US pledges additional USD 4.4 million in funding for Maldives

The United States has pledged an additional USD 4.4 million in funding to the Maldives through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The additional funding was announced at the USAID’s ‘Democracy Delivers’ event held on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly underway in New York. During the event, USAID […]

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China will give duty free market to Bangladesh

China will provide 100% duty-free market facilities to Bangladesh from December 1. On Monday (23 September), the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka announced this information in a statement. It is said that on September 5, President Xi Jinping announced 100 percent duty-free market facilities to least developed (LDC) countries at the China-Africa summit. From the date […]

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Hilsa is not going as a gift to India, it will be exported

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Water Resources commented that Hilsa is not going as a gift to India. He said, it will be exported, Bangladesh government will get the export money. That’s not a small amount of money. He said these things to the media workers […]

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Maldives President Muizzu offers 3 proposals for multilateral cooperation

Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has offered three proposals for multilateral cooperation among United Nations’ (UN) member states. He made the proposals while delivering his address at the Summit of the Future of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held at New York, United States on Sunday. While delivering his speech, President […]

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India extends deadline for repayment of USD 50M by one year

The government of India has extended the deadline for the repayment of USD 50 million Treasury Bill (T-Bill) by one year issued as budgetary support for the government of Maldives. In a statement on Thursday, the Indian High Commission in the Maldives said State Bank of India (SBI) has subscribed the USD 50 million T-Bill […]

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This time, Russia-China is building a nuclear power plant on the moon

Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom is leading an ambitious project to put a small nuclear reactor on the moon. The reactor will be capable of generating up to half a megawatt of electricity, which will provide reliable power for future lunar landings. In a report, the Russian news agency TASS said that Russia and China […]

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India’s medicine and medical sector collapsed due to political change in Bangladesh

Due to ongoing political changes in Bangladesh, the Indian pharmaceutical industry and medical-tourism sector have collapsed. In particular, Indian pharmaceutical companies suffer from delayed payments, shipment delays and unwillingness of importers. Along with this, India’s medical tourism sector is also suffering greatly due to visa complications. Bangladeshis are canceling their medical appointments or delaying treatment […]

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China Southern Airlines to increase Uzbekistan-bound flights

Meeting with executives of China Southern Airlines took place at the Ministry of Transport on Tuesday As part of the implementation of the agreements reached between the Uzbek and Chinese aviation authorities, where the parties discussed the increasing the air travel services between the two countries and expanding the geography of flights. The parties agreed […]

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Bangladesh needs to sit down with Adani Group: India’s External Affairs Ministry

Bangladesh should sit with Adani Group to find out the issues related to the power contract. The Ministry of External Affairs of India has suggested this last Thursday (September 12). According to the report of the Indian media The Hindu, Randhir Jaswal, the spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, gave this advice at […]

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Bangladesh will review Adani’s power contract

Top officials of Bangladesh’s interim government said the operations of Indian businesses, including power supplier Adani Power, will be reviewed. On Thursday (September 12), The Indian Express reported this news about a top official who did not want to be named. Adani Power has been supplying power to Bangladesh under a 2017 agreement. According to […]

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