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Covid vaccines: Bangladesh to get top priority, says Indian envoy

Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has said Bangladesh would get top priority in trial, distribution, delivery, and partial co-production of the potential Indian COVID-19 vaccine

Bangladesh to overtake India in per capita GDP

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Bangladesh will overtake India in per capita GDP for 2020. As India's growth falls, amongst the most in the world, India is on track to fall below Bangladesh in terms of the per capita GDP

Indian Army chief to visit Nepal in November

At a time when India-Nepal ties have reached a historic low due to the boundary dispute that erupted last year, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will visit the neighbouring country in November, the Nepal Army announced on Wednesday

India has sent feelers for talks, claims Pakistan

India has sent messages to Pakistan over the past year expressing a desire for conversation, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser on national security and strategic policy planning Moeed Yusuf told The Wire in a TV interview with the Indian news portal on Tuesday

Bangladesh-India likely to hold meeting of Joint Rivers Commission this year

The meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) between Bangladesh and India may be held within this year, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen

Tripura CM ask Bangladeshi envoy to expedite ongoing bilateral projects

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday asked Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Muhammad Imran, to take steps on the early completion of the ongoing projects for the benefit of the two neighbours

Bangladeshi cargo ship runs aground on Vizag beach in south India

A 70-metre long Bangladeshi cargo ship ran aground at a Visakhapatnam beach near Tenneti Park due to heavy rains and winds triggered by the deep depression

Basmati rice to be imported under Pakistan-Sri Lanka Trade Agreement

Sri Lanka has restricted the importation of Basmati rice under a trade agreement with Pakistan to two state firms, the government announced on Tuesday

Pakistan embassy in Kabul issued over 2000 visas in one day

The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul has taken urgent measures to provide Pakistani visas for the Afghan nationals

Tender process for Male Connectivity Project to begin soon: Indian envoy

Indian High Commissioner Sunjay Sudhir, on Monday, revealed that the tender process for the Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP), would commence within the upcoming days

Top Pakistani LeT man Saif-ul-lah killed in Kashmir shootout

Top Pakistani Lashkar e Taiba militant Saif-ul-lah, involved in a number of fatal attacks on the Central Reserve Police Force troopers, was killed along with one more terrorist, in a shootout in Srinagar on Monday

Bangladesh-India flights will resume soon, Indian envoy hopes

Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami today said that he is hopeful about resuming air operation between India and Bangladesh "very quickly."

India's Exim Bank extends $400 mn Line of Credit to the Maldives

The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on Monday said it has extended a $400 million Line of Credit (LoC) for the Greater Male Connectivity Project in the Maldives

India could kill us all and capture Maldives if it wanted: Minister

Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has declared that India has it within its powers to kill the Maldivian people and capture Maldives, if it wanted to capture the island state

Maulana Adil’s killing an ‘Indian attempt’ to fan sectarian conflict: Pakistan PM

While condemning the killing of prominent scholar Maulana Adil Khan in Karachi, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that for the last three months, India has been attempting to target religious scholars from both Sunni and Shia sects to create sectarian conflict across the country