Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed his government’s intention to work closely with the Trump administration for stronger bilateral ties with the United States. A press release issued from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the premier expressed Pakistan’s “strong desire” to work towards the endeavour while recalling the “decades-long history of close cooperation” […]
Read MoreAn earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan in the early hours of Tuesday. As per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at a depth of 180 kilometres and was recorded at Latitude 36.52 N, Longitude 71.10 E. The earthquake took place at 03:37 AM Indian Standard Time (IST). […]
Read MoreSri Lanka’s budgeted expenditure for 2025 will likely lead to a wider fiscal deficit and slower-than-expected fiscal consolidation, Moody’s Ratings said on Tuesday, a day after the island nation unveiled its budget. Sri Lanka aims to transform its crisis-hit economy to prepare to resume debt repayments from 2028, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Monday […]
Read MoreThe Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) reports an annual revenue decline by MVR 1.1 billion in 2024, compared to the year before. The company reported an annual total revenue of MVR 2.16 billion for last year. In 2023, the company’s total revenue stood at MVR 3.2 billion; indicating a 32.1 percent decline. MTCC’s quarterly […]
Read MoreBhutan is keen on joint venture investments with Bangladesh to tap into the hydropower potential of the Himalayan kingdom, Bhutanese Ambassador Rinchen Kuentsyl said on Tuesday. Bhutan has also taken steps to sign an agreement with Bangladesh’s submarine cable company to get an alternative internet connection from Dhaka, he said. The ambassador discussed the issues […]
Read MoreMCC projects in Nepal have also been halted following the suspension of USAID initiatives. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. aid agency, is facing setbacks as a result. On February 14, the U.S. government sent a letter informing that the implementation of MCC projects should be paused. According to the Ministry of Finance, the […]
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 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 […]
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