TMI BlogFollowing are the top foreign stories at 2015 hoursX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Following are the top foreign stories at 2015 hours X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ARENTS Nepal PM offers support to parents of girl student who died by suicide in India Kathmandu: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Tuesday assured all possible government support to the parents of Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepali student of a private engineering institute in India who died allegedly by suicide at her hostel room earlier this month. FGN60: UK-BUDGET-LD DEFENCE Keir ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Starmer hikes UK’s defence budget ahead of crunch meeting with Trump London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday announced a hike in the country’s defence spending from 2.3 per cent of GDP to hit 2.5 per cent over the next two years, to be funded by cutting the UK’s foreign aid budget. FGN58: LANKA-BUDGET Sri Lanka government budget gets parliamentary nod Colombo: The first f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ull-year budget presented by the National People's Power (NPP) government, which came to power in November last year, was approved by the parliament on Tuesday. FGN57: BANGLA-POLITICS Bangladesh interim govt's key adviser resigns, likely to lead new political party Dhaka: Bangladesh interim government's Information Adviser and one of the key leaders of the students' movement, Nahid Islam, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Tuesday resigned from the cabinet, ahead of the launch of a new political party by the July uprising activists. FGN51: CHINA-DEFENCE CUT-REAX China not keen to join Trump’s 50 per cent defence cut proposal Beijing: China on Tuesday appeared not keen to join US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a 50 per cent cut in defence budget by the US, Russia and China saying that its “limited” def ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ence spending is to protect its sovereignty, security and development interests. FGN44: LANKA-INDIA-PIPELINE India-Sri Lanka petroleum pipeline only possible if feasible: CPC head Colombo: A proposed multi-product petroleum pipeline between India and Sri Lanka will proceed only if economically viable, not based on political considerations, the head of Sri Lanka’s national oil company has s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... aid. FGN34: PAK-KHAN-COURT Pak SC to hear Imran Khan's pleas against alleged poll rigging, May 9 violence on Feb 28 Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court will take up on Friday petitions filed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan seeking a judicial probe into the May 9 violence and alleged rigging of last year's general elections. FGN31: LANKA-INDIA-AGRI Indian envoy, Lankan mini ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ster discuss agriculture modernisation Colombo: Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha met Sri Lankan Minister K D Lalkantha and discussed opportunities for bilateral collaboration for the modernisation of agriculture in the island nation, according to an official statement.
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