Regional cooperation could begin with practical comparisons. Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and other labour-sending countries can exchange working solutions without pretending their systems or bilateral agreements are identical.
South Asia, for all its faults and constraints, is the fastest-growing economic region in the world this year. It is also home to the Commonwealth’s largest three countries in terms of population, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, representing just under two billion citizens, the majority under 30-years old.
Overseas Indians possess both the financial capacity and the desire to invest, yet many promising projects are abandoned because of fragmented procedures, multiple government approvals and the absence of a single accountable institution to guide investors from concept to completion.
The Expatriate Card will be a source of recognition to millions of Bangladeshi remittance warriors and a sign of gratitude from the State for their support to the nation's development.
In a year of amazing accomplishments for the small Indian American community, TIME magazine has put an Indian American teen "scientist and inventor" Gitanjali Rao on its first-ever 'Kid of the Year' cover, selected from a field of more than 5,000 nominees for her "astonishing work using technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying". Gitanjali Rao,15, lives in Lone Tree, Colorado
The first Sri Lankan born member of the New Zealand Parliament, Vanushi Walters, made her maiden speech to Parliament on Wednesday
Maldivian National Police have arrested a 54-year-old Indian national for sexually harassing two women on the streets of Male’ City in the Maldives, reported Sun news
To mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, Concordia University in Montreal has set up a Guru Nanak Dev Academic Chair to promote studies related to the Sikh religion
The five Bangladeshi sailors – who were held captive by Yemen's Houthi rebels with several others of different nationalities for nearly nine months – have been freed and soon will return to Bangladesh
Neera Tanden, who has been named US President-elect Joe Biden's budget chief, shares a common upbringing with Vice President-elec Kamala Harris – both were raised by single mothers who came from India and through their determination saw their daughters rise to positions of power exceeding the American dream
Bangladesh physician Mahmudul Hoque Jassy has secured a record-breaking highest mark in the MRCP examinations in UK this year after scoring 906 out of 1,000, where the pass mark was 454
Saudi police have announced the arrest of five Bangladeshi expatriates for their involvement in forcefully detaining and ransoming their fellow countrymen
US president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris have greeted Sikh community on the occasion of Gurupurab commemorating the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism
US president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, who will lead the nation next month, have appointed an Indian American, Maju Varghese, to be the executive director of their inauguration – the oath-taking ceremony at the Capitol on January 20 and the festivities around it
Arow has broken out in Nepal over the recruitment of Nepalis for the Qatar Police which tried to bypass the country’s foreign employment rules, and in which Qatari officials appear to be involved
Two Bangladeshi workers were seriously injured in Malaysia after a concrete wall collapsed on them while they were carrying out renovation work at a private college lobby on Sunday
Joe Biden, who is to become president in January, has picked Indian American Neera Tandon, a controversial close confidante of the Clintons, to head the powerful White House Office of Management and Budget, according to several media reports
The planned protest against new farm laws and the "brutality" of the security forces by lobbing teargas shells and using water cannons to stop the peaceful march of the farmers towards the national capital has left the largely Punjabii Indian diaspora in Canada worried and shocked
At least one Bangladeshi citizen was among a crew of 20 seamen, most of them Indian nationals, detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen capital Sana'a since February this year
