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Bhutan struggles to export cabbage to India

Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited’s (FCBL) auction yard in Phuentsholing is struggling to export cabbage because the markets across the border are flooded with cabbage from Shillong and Darjeeling

Pakistan remains 'safe haven' for 'terrorist groups': US report

In an annual report released on Wednesday, the US State Department said Pakistan continued to serve as a “safe haven for certain regionally-focused terrorist groups.”

Pakistan slams India for seeking reduction in diplomatic staff

A day after India unilaterally asked for Pakistani diplomatic staff to be reduced in the country, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said New Delhis treatment of diplomats amounts to a "clear violation of the Vienna Convention"

Pakistan to convert locusts into organic fertilisers

The Pakistan government has decided to convert locust swarms, which have been described by some as a bigger threat than the coronavirus pandemic, into fertilisers with the help of communities, a media report said on Thursday

Pakistan opens Attari-Wagah border for three days to repatriate Indians

The Attari-Wagah border will open for three days starting today to repatriate stranded Indians in Pakistan, the interior ministry said on Thursday

BSF kills Bangladeshi ‘cattle smuggler’ in Lalmonirhat

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead an alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler at Shamsernagar border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early today

AQIS trying to present itself as alternative support to Kashmir insurgency: Europol

Terror group Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has tried to present itself as an alternative force providing support to the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, European Union law enforcement cooperation agency Europol said on Wednesday

Assam farmers resent Bhutan’s decision to stop irrigation water

Hundreds of farmers from 25 villages of Assam’s Baksa along the Indo-Bhutan border have strongly resented the Bhutan government’s decision to not allow farmers from the Indian side to channelize water from Bhutan’s side for irrigation

Sri Lanka plans US$4bn PPP for light rail project

Sri Lanka plans to request proposals to fund a 2.2 billion US dollar light rail transit project after cancelling a Japanese soft-loan project, which will also involved up to 2.0 billion dollars of related investments, a top official said amid concerns that the project will be a non-starter

Coronavirus casts shadow on Padma Bridge construction on time

Bangladesh is building its largest infrastructure Padma Bridge despite the coronavirus pandemic, but the crisis has thrown the timely completion of the project into uncertainty

US slams Pakistan for not acting against anti-India terrorists

The United States slammed Pakistan on Wednesday for continuing to be a safe haven for terrorist groups and for failing to prosecute Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) boss Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) Mumbai attack mastermind Sajid Mir

A bridge in nine hours in Bhutan

The old Bhutanese saying, “too many frogs can kill a tiger,” indicating coordination and cooperation came alive at Tashiling, Trongsa when a 40 feet temporary bailey bridge was readied in a record time of nine hours

SBP receives $1 billion from World Bank, ADB in fight against COVID-19

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $1billion — $500 million each from World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday to facilitate the country during its fight against coronavirus

World Bank provides $500m in loans for Bangladesh roadwork in western districts

The World Bank has approved $500 million to help Bangladesh improve road connectivity along the Jashore-Jhenaidah corridor covering four western districts

Bangladesh among top three Asian nations promoting green financing

Green financing is rapidly gaining traction in the Bangladesh market thanks to the country's specific focus on issuing green loans, according to an International Finance Corporation (IFC) report