'Students From Bangladesh, Nepal Have Higher Drop Out Rates': Denmark Clamps Down on Study Visa Abuse

Control of cheating will be strengthened, and cheating will be sanctioned more severely. Photo : iStock Denmark has joined the list of countries that are bringing in stricter rules of immigration. The Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration...

Global IME Bank: Redefining Excellence in Nepali Banking

Kathmandu, Oct 26: When Global Finance magazine announced the winners of its “Best Bank Awards 2025”, Nepal’s Global IME Bank Limited once again stood tall on the global stage. Honored as Nepal’s Best Bank for the second consecutive year, Global...

Gen Z’s challenge

The recent wave of youth-led protests across South Asia, particularly in Nepal, preceded by similar upheavals in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, characterized by increasing violence, looting, and vandalism is a wake-up call for other regional states....

MullenLowe’s Dr. Sohan Dharmarajah represents Sri Lanka at BrandGuff 2025 in Nepal

From left: Bang in the Middle – Delhi Co-Founder Naresh Gupta, LePub – Singapore Executive Creative Director Stephan Schwarz, MullenLowe – Sri Lanka Chief Technology Officer and Director of AI/MarTech Services Dr. Sohan Dharmarajah, Mediacom Ltd.,...

World News | Liver Fat, Not Weight, Predicts Health Risks in Children with Obesity, Scientists Say

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 29 (ANI/TPS): New research shows that liver fat, rather than bodyweight, is the key factor predicting which children with obesity will develop serious health problems, Israeli scientists announced on Sunday. A study by...

Prime Minister Karki reshuffles cabinet for the third time

Kathmandu, October 26 Nearly six weeks after the Gen Z movement, the government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki was reshuffled for the third time on Sunday. On the recommendation of Prime Minister Karki, President Ramchandra Paudel...

Rush Hour: Kerala Assembly opposes voter roll revision, Nepal bans ousted PM’s travel and more

We’re building a brand-new studio to bring you bold ground reports, sharp interviews, hard-hitting podcasts, explainers and more. Support Scroll’s studio fund today. The Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a resolution against the Election...

Did Sonam Wangchuk Say Will Turn India Into Nepal And Bangladesh? A FactCheck

A video of Sonam Wangchuk's speech pressing for demands of statehood and the Sixth Schedule for the Union Territory of Ladakh is being shared on social media with a false claim that he called for violence. A portion of his speech from the day he...

Don’t Turn Assam Into Nepal: CM Himanta’s Video Message to People

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a video message on social media has appealed to the people of the state“not to make Assam Nepal in the name of Zubeen” amid a rising mass outcry demanding stern action in connection with its...

Urgency Of Local Economic Development

The twenty-first century is the age of economic supremacy over politics. Unlike in the twentieth century, political doctrine no longer guides the shape of economic course; rather, it is economic necessities that dictate political behaviour. Most...

Global financial, technical support crucial to ensure climate justice: Rizwana

Global financial and technical support is crucial to ensure climate justice in Bangladesh, said Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan. She noted that it is vital to enhance research, policy formulation, and...

Paytm Rolls Out UPI Access For NRIs In 12 Countries

SUMMARY Paytm has rolled out a new feature that lets Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) use their international mobile numbers to make UPI payments on its app NRI users living abroad can now log in to the Paytm app using their international number and...

Boosting trade, investment cooperation emphasised 

BANGLADESH-PAKISTAN JEC MEETING Staff Correspondent 27 October, 2025, 23:09 Industries ministry additional secretary Maqsura Noor and Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider sign an agreement on halal trade on Monday. | BSS photo...

AIM Print October 2025

The October 2025 edition of AIM Print charts how India’s AI ambitions are evolving from hype to hard infrastructure. From language standards to sovereign compute, the issue examines what it will take for India to build AI on its own terms — across...

Tyranny of high-stake exams in South Asia

| New Age A FEW experiences shape South Asian childhood as profoundly as the examinations season. Whether it is the SSC and HSC exams in Bangladesh, the CBSE board exams in India, or the O Levels and A Levels that dominate elite schooling across...

Inequities, Data Deficiencies, and Capacity Constraints: The Challenges to Organ and Tissue Donation in India

Introduction Solid organ and tissue donations, although closely linked, have disparate histories. Tissue donations, especially skin grafts, date back millennia, with the Ebers Papyrus describing them in 1,500 BCE.[1] In India, skin grafting and...

Should You Invest in Methanol and Ammonia Bunkering in Singapore

Singapore’s position as the world’s largest bunkering hub gives it a decisive advantage in shaping the next phase of maritime energy. In 2024, the country supplied 54.92 million tonnes of marine fuel, an increase of 6 percent from the previous...

Legal promise, practical gaps: School education neither free nor compulsory

Kathmandu, Oct. 26: Thousands of Nepali youths are set to be disqualified from entering any kind of government services from 2028 if they fail to complete education up to grade eight. The government introduced the Act relating to Compulsory and...

India thwarts designs to destabilise Northeast

The Army and Assam Rifles launched a series of operations against Northeast terrorist groups located in Myanmar on the night of October 21 and 22, 2025. Contact established with terrorists at 6th Mile Camp village area in Namsai district of...

Will Asian international students turn away from the West?

A university education at a Western university used to be an unquestioned fallback route for Asian students who failed to secure entry to one of the top institutions in their own countries – and even for some of those that did. But then came...