SAC Desk
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Maldives
Maldives runs out of crucial thalassemia med – desferal
Male: Maldives has run out of desferal (deferoxamine), an essential medication required by thalassemia patients to remove excess iron from their…
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Bhutan
Bhutan writes to World Bank to source funding for 1,125 MW Dorjilung project
Thimphu: The much talked about 1,125 MW Dorjilung project has finally gotten a lease of life as the government has written…
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Highlights news
Nepal Oppn accuses PM of ‘sell-out’ to India on return, Supreme Court stays Citizenship Bill
By Yubaraj Ghimire Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s trip to Delhi that he described as ‘very successful’ has…
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Highlights news
Amnesty calls for global action to mitigate heatwaves in Pakistan
By Abid Hussain Islamabad, Pakistan – A prominent human rights organisation has issued an urgent plea for global action to…
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Afghanistan
Afghan women in mental health crisis over bleak future
By Yogita Limaye Afghanistan correspondent, BBC “I just want someone to hear my voice. I’m in pain, and I’m not…
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Highlights news
US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China
New Delhi: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, as both countries…
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Bangladesh
Indian army chief arrives in Dhaka on 2-day visit
Dhaka: General Manoj Pande, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of India, is visiting Bangladesh from 5-6 June at the invitation of…
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Climate Change
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: South Asia’s fiscal needs in the era of climate shocks
BY LAZAR MILIVOJEVIC South Asian countries have come out of the pandemic with eroded fiscal space and record public debt.…
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh people, not PM, to decide whether they go to United States: BNP
Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said that the country’s people, not the prime minister,…
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Sri Lanka
No single political party commands majority voter base, despite cross-party collaboration in Parliament: Sri lankan President
Colombo: Sri lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said although all political parties in Parliament are united, none of them currently possess a…
