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New India-Bangldesh waterway operational; enhances transit and connectivity

The first consignment of goods from Bangladesh arrived in Tripura by waterway on Saturday as part of a trial run for shipping of goods from other parts of India to the northeast region via Bangladesh formally making operational of new waterways between the two neighbours

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Amartya Sen, Naom Chomsky praise the Kerala model

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and eminent US political economist Noam Chomsky have applauded the efforts of Kerala in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

US to support power projects in Sri Lanka

The United States has said that it is ready to provide technical assistance to Sri Lanka’s power projects

Low-cost drinking water technology for rural areas

Both the quantity and quality of drinking water in India, especially in rural areas, leaves much to be desired

Bhutanese trucks stranded at India-Bangladesh border town return home

Bhutanese trucks stranded at Fulbari for more than three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in India have finally returned

Bhutan struggles to export cabbage to India

Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited’s (FCBL) auction yard in Phuentsholing is struggling to export cabbage because the markets across the border are flooded with cabbage from Shillong and Darjeeling

Pakistan to convert locusts into organic fertilisers

The Pakistan government has decided to convert locust swarms, which have been described by some as a bigger threat than the coronavirus pandemic, into fertilisers with the help of communities, a media report said on Thursday

Sri Lanka plans US$4bn PPP for light rail project

Sri Lanka plans to request proposals to fund a 2.2 billion US dollar light rail transit project after cancelling a Japanese soft-loan project, which will also involved up to 2.0 billion dollars of related investments, a top official said amid concerns that the project will be a non-starter

Coronavirus casts shadow on Padma Bridge construction on time

Bangladesh is building its largest infrastructure Padma Bridge despite the coronavirus pandemic, but the crisis has thrown the timely completion of the project into uncertainty

A bridge in nine hours in Bhutan

The old Bhutanese saying, “too many frogs can kill a tiger,” indicating coordination and cooperation came alive at Tashiling, Trongsa when a 40 feet temporary bailey bridge was readied in a record time of nine hours

SBP receives $1 billion from World Bank, ADB in fight against COVID-19

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $1billion — $500 million each from World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday to facilitate the country during its fight against coronavirus

World Bank provides $500m in loans for Bangladesh roadwork in western districts

The World Bank has approved $500 million to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts

Bangladesh among top three Asian nations promoting green financing

Green financing is rapidly gaining traction in the Bangladesh market thanks to the country's specific focus on issuing green loans, according to an International Finance Corporation (IFC) report

World Bank approves additional financing of $87 mn for Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors Monday approved additional financing for Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project

Indian ambassador to Bhutan visits SAARC Development Fund

Indian Ambassador to Bhutan Ruchira Kamboj was briefed on the current activities and future action plan of the SAARC Development Fund (SDF) on Monday

US freezes H-1B visas; revamp plans may hit Indian outplacement firms

US President Donald Trump has suspended till the end of the year the H-1B visas prized by Indian and other South Asian professionals and announced a far-reaching reform plan that could deal a blow to Indian companies that place technology workers in US companies