https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/at-least-15-killed-in-east-afghanistan-car-bomb-attack/articleshow/78461834.cms After a car bomb attack targeted at a government building in east Afghanistan, 15 are dead, and more than 30 wounded. The explosion went off outside of an administration building which also housed some military functionality in the Ghani Keli district of the Nangarhar Province. After the bomb was detonated, security gunned down armed attackers who attempted to enter… Read more »
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/anti-china-protests-intensify-in-kathmandu/articleshow/78371167.cms Nepal students hold a protest against construction in Humla, outside of the chinese embassy in Kathmandu. Nepali congress went ahead and said that there was no encroachment of China onto Nepali land, before the field report was released. The ministry of foreign affairs also denied any encroachment by China, despite locals in Humla claiming otherwise. These events tie directly… Read more »
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/bangladeshs-cabinet-approves-death-penalty-in-rape-cases/articleshow/78619899.cms On Monday, Bangladesh’s cabinet approves raising the maximum penalty for sexual assault from life in prison to the death penalty in response to a series of assaults which triggered protests and social media coverage. Before this change, capital punishment was only established if the victim had also died, but now President Abdul Hamid wants to make changes in light… Read more »
Link to article:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/78381936.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Nepal is changing its guidelines on letting tourists into the country for mountaineering activities. In order to even start the process you have to have an entry visa and you have to prove that you have at least 5,000 dollars in insurance. After this then you will have to take a covid-19 test and test negative, the… Read more »
