World Bank announces $900 mn for Pakistan floods
Team DainikDisha Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) The World Bank has announced a grant of $900 million for relief and reconstruction work following…
Read MoreMan with 32 wives inspires Nepal film
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) An 86-year-old former soldier, who married 32 times, has inspired the current commercial hit ‘Kanyadan’ in…
Read MoreFears of epidemic after mudslide in China
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) Corpses buried under the debris in mudslide-hit Zhouqu county in China have raised fears of a…
Read MoreSouth Korea to pardon 2,500 convicts
Seoul, Aug 13 (DPA) South Korea’s president is to pardon 2,493 convicted criminals, among them the brother of his predecessor,…
Read MoreTwo soldiers killed in Iraq violence
Baghdad, Aug 13 (IANS) Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and five security personnel wounded in three attacks, including a suicide…
Read MoreChristian bishop asks Hezbollah not to air Jesus film
Beirut, Aug 13 (DPA) A Lebanese Christian Maronite bishop called late Thursday on Hezbollah television to stop airing a Ramadan…
Read More19 killed in Nigerian building collapse
Abuja, Aug 13 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, police…
Read MoreChinese students form longest human chain
Beijing, Aug 12 (IANS) As many as 10,267 high school students in China Thursday formed a rectangular chain, entering the…
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