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Maldives-Sri Lanka flights to operate to Ratmalana Airport

The Sri Lankan government has decided that flights arriving from the Maldives will land at Ratmalana Airport instead of the country’s main international airport, Bandaranaike International Airport

A new school book on Nepal’s border disputes with India shows government’s misplaced priority, experts say

At a time when Nepal and India were seeing some positive gestures in the resumption of dialogue after months-long deadlock due to a “cartographic war”, the government on Tuesday released “a reference book” for school students, which dwells on border disputes, mainly with the southern neighbour, in a move that could further shrink the space for bilateral talks

BSF, BGB conference begins in Bangladesh

A four-day conference of top officials from India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) began on Wednesday in Dhaka

Bangladesh's Runner and India's Bajaj to set up three-wheeler manufacturing plant in Bangladesh

Runner Automobiles, a newly listed Bangladesh company with the stock exchange, is going to set up a three-wheeler manufacturing plant in Bangladesh with the association of Indian automobile giant Bajaj Auto Ltd

Trump rests hope on Afghan peace to tout among diplomatic achievements

As the election looms, US President Donald Trump has pushed through the diplomatic deal in the Middle East between Israel and two Arab states signed at the White House, while feverishly attempting a peace deal between the Taliban and Afghan government 7,000 miles away in Qatar to stake a campaign claim to global statesmanship

US, India to work together for success of Afghan peace process

US Special Representative on Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said during his visit to India on Tuesday that Washington and New Delhi will work together for the success of the Afghan peace process

Indian NSA Doval storms out of SCO meeting over Pakistan's map

India's National Security Advisor of the government, Ajit Doval on Tuesday walked out in protest from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) virtual meeting where Islamabad projected a fraudulent map showing Indian territories as part of Pakistan

Bangladesh's first-half imports from Pakistan drop 44%

New trade figures show record lower Afghanistan imports from Pakistan of goods plunging by 44 percent year on year during first half of this year, because of the pandemic lockdowns and closure of trade gates by Pakistan

SpiceJet flight was not carrying Indian Army personnel

Gan International Airport has stated that a Spice Jet flight that landed at the airport yesterday was not transporting Indian military personnel but laborers for the police academy under construction in Addu City

As India bans onion export, prices in Nepal go up 25 percent overnight

With India once again imposing a ban on the export of all varieties of onions, its market price in Kathmandu has gone up as much as 25 percent within a day

US special envoy seeks Pakistan's help to get Taliban to announce ceasefire

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad made a day-long visit to Pakistan on Monday to hold important meetings with the Pakistani military and civilian leadership to pave the way forward in the Afghan peace process

Foreign Office rejects 'unwarranted' references to Pakistan in US-India joint statement on counter terrorism

The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected the "unwarranted references" to Pakistan in the statement issued by the US-India Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and Designations Dialogue, which underlined the "urgent need" for Islamabad to take steps to ensure that its territory is not used for terrorist attacks

BGB-BSF border conference rescheduled for Sept 16-19

The conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), which was postponed two days ago, will now take place from September 16-19

Hilsa diplomacy: Padma's Hilsa bring cheers to Bengali households ahead of Durga Puja

Good news for Bengal food lovers. A huge consignment of their favourite silvery delight hilsa fish, highly coveted by Bengalis, arrived in Kolkata's adjoining Howrah wholesale fish market on Tuesday from neighbouring Bangladesh

India gifts 2,000 vials of Remdesivir to Nepal

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay M Kwatra, on behalf of the Government of India, handed over 2,000 vials of Remdesivir to Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Tuesday