka’s new government says “committed” to IMF’s bailout package, hopes of renegotiating conditions
Colombo: The new Sri Lankan government during its first meeting with the International Monetary Fund said it is committed to the global lender’s USD 2.9 billion bailout package clinched by the previous Wickremesinghe regime and hoped to renegotiate certain conditions.
FGN38: UK-LEBANON-FLIGHTS
UK charters more planes to fly out British nationals from Lebanon
London: The UK government announced further chartered planes on Thursday to help British nationals leave Lebanon in response to the deteriorating security situation amid the conflict with Israel and to meet the demand for a flight chartered earlier this week.
FGN22: US-GANDHI-LD BUST
Mahatma Gandhi's bust unveiled at Seattle Centre
Washington: A bust of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled at the Seattle Centre on the iconic Indian freedom fighter's birth anniversary.
FGN21: UN-GANDHI
Gandhi believed non-violence was greatest force available to humanity, more powerful than any weapon: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored Mahatma Gandhi’s message of non-violence, peace and equality as he voiced deep concern over a world "bristling with violence" and conflicts raging from Ukraine to the Middle East.
FGN18: SINGAPORE-ISWARAN-LD JAIL
Singapore court jails Indian origin former minister to 12 months jail
Singapore: Singapore’s Indian-origin former transport minister S Iswaran has been sentenced to 12 months jail on Thursday by the High Court for obtaining gifts worth about SGD 403,300 over seven years, from two businessmen he considered his friends.*