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.
When the work to control the coronavirus outbreak should gain pace amid a rising trend in the number of infections and deaths in Bangladesh ahead of a possible second wave in winter, experts bemoan alarming mismanagement in sample collection and testing
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered a cut in funds for overseas training of officials on farming nutritious grass for cattle in a project
As COVID-19 cases yesterday crossed the 4.5 lakh mark, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked officials concerned to prepare for theproper supply and distribution of the vaccine before it arrives in the country
The Bangladesh High Court yesterday observed that the present air pollution level in Dhaka was very alarming for all and the people's right to life, one of their fundamental rights, might be compromised if the pollution could not be controlled right now
In a move that further strengthens India-Afghan relations, the Indian government on Tuesday announced that it is building a new dam in Afghanistan that will provide clean drinking water to millions of people in Kabul
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India's health and frontline workers will get priority when it comes to getting the Covid vaccine when it arrives while asking for better centre-state cooperation for a seamless and transparent distribution mechanism
Sapana Roka Magar, who has been carrying out final rites of unclaimed bodies in Kathmandu, has been listed on this year’s BBC 100 Women
Almost two weeks after the Nepal cabinet decided to purchase fertilisers from Bangladesh, the Agriculture Inputs Company Ltd (AICL) has received a letter from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to begin the procedure for the same
In one of the few arrangements of its kind in Nepal, a public-private partnership initiative has handed over to the local government the management of Charikot Hospital which had been run by a private non-profit organisation ever since the earthquake five years ago
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved, in principle, a law on chemical castration of rapists
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday deferred decision to declare deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender until December 2
The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday said the Indian government had escalated its anti-Pakistan campaign — marked by false narratives, concocted evidence and orchestration of false flag operations — after Islamabad made public a dossier containing "irrefutable proof" of Indian sponsorship of terrorism in the country
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a congratulatory message to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the first anniversary of assumption of office expressed confidence that the full potential of the bilateral relationship between the two countries will be realized under the President’s decisive leadership
Bangladesh has been in negotiations with almost all countries and companies – who have been developing COVID-19 vaccines – for procurement
Bangladesh is set to initiate a fund mobilization campaign to support Gambia’s legal battle against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the Rohingya genocide as OIC foreign ministers are due to meet this week in Niger
