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Maldives defense minister hails ties with India

Defense Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi has stated that the relations between Maldives and India are very beneficial to the Maldives

Facebook purges several PakIstan-operated fake accounts attacking India

Facebook on Tuesday said it removed 453 accounts, 103 Pages, 78 Groups and 107 Instagram accounts that were operating from Pakistan and focused on spreading misinformation in India

Google improves, expands its AI-enabled flood alerts for Bangladesh, India

Google has improved and expanded a programme that uses artificial intelligence to forecast floods in South Asia in partnership with Bangladesh and India

Dhaka assures Kathmandu of railway transit

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has assured her Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli of providing rail transit to his country

Fifth summit of BIMSTEC uncertain amid COVID-19 pandemic

The fate and the form of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ( BIMSTEC) biennial summit in Sri Lanka is uncertain amid the COVID-19 pandemic

29 Indian sailors stranded in Bangladesh reach home

Twenty-nine Indian sailors -- stranded in Bangladesh due to coronavirus outbreak -- left Dhaka on a special flight of Novoair today

President, PM condole death of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli sent messages of condolence to the people of India on the demise of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

‘India-Bangladesh to discuss temporary arrangements for resuming commercial flights’

Bangladesh and India want to launch a travel air bubble without any delay and the issue will be discussed in New Delhi during a virtual meeting of the next Joint Consultative Commission (JCC), officials said

Kabul calls on Islamabad to halt fencing, building military installations along Durand Line

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Haneef Atmar on Monday met with a Pakistani delegation, lead by Foreign Secretary Sohial Mahmood in Kabul, where they discussed important mutual issues

Bangabandhu one of the most influential, courageous leaders of 20th century: Indian envoy

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das today described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the founder of modern Bangladesh and one of the most influential and courageous leaders of the 20th century

Cosmetics, medicines worth Rs 23L seized at India-Bangladesh border

India's Border Security Force (BSF) has seized cosmetics and medicines worth Rs 23.25 lakh near the International Border (IB) in South Bengal frontier. The consignment was being smuggled to Bangladesh

Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold bilateral talks

Pakistani and Afghan officials will hold talks in Kabul on Monday to review bilateral cooperation in various fields including security and economy, the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said in a statement

200 stranded Pakistani nationals in India to return home on Sep 3

As many as 200 Pakistani nationals stranded in India due to the Covid-19 outbreak, will return home on September 3

Pak-Afghan bilateral forum to meet today

The second review meeting of Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) will be held in Kabul on Monday, according to a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFa)

Pakistan rattled at Indian security forces' success in Shopian

Rattled by the recent killings of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan reacted in a belligerent manner, through a media statement, calling them "fake encounters"