KATHMANDU - Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), took office as the country's new prime minister on Monday afternoon. "President Bidya Devi Bhandari has ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal set up to try Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina began proceedings Sunday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her ...

FILE - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 26, 2024. Sakchai Lalit/AP.

Bangladesh’s Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next national election ...

Beijing encouraged Dahal to ask for the Prime Minister’s post in the prospective government, a demand that was completely unacceptable to the NC since the CPN-MC had won far fewer seats than the NC.

K P Sharma Oli became prime minister for the fourth time to lead a new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability. ... Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', 69, ...

Prime Minister Oli briefed the party meeting on Saturday that there is good coordination with the Congress and that working with the key ally is getting easier. “The Congress is supporting the ...

A task force of the UML-NC coalition presented its Common Minimum Program (CMP) to Prime Minister K P Oli on Wednesday, reaffirming the deal Nepal’s two largest parties made in July to amend the ...

Bangladesh has sought assistance from the UK to investigate the overseas wealth of allies of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as the new government intensifies its crackdown on members of her ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the Grand Kremlin Palace, on July 9, 2024, in Moscow, Russia. Modi spoke out on the political unrest in Bangladesh on Thursday.

Since gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971, Bangladesh has navigated a politically tumultuous history. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nation's first Prime Minister and founder of the Awami ...

Bangladesh will have a new leader for the first time in over a decade, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, fleeing the country by helicopter. The head of the Bangladesh Army, Gen ...