The World Health Organization South-East Asia Region on Monday thanked Nepal's Ministry of Health and Populationfor contributing Nepalese Rupees (NRs) 1,500,000, approximately USD 11,000, to the South ...

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The Government of Nepal has contributed USD 11,000 to the World Health Organization (WHO) for its South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF), a vital funding mechanism ...

Jehan Perera The government has given emphasis to finding new ways of boosting Sri Lanka’s economic growth.  Among these would be the need to improve the country’s utilisation of digital technologies.

If USAID is packing up and moving out, China seems all too happy to move in. That’s the trend that longtime U.S. China watchers and aid workers are already noticing in the weeks since President DONALD ...

Thailand became the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, with the change taking effect in late ...

Research finds that indigenous peoples, including women and youth, can lead and have an active role as promoters of clean and sustainable energy production.

While free trade has become politically infeasible in Washington, there are other ways to shore up the U.S. presence in one ...

Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.

Boeing expects airlines in India and South Asia to expand their fleets significantly over the next two decades, adding 2,835 ...

India is committed to boosting manufacturing and exports of defence equipment in the coming years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday at the opening of the country's biggest air show ...

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A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across Tasmania. A cold front then approaches from the southwest during Thursday, crossing the state on Friday. A high builds in the Bight on ...