Inward foreign remittance from non-resident Bhutanese increased significantly in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the global economy badly
Sri Lanka needs well-designed political and economic policy changes for long-term recovery
The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
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The relationship between India and Bangladesh will not “break under any pressure and will not fall prey to any kind of diplomacy”, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka, reminding that the blood of Bangladeshi and Indian soldiers who fought for Bangladesh’s independence in 1971 are flowing together
Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan down by 13 percent
Pakistan’s exports to regional countries, including Afghanistan, has dropped by 22 percent in the first phase of eight months of the current fiscal year amid a spike in COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said
PCR report or vaccine certificate mandatory for Nepal bound tourists
Amid rising cases of COVID-19 infections, Nepal’s government issued fresh guidelines for tourists, making negative PCR reports or COVID-19 certification mandatory for tourists
Modi in Bangladesh, pays tributes to martyrs, nation's founder
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Dhaka for a two-day official visit, on Friday paid tribute to martyrs of the Bangladesh Liberation War at the National War Memorial
Take collective responsibility for Easter Sunday attacks, says former Lankan president
Former Sri Lankan President Mathripala Srisena, under whose watch the island nation saw the horrific Easter Sunday attacks in 2019, said that the government should have taken the collective responsibility for the attack
Sindh police baton-charge, detain teachers in Karachi
Police in Pakistan's Sindh province allegedly baton-charged and detained more than two dozen teachers for protesting outside the Chief Minister House in Pakistan's Karachi recently, media reports said
Climbers return to Nepal’s peaks after a year
After the COVID-19 pandemic halted Himalayan expeditions, climbers are all set to return to Nepal’s peaks after a year, with high altitude guides being seen fixing ropes and ladders at the Mt Everest Base Camp
India-US to re-establish Homeland Security Dialogue
US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke on Monday with India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu when the two leaders discussed the issue of further strengthening the partnership between the two countries
Doctors in Gilgit-Baltistan demonstrate after denied regularisation, post-graduation admission
Doctors in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) demonstrated on Wednesday against PM Imran Khan-led government after they were not given regularisation and post-graduation admission
Pakistan blast leaves three people dead
A bomb blast hit Pakistan's Chaman area on Tuesday which left three people dead and 13 others injured, media reports said
Opposition PML-N opposes bill granting complete autonomy to State Bank of Pakistan
Opposition PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair has expressed his party's reservations over the proposed bill which aims to grant unprecedented autonomy to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in line with the terms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indian PM Modi begins Bangladesh tour, hails country's 'remarkable' development under Hasina
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Dhaka on Friday for a two-state visit to Bangladesh which is also celebrating the golden jubilee of its independence
Pakistan prime minister wishes Bangladesh on 50th anniversary
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote a letter to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina and extended wishes on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, reported Dawn
India may not part in SCO anti-terror exercise in Pakistan
India may not join the anti-terror exercise that Pakistan is holding for the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), reports suggested
