Nepal welcomes record number of tourists in 2018
KATHMANDU Tourist arrivals in Nepal topped one million for the first time in 2018 — boosted by increased visitors from
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High Asia
Suspect involved in illegal hunting of markhor presented before court in Chitral
A suspect who participated in the illegal hunting of a markhor, Pakistan’s national animal, in Chitral was presented before the
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China invites UN observers to restive region of Xinjiang, but with ‘conditions’
AFP China said on Monday it would welcome UN officials to the restive western region of Xinjiang with the condition
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Inside Mother Camp: the woman tackling Afghanistan’s drug problem
Laila Haidari risks her life to run the country’s only private rehabilitation centre, helping hundreds of addicts a year Ruchi
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The Silk Road: How the ancient route is becoming a pathway to the future
By Andrew MacLeod Recent infrastructure investments in Silk Road countries are putting the historic pathway back on the map. As Andrew MacLeod
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Phalluses, nightlife and other Bhutan surprises
Abhaya Srivastava Thimphu: When I was boarding a plane to head to Bhutan to write about the world’s
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Synergizing efforts to move forward a sustainable energy agenda
HAH Report Kathmandu: A centre of excellence on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) was launched on Tuesday (Nov 13) at
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Of ‘ghairat’ and culture in Gilgit-Baltistan
Zaighum Abbas Social media outburst over a video clip of few girls dancing on folk songs in a TV’s morning
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Psychopathology and societal malaise of Gilgit-Baltistan
In his incisive and thought-provoking analysis, Aziz Ali Dad dissects and diagnoses the psychological pathologies afflicting the cultural mindset of
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President Rahmon opens campus of first regional varsity in Tajikistan
News Desk In what a historic milestone, President Emomali Rahmon Friday (Sept 14) inaugurated the campus of University of
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HAH Special Islamabad: Amid strong protests from the indigenous people over the much-touted Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 that was unveiled by former
Read MoreTwenty-five years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions
Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana The 25 years after Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ratification have seen many successes
Read MoreTwenty-five years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions
Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana Twenty-five years after the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), we have seen many
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Pakistanis distressed as Uighur wives vanish in China dragnet
By Gohar Abbas with Ben Dooley ISLAMABAD/BEIJING: Every autumn on the mountainous Karakoram Highway, part of the ancient Silk Road, groups
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Evil Eighties
Salman Tarik Kureshi “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a
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