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Bhutan to be promoted as a high-end tourist destination

Bhutan's hotel industry that has seen an explosion in recent years and directly dependent on tourism will be in for shake-up with the Tourism Council of Bhutan relooking at the tourism policy

Nepal, China agree to reopen second border point for supply of goods after five months

Nepal and China have agreed to resume one-way traffic to Nepal through the Rasuwagadhi border point after a closure of five months, as much construction material necessary for hydropower and airport projects have been stuck at the northern border

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

Sri Lanka’s border and maritime security remain vulnerable: US report

Sri Lanka’s border and maritime security remained vulnerable in 2019, the United States Department of State says in a recently released annual report on terrorism

Afghanistan ‘fuming’ after Pakistan PM calls 9/11 mastermind ‘martyr’

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the United States had ‘martyred’ al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in 2011, and that Pakistan was embarrassed by engaging in America’s war on terror in Afghanistan

Pakistan rejects Indian reports on FATF grey list

Pakistan on Friday rejected the Indian media’s fabricated news reports that the country would continue to remain on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list because of its “failure” to achieve the goals of the global watchdog’s action plan in its recently concluded virtual plenary session

India refuses to sit for talks and there is no boundary dispute with China, foreign minister says

Nepals' Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali has counteracted two assertions regarding boundary disputes that have been making the rounds of both Nepali and Indian media—that India offered to sit for talks but was rebuffed by Nepal, and that China has encroached upon more Nepali territory than India

Nepal's ruling party leaders dwell on Nepal-India border regulation

Meanwhile, 18 Standing Committee members of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) who spoke in today’s meeting raised the issue of regulating the porous Nepal-India border

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

No issue with Bhutan, water supply was blocked naturally, says India

The Indian government on Friday said that the water supply from Bhutan to India for irrigation purposes in Assam had been blocked naturally and not out of any tension between the two countries

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

After Pakistan and Nepal, now Bhutan hassling India?

After China, Pakistan and Nepal, now Bhutan has also started hassling India

Pakistan PM discusses regional situation with Sri Lankan president

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephonic conversation with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Thursday

Pompeo cites China's Ladakh attack, 'expansionism' as factor in US reprioritising defence

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cited Chinese Peoples Liberation Army's (PLA) “deadly” confrontation with India as one of the reasons for Washington recalibrating its defence commitments in Europe and looking at countering emerging threats