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IMF’s Map of a Broken World has one Exception - India’s Growth and Resilience

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.

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has filed charge sheets against 12 people including nine Bangladeshi nationals for their alleged involvement in trafficking girls from Bangladesh to India for prostitution, an official from the agency revealed today

PM Hasina: Wear masks to avoid COVID-19's second surge

In the wake of COVID-19 resurge in many European and American countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged all to follow health guidelines and use face-masks in public places and gatherings, aiming to prevent the possible second wave of the pandemic in Bangladesh

Netherlands determined to ensure justice for Rohingyas

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Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain's latest feature, Made in Bangladesh, has officially received the invitation to be submitted for the 78th Golden Globes

Taliban's claim of agreement violations unfounded: US special envoy

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has said that the Taliban's recent claims that Washington had violated the Doha agreement were"unfounded", adding that "inflammatory rhetoric" does not advance peace

Afghanistan condemns Taliban ‘saber-rattling’ in Helmand

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No country's interest served by Afghan war: Abdullah

Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, traveled to Iran on Sunday and during an interview with Iranian media said that continuing the war in Afghanistan does not serve any interest for any country

India seems to be the Maldives' financial advisor, charges opposition MP

Opposition MP, Ahmed Shiyam has stated that the financial affairs of the Maldives are now handled by neighbouring India

Bangladesh expats' contribution to Maldives' development lauded

The High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Maldives, Rear Admiral Nazmul Hassan, paid a courtesy call on Vice President Faisal Naseem at the President’s Office on Monday morning

No restrictions on Maldivian fish exports to Sri Lanka: Foreign Minister

Maldives' Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid revealed that Sri Lanka guaranteed that there would be no restrictions on Maldivian fish exports to the neighbouring country

Teaching for grade 6 and below will not resume this year: Maldives education ministry

Ministry of Education, on Saturday, revealed that classes for grades starting from six to all levels below, shall not restart within 2020, for schools throughout the Greater Male' Region

India's Bharat Biotech and Washington University developing nasal vax for Covid

India's Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has informed that Bharat Biotech will develop an intranasal vaccine for Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19

The little-known story of Maqbool Sherwani who stalled Pakistan's tribal raid into Kashmir in 1947

An event of patriotism from erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 has been given a fresh lease of life

People in Kashmir unaffected by Pakistani propaganda; want to lead normal life: Top Indian military commander

People in Jammu and Kashmir are unaffected with Pakistan's propaganda about the Indian government and armed forces, the Indian Army's top commander in Kashmir said

Indian, Sri Lankan navies to carry exercise to enhance inter-operability

Indian and Sri Lankan navies will carry out a three day joint exercise off Trincomalee on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, to enhance inter-operability and improve mutual understanding

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