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Bangladesh cuts working hours to save energy amid Middle East crisis

Bangladesh is heavily dependent on fuel imports and has been battered by price volatility and supply uncertainty from the Iran war.

India’s ‘Mounjaro brides’: Weight-loss injections become part of pre-wedding preparation

Dr Swati Pradhan speaks with a patient about the Mounjaro injection for weight loss procedures at a clinic in Mumbai, India.

Nepal charges 32 people over fake helicopter rescue scam

The long-running racket that has cast a shadow over the Nepal's vital tourism industry.

Nepal holds its first post-poll Parliament session

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah (centre) and Rastriya Swatantra Party president Rabi Lamichhane (left) arrive to attend the April 2 Parliament session in Kathmandu.

Gulf war batters India’s glass heartland, testing New Delhi’s manufacturing drive

The furnaces in Firozabad, famed as India’s “Glass City”, in Uttar Pradesh, are burning low, putting thousands of day labourers out of work in what would normally be peak season.

Off the road: How rising fuel costs are pushing Karachi’s ride-hailing drivers to the brink

The income of ride-hailing drivers in Pakistan has shrunk by up to 50 per cent in the last 30 days.

From international outcast to mediator in Iran war, Pakistan’s remarkable makeover

FILE PHOTO: Foreign Ministers Badr Abdelatty?of Egypt, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Ishaq Dar of Pakistan and Hakan Fidan of Turkey meet to discuss regional de-escalation, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 29, 2026. Muammer Tan/Turkish Foreign MinistryHandout via REUTERS /File Photo

India ends import tax on petrochemicals to help local industry

India is the world’s No. 2 importer of LPG, meeting about 60 per cent of its needs with overseas purchases.

Pakistan, Afghanistan open fresh talks in China to end conflict, say sources

View of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.

India begins counting over 1 billion people in digital census

The population count – the country’s first in 15 years – will deploy about 3.3 million officials to collect information on more than a billion people.

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