The first consignment of goods from Bangladesh arrived in Tripura by waterway on Saturday as part of a trial run for shipping of goods from other parts of India to the northeast region via Bangladesh formally making operational of new waterways between the two neighbours
If you happen to be on the Padma or Meghna rivers for a cruise or are travelling to the country's southern part, you will in no way miss a sporadic presence of numerous slow-moving small and large vessels alongside their sudden blasts of horns
The Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard are currently working together to control the fire that erupted in an oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s Eastern Coast on Thursday, the Navy said
The Indian Coast Guard on Thursday said it has diverted three of its ships and a Dornier aircraft to assist the Sri Lankan Navy to douse a fire on board an oil tanker 'MT NewDiamond'
Kerala describes its 400,000 migrant labourers from other parts of India as ‘guest workers’. On Labour Day on May 1, they were gifted with an opportunity to go back to their homes in the north and east of the country while the southern state is struggling to tame the Corona-19 pandemic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 4 approved a USD 20 million loans to mitigate the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and stimulate the Bhutanese economy
With the focus shifting from containment to treatment of Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a detailed review of the current status of India's efforts in vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing
Pradeep Raj Lamsal, who works in Dubai, was in for a rude shock when his company asked him not to come to the office for at least six months after he was told to stay home without pay in March when a coronavirus lockdown was enforced in the United Arab Emirates
Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have finalised negotiations for a $305 million emergency loan to procure health equipment and disburse cash assistance among the needy women aimed at coping with the health and economic crises stemming from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
The government is gunning for an 8.5 per cent GDP growth next fiscal year in the hope the economy would be springing back to a higher expansion trajectory once the coronavirus outbreak has been quelled
Sri Lanka’s tea production in March and the first quarter has declined to the lowest level in many decades, a Tea Exporters Association report said
The King George's Medical University (KGMU) is collaborating with the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow for three major research projects, including the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus
Pakistan has formally requested members of G20 nations for debt relief with a commitment of not contracting new non-concessional loans, except those allowed under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank guidelines
An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras-incubated startup Muse Wearables is developing novel and scalable methods for coating textiles with nanoparticles-based antimicrobial agents that can inactivate the human coronavirus on contact, the Institute said on Monday
Reliance Industries Limited and Jio Platforms Limited announced on Monday morning that US private equity Silver Lake will invest Rs 5,655.75 crore for a 1.15 percent stake into Jio Platforms
The World Bank (WB) has said that it has prepared a $247.5 million programme to support Pakistan’s frontline healthcare staff and those whose lives have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has aggravated the human and economic sufferings across the globe
The Economist magazine has placed Bangladesh on the ninth position in terms of different indicators of financial strength among 66 emerging markets in peril over the coronavirus crisis
Truly and most justifiably, India's Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is in the essential services list through the COVID-19 lockdown, with not a day’s rest, connecting to remote border areas in the crisis, true to their motto, ‘BRO creates, connects and cares’
After a month's gap, India-Bangladesh trade through the land border of Petrapole in West Bengal's 24 Parganas North district began on Thursday, an official said
