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Maldives Records Over 100,000 Tourist Arrivals for Third Consecutive Month
Maldives records over 100,000 tourist arrivals for the third month of 2025, with China leading as the top source market.
![e356f3ac-af29-4e8b-a530-2e7d53133128 Maldives records over 100,000 tourist arrivals for the third month of 2025, with China leading as the top source market. [Image via Raajje]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/e356f3ac-af29-4e8b-a530-2e7d53133128.webp)
Maldives records over 100,000 tourist arrivals for the third month of 2025, with China leading as the top source market.
![vlcsnap-2025-03-18-16h19m29s003 UNAMA’s mission in Afghanistan extended for a year as the UN urges engagement, while Pakistan criticizes Taliban on terrorism. [Image via Tolo News]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/vlcsnap-2025-03-18-16h19m29s003.webp)
UNAMA’s mission in Afghanistan extended for a year as the UN urges engagement, while Pakistan criticizes Taliban on terrorism.
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PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit Saudi Arabia to boost ties, discuss investment, and address key regional and global issues.
![touhid Bangladesh plans to import more US cotton to boost trade ties, avoid tariffs, and support its textile industry's growth. [Image via BSS]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/touhid.webp)
Bangladesh plans to import more US cotton to boost trade ties, avoid tariffs, and support its textile industry’s growth.
![293622-MineralPHOTOFILE-1321576564 Pakistan's government plans to attract investors to its $8 trillion mineral wealth, focusing on projects like Reko Diq and Siah Dik. [Image via The Express Tribune]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/293622-MineralPHOTOFILE-1321576564.webp)
Pakistan’s government plans to attract investors to its $8 trillion mineral wealth, focusing on projects like Reko Diq and Siah Dik.
![Peshawar-attack-Reuters Security forces repelled multiple terror attacks in K-P, killing two militants in Bannu and thwarting assaults in Lakki Marwat. [Image via The Express Tribune]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Peshawar-attack-Reuters.webp)
Security forces repelled multiple terror attacks in K-P, killing two militants in Bannu and thwarting assaults in Lakki Marwat.

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Pakistan rejects Modi’s claim of hostility, urges India to end anti-Pakistan narrative for peace and regional stability.
![6af1f970-0308-11f0-96e1-cb441fdfcce2.jpg India and New Zealand restart free trade talks after a decade, aiming to boost economic ties and deepen strategic cooperation. [Image via ANI]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/6af1f970-0308-11f0-96e1-cb441fdfcce2.jpg.webp)
India and New Zealand restart free trade talks after a decade, aiming to boost economic ties and deepen strategic cooperation.
![64fe2ac596c9a A large number of aspiring computer scientists and IT experts took an aptitude test to enroll in IT trainings under Jamaat-i-Islami’s Bano Qabil 2.0 programme at Bagh-i-Jinnah in 2023. [Image via Dawn/ Shakil Adil/White Star].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/64fe2ac596c9a.webp)
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