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Woman found dead after suspected fall from 17th floor of Kota Kinabalu condominium; police probe ongoing

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- A woman was found dead after she is believed to have fallen from the 17th floor of a condominium along Jalan 18 in Kota Kinabalu yesterday evening. In the 6.30pm incident, the... Read More


Can the government reform the struggling DDC?

Nepal, May 19 -- On Saturday, Prime Minister Balendra Shah posted a photo of himself eating a cube of cheese, alongside a plate of cheese cubes and a packet of yak cheese, on his social media accounts... Read More


Girl found beheaded in Pallabi; police suspect rape before murder

Dhaka, May 19 -- year-old girl was found beheaded in the capital's Mirpur area on Tuesday, with police suspecting that she was murdered after sexual assault. The victim was identified as Ramisa, daug... Read More


Democracy dies with dashboard populism

Nepal, May 19 -- The performative pomposity of Prime Minister Balendra Shah is irritatingly perplexing. For reasons not difficult to infer, he prefers digital monologues over institutional dialogue. S... Read More


Indonesia's animation industry surges tripling in value: minister

Jakarta, May 19 -- Indonesia's animation sector has grown more than threefold over the past decade, driven by a strategic shift from outsourcing services to the creation of original intellectual prope... Read More


She means business: A historic year at FKCCI

India, May 19 -- In December 2025, the venerable Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) celebrated its centenary, marking 100 years of representing the interests of Indian industry and trade to the governme... Read More


Massive fire at Prayagraj's Civil Lines hotel after transformer blast, no casualties reported

PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- Panic spread through the Civil Lines locality on Monday afternoon after a massive fire broke out, at a four-storey city hotel near the historic Coffee House, reportedly triggered ... Read More


KL steps up flood defences as rainfall overwhelms older drainage design limits

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- Kuala Lumpur is accelerating efforts to strengthen its flood resilience as annual rainfall levels increasingly exceed the design capacity of older flood mitigation infrastructu... Read More


Kashmir's Shrinking Shade

Srinagar, May 19 -- As the mercury climbs in the valley, Srinagar is beginning to feel the full force of a summer that concrete has made harsher. Heat now rises from rooftops, pavements and walls that... Read More


BC Jindal Group's Jindal (India) Limited completes Rs 1,500-crore Capex Investment in West Bengal with commissioning of new high-speed colour coating line

India, May 19 -- Jindal (India) Limited, part of the BC Jindal Group and one of India's leading downstream steel products manufacturers, has announced the successful commissioning of its new state-of-... Read More