KATHMANDU -- Nepal's external trade surged in the first three months of the current 2025-26 fiscal year due to rising exports and imports, the Department of Customs said on Sunday.
The total volume of foreign trade grew 26.04 percent year-on-year to 540.86 billion Nepali rupees between mid-July and mid-October, the department said in a report. (Nepal-Foreign Trade)
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COLOMBO -- Over 31,000 Sri Lankans have been affected by the current heavy rains, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Sunday.
The DMC said 31,623 people from 7,944 families have been affected by the bad weather, with 847 houses being damaged. (Sri Lanka-Weather)
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ISLAMABAD -- Five soldiers and 25 terrorists were killed in two separate military engagements in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement that personnel of security forces effectively engaged with terrorists trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan and Kurram districts of the province. (Pakistan-Military Operation)
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NEW DELHI -- The driver of the double-decker sleeper bus that went up in flames killing 20 and injuring many others in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh was arrested, police said Sunday.
The accused was found to have secured his heavy vehicle driving licence using forged educational certificates. (India-Bus Fire) Enditem
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