India's contribution to the improved global growth outlook extends well beyond the immediate AI boom or the performance of energy-exporting economies. The IMF's assessment points instead to a combination of domestic demand, demographics, market expansion and structural reforms as important drivers of India's longer-term prospects.
Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani were indicted by the Accountability Court on Wednesday, while ex-premier Nawaz Sharif was declared a proclaimed offender over his continuous absence from the proceedings
The Ministry of Foreign Relations has taken steps to recall Sri Lankan diplomats from 10 foreign countries
Disaster management teams have successfully brought the fire reignited aboard MT New Diamond oil tanker by the adverse weather, under control by this morning, and there are no flames or smoke to be noticed now, the Sri Lanka Navy said in its latest update
The total number of detainees at Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Drug Addicts stands at 649, said the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO)
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto is expected to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on Thursday, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad today told the parliament that the number of Bangladeshi migrant workers returning from abroad due to the global coronavirus pandemic is not "alarming"
Members of Bangladesh's Aviation Security (AVSEC) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today seized "cocaine-like" drugs in a consignment of clothing for export during a security check at the dual-view scanner of Export Cargo Village
The High Court today directed Titas Gas Ltd to give Tk 5 lakh as initial compensation in seven days to each family of the victims, who died and suffered injuries in the Narayanganj mosque blast
Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh escaped a bomb attack here on Wednesday morning, an official said
Acting Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar has met with the French Ambassador to Kabul, Mr. David Martinon on Wednesday, where they discussed latest developments in the peace process
Former Maldives President Dr Mohamed Waheed on Tuesday claimed the MVR 1,000 penalty imposed on him over allegedly violating Health Protection Agency (HPA) guidelines was politically motivated
The parliament publicized the financial statements of Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and the parliamentary representative of Alif Dhaalu Atoll's Maamigili constituency, MP Qasim Ibrahim
Coronavirus infection is found increasing among the security personnel mobilised at Sanga, the eastern border transit point to Kathmandu Valley
India’s Strategic and Security Concerns by Cmde C Uday Bhaskar. Published by Centre for Policy Studies; Reem Wisdom, New Delhi; 2020; Pages 179; Rs. 795
Bhutanese people love football. And their "orange warriors" - the colours of the national team and the national federation - are making this small landlocked kingdom in South Asia in the Eastern Himalayas proud by their selfless act of offering their services to contain the raging coronavirus
