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.
The Maldives has sought a long-term loan from Bangladesh, as the two South Asian countries try to enhance bilateral ties, with a flurry of high-level visits taking place in the last few weeks, ahead of the upcoming visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina later this month
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party, on Saturday threatened to “topple” the Bangladesh government if authorities do not allow BNP's ailing leader Khaleda Zia, the country’s former prime minister, to visit abroad for treatment
Pakistan has permitted India to use Afghan trucks to transport humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, ending one of the key deadlocks in modalities for the assistance
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he was deeply concerned by the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Pakistan but expressed faith in Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s commitment to "ensure justice" in the case
Several major agreements are expected to be inked during the annual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday as the two countries look to deepen their strategic cooperation and India seeks to diversify its weapons and energy supplies and production
Afghanistan should form an inclusive government representing all aspects of society, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said, adding the move will help the government to gain international recognition. Calling the Taliban “brothers”, he said uniting all Afghans was a way forward to end the sufferings of people
In a gruesome incident that showed the vice-like grip of Islamists on Pakistan's body politic, a mob in Sialkot, in Pakistan's Punjab province, Friday attacked a Sri Lankan factory manager and burnt his body after surrounding and killing him
A consortium of 28 national laboratories to monitor genomic variations in coronavirus has recommended to the government to consider COVID-19 booster dose for those who are 40 years and older amid the threat of Omicron, a new variant of concern
The Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, issued a decree on Friday, announcing a ban on forced marriages of women—which has become rampant amid worsening social and economic conditions—and said the consent of adult women was necessary for marriages
Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar said India was maintaining a close vigil on Chinese asset deployments in the Indian Ocean Region, and that during the peak of tensions at the India-China border earlier last year Indian naval assets were kept battle-ready
The value of Afghanistan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is forecast to likely contract further by several billions, as per a UN body report
Bangladesh saw growth of almost 31 percent in its exports, touching $4 billion in November while remittances fell by almost 25 percent—1.55 billion, down by almost $52 million—in comparison to the same period last year
Sri Lanka on Friday reported a massive nationwide power outage as its entire grid was down, media reports said, making it yet another crisis for the country which has already been going through multiple problems currently
An anti-corruption watchdog has started an investigation into Billion Tree Tsunami, a pet project of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who often highlights it to show his government’s commitment to the climate crisis
Sri Lanka will continue to retain personal laws for different communities, Foreign Minister G L Peiris has said after meeting with the envoys from Islamic countries, in a move that contradicts the government’s stated policy of enacting a unified personal code
