China’s military on Monday condemned the sailing of a Canadian warship in the Taiwan Strait, saying its air and naval forces had monitored and warned the ship. Canada’s actions “deliberately stirred up trouble” and undermined peace and stability in the strait, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said in a statement.
Read MoreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Palestinians should be given the choice to leave Gaza. Speaking to Jewish American organizations gathered in Jerusalem, Netanyahu again praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza. “Give them a choice. Not forcible eviction. Not ethnic cleansing,” he said. Trump’s call for Palestinians […]
Read MoreA total of 50.2% Indians want Hasina out of the country, according to a survey by The India Today NE. The India Today NE, a news outlet, ran a survey recently titled ‘Mood of the Nation’ that revealed Indian people’s opinions on their government sheltering former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Of the 50.2%, a […]
Read MoreBangladesh and India today (16 February) recognised the challenges the two neighbours are facing in terms of bilateral relations and discussed the necessity to work together to address those. The discussion took place at a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of […]
Read MorePresident of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Kuwait on February 17-18 at the invitation of Amir of Kuwait Meshal Al Sabah, UzA reported. According to the visit program, bilateral high-level talks will be held in Kuwait city, along with meetings with the country’s leadership, government officials, and heads of leading Kuwaiti […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that the country’s dried fruit exports decreased in the first ten months of this solar year compared to the same period last year. According to the ministry’s statistics, over 350 million dollars’ worth of dried fruit has been exported in the first ten months of this solar year, […]
Read MoreSri Lanka’s inflation is expected to increase “sizeably” in the third quarter this year (3Q25), with the possibility of it hovering around 2 percentage points above the inflation target in mid-2026, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said in its monetary policy report that was released yesterday. “Nonetheless, headline inflation is forecast to converge […]
Read MoreMinister of Tourism and Environment Thoriq Ibrahim states the government will promote special features of islands across the Maldives to help boost local tourism at the locations. Local tourism has been expanded to many Maldivian islands. Responding to a question from a member of the general public at Saturday night’s ‘Ahaa’ Forum, Minister Thoriq said […]
Read MoreBangladesh and Bhutan have expressed optimism that they would be able to maximize the potential of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), signed between the two neighbours. This was observed when Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Rinchen Kuentsyl made a farewell call on Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at the State Guest House Padma on Sunday, according to a foreign ministry’s […]
Read MoreThe US government has cancelled $39 million in aid allocated for Nepal’s federalism and biodiversity conservation projects. The funding included $20 million for fiscal federalism and $19 million for biodiversity conservation, the US Department of Government Efficiency said in a post on X. US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all […]
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