Regional cooperation could begin with practical comparisons. Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and other labour-sending countries can exchange working solutions without pretending their systems or bilateral agreements are identical.
South Asia, for all its faults and constraints, is the fastest-growing economic region in the world this year. It is also home to the Commonwealth’s largest three countries in terms of population, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, representing just under two billion citizens, the majority under 30-years old.
Overseas Indians possess both the financial capacity and the desire to invest, yet many promising projects are abandoned because of fragmented procedures, multiple government approvals and the absence of a single accountable institution to guide investors from concept to completion.
The Expatriate Card will be a source of recognition to millions of Bangladeshi remittance warriors and a sign of gratitude from the State for their support to the nation's development.
Gazi Abdullah, 24, of Gundana, a village at 9,000 feet above sea level in the mountainous Doda district, is one among the 70 youths who has been declared qualified for the Union Territory's most prestigious civil services by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC)
Dalit organizations in the UK, over 30 feminist groups and many diaspora organizations along with British Members of Parliament - John McDonnell, Apsana Begum and Kim Johnson - of the Labour Party have written to the UN Human Rights Commissioner (UNHRC) Michelle Bachelet asking her to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dismiss Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
A NASA resupply spacecraft named in honour of late astronaut Kalpana Chawla was on way to the International Space station (ISS) on Saturday with nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations, technology demonstrations and commercial products, and a new space toilet is part of the cargo
Women members of the Chisapani Community Forest in Bardaghat in this district in Nepal’s Tarai plains used to spend much of their day in the forest
As a token of gratitude, IDFC First Bank MD and CEO V Vaidyanathan has transferred one lakh equity shares worth around Rs 30 lakh to his former schoolteacher Gurdial Saroop Saini
The COVID-19-induced lockdown saw many heroes emerging in different parts of the country who went all out to feed the hungry and help the needy
"India has a rich tradition of storytelling; it has been a part for centuries", was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Sunday message to listeners of 'Mann Ki Baat', as he urged Indians to revive this tradition as they stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic and cited examples of the best in the profession of storytelling
Jannatul Rupi, a health assistant in Kurigram’s Belgachhi, has been overburdened with tasks both at home and work for the past six months since the coronavirus epidemic struck Bangladesh
Wearing a helmet and facemask and carrying handwritten posters, this teacher of a government school has been pedalling around villages in Telangana's Khammam district for over six months to create awareness among people about the deadly coronavirus
Thousands of people participated in last year's widespread protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh
Men, women and children of the entire village had tears in their eyes as Spanish cyclist Manuel Arribas Rodriguez left Bokotial village in eastern Assam's Sivasagar district
The Canada India Foundation (CIF) has announced to donate C$21,000 to the langar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar where over 100,000 people eat free meals each day
Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones - popular acros cricket-playing South Asia for his commentaries and cricketing witticisms - passed away in Mumbai on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest
After 90 years of safekeeping, a Pakistani Sufi organisation has transferred 110-year old copies of rare manuscripts of the Guru Granth Sahib to a gurdwara in Sialkot, the media reported on Thursday
Being a female author can come with its own set of challenges, especially when one is trying to juggle a career in the demanding field along with a personal life
