India ready to induct next-generation missile system in the armed forces

The World Bank has approved $150.75 million in additional financing to help Bangladesh expand employment and income opportunities for low-income youth and microentrepreneurs, with a strong focus on women and people living in climate-vulnerable areas.

Pakistan has struck a weapons sale agreement worth more than $4 billion with Libya’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), Pakistani officials said.

Bangladesh has suspended visa and consular services in India’s New Delhi, Siliguri and Agartala following protests by Hindu nationalist groups, with officials citing security concerns behind the temporary shutdowns.

Bangladesh and Japan have concluded negotiations on a landmark Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), clearing the way for wide-ranging trade liberalisation, expanded market access and deeper economic cooperation between the two countries.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has called on supporters to prepare for nationwide protests after he and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 17 years in prison in the Toshakhana-II corruption case, vowing to challenge the ruling in the Islamabad High Court.

The European Union has announced the deployment of an Election Observation Mission to Bangladesh to monitor the country’s parliamentary elections scheduled for 12 February 2026, following a formal invitation from Bangladeshi authorities.

India on Tuesday summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to New Delhi, Riaz Hamidullah, to convey serious concerns over what it described as a deteriorating security situation in Bangladesh and potential threats to Indian diplomatic premises.

The United States and India have jointly pressed the United Nations to impose new sanctions on affiliates of the Islamic State (IS) group and Al Qaeda, as well as on South Asia–focused militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and what they described as their associated proxy networks.

Nearly 900,000 Indians have given up their citizenship in the last five years, official government data presented to Parliament shows, highlighting a sustained rise in the number of people opting to become foreign nationals.

Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations were killed and at least eight others wounded after a drone attack hit a UN base in Abyei, a disputed and volatile region of southern Sudan, authorities said on Saturday.

The political crisis in Pakistan escalated further on Wednesday after the Punjab Assembly approved a resolution demanding a complete ban on former prime minister Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. 

Nepal is grappling with severe economic fallout three months after the youth-led protests in early September that toppled the government and triggered some of the worst unrest the country has seen in years. 

An Islamabad-based security think tank has warned that India’s evolving `new normal` military doctrine is undermining strategic stability in nuclear-armed South Asia, arguing it risks provoking dangerous escalation during any future confrontation between New Delhi and Islamabad.

A deadly fire tore through a nightclub in India`s Goa early Sunday, killing at least 23 people and injuring several others, officials confirmed. 

Pakistan is moving ahead with plans to privatise its loss-ridden national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), with a public auction scheduled for 23 December 2025. a make-or-break step for the country’s ongoing $7 billion bailout programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to India on Thursday, seeking to revitalise Moscow’s energy and defence partnership with New Delhi at a time when Western pressure and shifting global oil flows have strained the traditionally close ties between the two countries.