Sharmishtha Mukherjee, daughter of late Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, today (September 7, 2022) met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina maintaining the long association between the two families.

India has offered free transit via its territory to Bangladesh for exporting its products to third countries through specified land customs stations, airports, and seaports.

Noting with satisfaction that the number of deaths due to incidents along the border has significantly reduced, Bangladesh and India agreed to work towards bringing the number down to zero, according to a joint statement.

A fire tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam killing 12 people and leaving 11 injured, a local official said Wednesday.

Chinese firefighters worked in treacherous terrain yesterday to help evacuate more than 11,000 people after a magnitude-6.8 quake struck China’s mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan a day earlier, killing at least 66 people.

India yesterday approved a locally developed, needle-free and nasally administered Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a boost to the country’s homegrown pharmaceutical industry.

The United Nations warned yesterday that the humanitarian situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan was expected to get worse, a day after establishing an air bridge to deliver aid to victims.

Former Congress party president Rahul Gandhi today (September 6, 2022) met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her hotel suite at ITC Maurya in New Delhi.

 India has again assured Bangladesh of resolving the issue of Teesta water sharing, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said today (September 6, 2022).

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina today (September 6, 2022) called on Indian President Draupadi Murmu at India’s Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Bangladesh and India will soon start negotiating on a bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today (September 6, 2022).

Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today (September 6, 2022) virtually opened the 1320 (660x2) MW Maitree super thermal power project at Rampal in Khulna and four other projects, including a rail bridge on Rupsha River and Khulna-Darshana and Parbatipur-Kaunia rail link projects.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Bangladesh is the biggest development and trade partner of India.

India and Sri Lanka will lock horns in their second Super 4 fixture of the Asia Cup in Dubai tonight and the two sides are set to approach the game with contrasting momentums.

Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said yesterday.

Beijing yesterday accused the United States of launching “tens of thousands” of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data, including from a public research university.

Engineers breached Pakistan’s biggest freshwater lake to drain water threatening nearby towns, officials said yesterday, as heavy rain poured misery on millions affected by the country’s worst floods in history.

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah yesterday called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to act more urgently in its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and spur a peace process in junta-ruled Myanmar.

At least 30 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck southwestern China yesterday, state media reported, as violent tremors in a remote region damaged homes and left some areas without electricity.

Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi today (September 5, 2022).