Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is presently on a four-day official visit to China since Monday, has said Nepal is interested in welcoming investments from China. In his address to a reception organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade here […]
Read MoreBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission ordered to remove all social media posts on her inflammatory remarks. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has banned broadcasting, publishing, and spreading any hate speech by ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India, in all types of mass and social media. The tribunal has also ordered the Bangladesh […]
Read MoreHotel owners in the Indian state of Tripura have decided to temporarily close all hotels and restaurants to Bangladeshi nationals in protest against the torture of Hindus in Bangladesh and the unjust arrest of Chinmoy Prabhu. This decision was taken recently at an emergency meeting of the Tripura Hotel Association. The Hotel Association said that […]
Read MoreThe influential American daily The New York Times (NYT) believes that the once friendly relations between the two South Asian neighbors, Bangladesh and India, have now turned bitter. This was stated by The New York Times in a report titled ‘Two South Asian Neighbors, Once Friendly, and Now at Bitter Odds’ on the current relations […]
Read MoreA total of 1,000 tons worth of goods have been transported via the sea-to-air service provided at the Velana International Airport (VIA). The Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), which operates the airport, confirmed that with Virgin Atlantic signing up for the service on Monday, VIA will be extending the seat-to-air service to a total of […]
Read MoreSri Lanka’s merchandise export earnings in October 2024 climbed to US$ 1.097 billion, marking an 18.22 percent year-on-year increase, driven by higher earnings from key export categories, including apparel and textiles, tea, rubber-based products, coconut-based products, and spices and concentrates. On a month-on-month basis, export earnings in October expanded 8.44 percent compared to September 2024. […]
Read MoreNepali officials were paid $2.5 million in bribes to seal the contract for the $209.6-million Airbus deal, the largest in Nepal’s aviation history, charging documents filed in the US court show. Deepak Sharma, a former executive of the US-based aviation services provider AAR, pleaded guilty in July earlier this year to conspiracy to violate the […]
Read MoreNepal and China have officially signed the BRI Cooperation Framework during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to China. This development formally further advances Nepal’s involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a programme China proposed and Nepal initially signed in 2017. The signing was delayed on Tuesday due to disagreements over terminology to […]
Read MoreThe Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, the capital of Tripura, India, was attacked. The Bangladesh flag was also set on fire at the time. Through this, India violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961. The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry gave this reaction in a press release on Monday night. It mentioned the violation of […]
Read MoreBangladesh told Adani to keep supplying only half the power for now, officials said, although it will keep paying its old dues. Bangladesh has halved the power it buys from India’s Adani Power, citing lower winter demand, government officials told Reuters today, amid disagreements over dues running into hundreds of millions of dollars and pricing. […]
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