India not part of Russian meet on Afghanistan
March 11 ,2021
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. File Photo | Photo Credit: AP
Expanded ‘Troika’ inc...
Nepal-Bangladesh trade pact stuck over other duties or cha...
March 11 ,2021
In the fiscal year 2019-20, Nepal shipped goods worth Rs954 million to Bangladesh while it bought more than five times that amount fr...
Russia invites Pakistan to meeting on Afghan peace
March 11 ,2021
A car with a Pakistani flag waits for Pakistani Minister Imran Khan outside the Great Hall of the People during his visit in Beijing,...
India, Bangladesh exploring proposal for cross-border refi...
March 11 ,2021
India yesterday said it is exploring with Bangladesh a proposal for supplying refined-LNG through cross-border pipeline and establishme...
REC, PFC sign pact to finance 600-megawatt hydropower proj...
March 11 ,2021
State-owned entities REC Ltd and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) have entered into a pact with Bhutan-based Kholongchhu Hydro Energy Lt...
Sri Lanka insists it has not accepted coup in Myanmar
March 11 ,2021
Sri Lanka yesterday insisted it has not acknowledged the military coup in Myanmar.
Foreign Secretary Admiral Jayantha Colombage told C...
After pigeons, India takes PIA balloon into custody in occ...
March 11 ,2021
This photo shows the balloon seized by police in occupied Kashmir. — Photo courtesy Khaleej Times
In a bizarre turn of event...
Modi’s Bangladesh visit to be loaded with political messag...
March 11 ,2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to send across a political message from Bangladesh to electorates in West Bengal, which will go...
Another 300 protesters in Yangon arrested by Junta’s Secur...
March 11 ,2021
About 300 protesters were reportedly arrested Wednesday during the military junta’s continuing crackdown against anti-regime demo...
Nepal’s governing communist party ‘dismissed’ from poll re...
March 11 ,2021
Nepal’s governing party of former Maoist rebels and fellow communists have split after the top elections body ruled its name was...
New crisis, new opportunity in Myanmar
March 11 ,2021
The global community, led by the U.S., should empower Bangladesh to negotiate a sustainable future for the Rohingya in Myanmar.
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