CAA rules will be framed after vaccination begins: Indian Home Minister Amit Shah

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has said the rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act have not yet been framed and the matter will be considered once Covid-19 vaccination starts in the country and the virus transmission chain breaks, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
21 December 2020, 06:10 AM

India offers Bangladesh its seaports for exports to third countries

India today said it has offered Bangladesh the facility of using Indian sea ports for export to third countries.
17 December 2020, 14:38 PM

Bangladesh ‘significant pillar’ of India’s Neighbourhood First policy: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that Bangladesh remains a "significant pillar" of India's Neighbourhood First policy as he held a virtual summit with his counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
17 December 2020, 07:43 AM

PM for further integrating Bangladesh-India economies

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today suggested further integrating economies of Bangladesh and India to consolidate the global and regional value chains.
17 December 2020, 07:38 AM

Hasina-Modi virtual summit: 7 MoUs signed

Bangladesh and India signed seven memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in seven sectors during a virtual summit today.
17 December 2020, 06:08 AM

Sudhir Chakravarti, renowned writer on folk culture, dies aged 86

Eminent researcher of Bangla folk culture and writer Sudhir Chakravarti died in a private hospital in Kolkata. He was 86 years old.
15 December 2020, 17:38 PM

Hasina-Modi talks expected to yield 9 MoUs: Momen

Bangladesh and India are expected to ink nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to hold talks with her counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said in Dhaka today.
15 December 2020, 14:37 PM

One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty

For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, just ten minutes walk from his house.
11 December 2020, 11:13 AM

Hasina, Modi set to re-launch Chilahati-Haldibari rail route after 55 years

After a hiatus of 55 years, the rail link between Chilahati in Bangladesh and Haldibari in West Bengal state of India is all set to reopen on December 17 when prime ministers of the two countries hold a virtual bilateral summit and inaugurate the key connectivity between India and Bangladesh.
11 December 2020, 05:25 AM

China's exports, imports seen expanding at faster pace in November: Reuters poll

China’s exports and imports are expected to rise at a faster pace in November, helped by strong demand and coronavirus-related disruptions at factories in other countries, a Reuters poll showed today.
4 December 2020, 06:35 AM

India rejects references to Jammu, Kashmir in resolutions adopted at OIC meeting

India has rejected the references to recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir in resolutions adopted by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at its meeting in Niger as “factually incorrect, gratuitous and unwarranted”.
30 November 2020, 08:10 AM

Serum Institute of India prepares Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Covid vaccine trial volunteer

The Serum Institute of India, which is testing and manufacturing Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, tonight responded to "malicious and misconceived" allegations by preparing a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against a 40-year-old coronavirus vaccine trial participant who claimed to have suffered a "virtual neurological breakdown" after being administered a dose.
29 November 2020, 16:25 PM

Myanmar should schedule by-polls where Nov 8 election was cancelled: Fortify Rights

Myanmar should immediately schedule by-elections in areas where the Union Election Commission (UEC) cancelled the November 8 polls, and ensure the right to vote for all eligible persons, including Rohingya and others disenfranchised under discriminatory laws, said Fortify Rights yesterday.
25 November 2020, 11:46 AM

4 MoUs likely to be signed during Bangladesh-India PM talks: Momen

Four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) are likely to be signed during the virtual meeting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi next month.
23 November 2020, 16:44 PM

India keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms

India has said it is keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms like Akash missile, radars, mortars, artillery guns and ammunitions and invited investments from its eastern neighbour in two key Indian defence industrial corridors.
20 November 2020, 07:54 AM

India summons Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires to protest ceasefire violations

India today summoned the Charge d’Affaires of Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over “unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces” on multiple sectors along the de facto border in Jammu yesterday, resulting in the death of four civilians and serious injuries to 19 others.
14 November 2020, 16:51 PM

Pakistan's Punjab province bans invasive test for rape victims

Authorities in Pakistan's most populous province on Saturday banned an outdated medical procedure in which rape victims are subjected to an invasive physical examination.
14 November 2020, 14:45 PM

Dhaka-Delhi to have multiple engagements in Dec to advance ties

Bangladesh and India will chart out plans to take the "rock-solid and historic" Dhaka-Delhi relations to the next level, expanding areas of cooperation between the two countries with a number of engagements in December, officials say.
14 November 2020, 13:03 PM

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire, at least 15 dead

At least 10 civilians and five security personnel were killed in cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan on Friday, in one of this year’s deadliest days along the heavily militarised frontier separating the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said.
13 November 2020, 16:43 PM

Suu Kyi's party wins absolute majority in Myanmar polls

Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party secured an absolute majority in Myanmar's election, official results showed on Friday, in a poll disputed by the military-aligned opposition and criticised by rights groups.
13 November 2020, 10:33 AM