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BSF must use non-lethal weapons at border, Bangladesh tells India

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Indian Border Security Force should be cautious and use non-lethal weapons while guarding the border with Bangladesh, according to a report of The Hindu

Opposition coalition sits down with Indian High Commissioner Sunjay Sudhir

The opposition alliance, consisting of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and the People's National Congress (PNC), on Monday, met with Indian High Commissioner to Maldives Sunjay Sudhir

Tripura scientist's 'Warbot' helps in Covid care

The first of its kind in northeast India, a robot developed by a scientist from Tripura University has been deployed in a government Covid care centre to deal with the patients

India may build strategic petroleum reserve in US

India proposes to build a portion of its strategic oil reserve in the US to take advantage of current low prices and quickly scale up its storage

Japanese contribute to Bhutanese at the Toorsa temporary settlement

More than 140 individuals, mostly Japanese friends of Bhutan, contributed equipment worth Nu 863,947 for the Phuentsholing Thromde’s ECCD centre, which is expected to open later this year

ADB grants additional USD 1 mln for Maldives' COVID-19 response

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday approved an additional grant of USD 1 million to support the Maldivian government's emergency response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Opening of Chaman border with Afghanistan urged for trade activities: Quetta chamber

Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industries (QCCI) president Ghulam Farooq Khan Khilji and senior vice president Badaruddin Kakar have expressed serious concern over the closure of the Chaman border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and said it is badly affecting the Balochistan’s economy as the trade between the two countries has come to a complete halt

Indian chief of banned neo-JMB's women wing held in Bangladesh

An Indian woman, who was heading the women's wing of the banned neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (neo-JMB), has been arrested in Bangladesh, security officials said

Nepal Police opens fire on 3 Indian nationals, 1 injured

An Indian national was injured after Nepal Police opened fire at the Indo-Nepal border at Fatehpur in Tehragachh in Bihar's Kishanganj district, the police said on Sunday

Bangladeshi cattle thieves killed in Assam

Three suspected Bangladeshi nationals were killed by some unknown people at Bogrijan in southern Assam's Karimganj district, police said on Sunday

BGB questions BSF role, dismisses ‘baseless’ Indian reports over links with cattle smuggling

The Border Guard Bangladesh has dismissed Indian media reports implicating the border force in smuggling cattle across the borders as baseless and hit back at India’s Border Security Force or BSF by questioning their inactivity to curb the cattle smuggling

Two Afghan trucks enter India for first time after Pakistan allows transit

Six days after Pakistan announced the resumption of Afghan exports to India through the Attari-Wagah border to facilitate transit trade, the first consignment of goods crossed over to India in two trucks on Saturday

Strengthening medical education in Bhutan with JICA support

Beginning this month, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will implement a technical cooperation project

Sri Lanka’s China-run Port, Colombo Dockyard team up for floating vessel repair

Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port run by China Merchant Ports (CM Ports) group said it had teamed up with Colombo Dockyard floating repairs in vessels that are already docking. A Marshall Islands-flagged crude carrier ‘Marine Hope’ was repaired at Hambantota under the partnership

Sri Lanka negotiating with India to secure 20 Trinco oil tanks

A delegation from the Power and Energy Ministry conducted an inspection tour to the Trincomalee oil tanks this week, amidst ongoing negotiations with India to secure around 20 of the tanks for Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to run by itself