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Sri Lanka intelligence units investigate mysterious ‘death’ of Angoda Lokka in India

Sri Lanka intelligence units have commenced an investigation yesterday (22) on the information received that leading criminal gang leader Chandana Lasantha Perera alias Angoda Lokka has been mysteriously killed in India

Sri Lanka continuing talks with India over Colombo port East Terminal: Minister

Sri Lanka is continuing talks with India over the development of a container terminal in Colombo port, Information Minister Bandula Gunewardene said as port workers continued to protest

Over 14 vehicles full of Afghan dried fruit arrives in India

Over 14 vehicles laden with dry fruits and assorted goods from Afghanistan have crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab’s Amritsar since Pakistan allowed Afghanistan to send goods to India, a trade body said on Wednesday, according to The Hindustan Times report

Sri Lanka, Pakistan defense relations are getting stronger

Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne says defense diplomacy and cooperation between Sri Lanka and Pakistan had been growing from strength to strength through mutual trust built on political, economic, cultural and educational relationships between the two countries

Indian HC emphasizes need to expand bilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka

India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay emphasized the need to further expand the wide-ranging bilateral cooperation between the two countries to effectively and expeditiously address the unprecedented challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic

Sri Lanka call for dollar loan draw bids from India, China state banks

State-run Industrial and Commerce Bank of China and State Bank of India are in consortia that responded to a call for dollar term loans to Sri Lanka, the Finance Ministry said

Pakistan PM dials Bangladesh PM to condole over lives lost to coronavirus

Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his condolences to his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, over the lives lost in Dhaka to the novel coronavirus in a telephonic conversation held Wednesday

'Transshipment will boost economy of India, Bangladesh'

The trial transshipment of goods from India to its eight northeastern states via the sea route started on Tuesday after four containers bound for the region were unloaded from a merchant vessel at Bangladesh's Chittagong port

Maldives appoints ambassadors to SAARC countries

The Maldives parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of four ambassadors to four countries, and the appointment of a permanent representative to the UN mission in Geneva

India-US closing in on trade deal: Commerce Minister

A trade deal between India and the US is closed to being sealed, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday

US' top cyber diplomat tells global telcos to follow India's Jio model

The United States is urging telecom operators around the world to follow India's Reliance Jio template of developing homegrown 5G solutions, while delivering stinging criticism against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and the consequences of "untrusted" Chinese components in 5G infrastructure

India-Bangladesh border: Dhaka to deploy more troops to stop killing, smuggling

Dhaka has planned to deploy additional troops in Indo-Bangla bordering areas to decrease border killings and alleged cattle smuggling

Afghan NSA vows response to Pakistani shelling

Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib, during a visit to the eastern provinces on Tuesday said that the recent artillery attacks by the Pakistani’ military forces on Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province will not go without a response

Mother of Bengal woman held in Bangladesh for terror links wants action

The mother of a 25-year-old Indian woman who was arrested in Dhaka for her alleged links with the banned militant outfit Neo-JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) has demanded strong action against her daughter

First transhipment from India arrives at Chattogram port in Bangladesh on trial run

The Chattogram port has received the first shipment of goods from India as part of a 2018 agreement on using the ports and land routes of Bangladesh to transport goods to northeastern India