Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
22 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Delhi wants to move quickly on water sharing issues: Indian envoy
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram K Doraiswami has said they want to move “very quickly” on water sharing of six common rivers during the 50th celebration of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations.
27 December 2020
Bangladeshi death row convict arrested in India: Delhi Police
Delhi Police have arrested a fugitive Bangladeshi national who fled to India after he was sentenced to death for killing a man in Bagerhat in 2005.
27 December 2020
Modi calls farmer protests over contested laws politically motivated
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an agricultural scheme launched last year.
25 December 2020
Pakistani rights activist Karima Baloch found dead in Toronto
Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada.
22 December 2020
CAA rules will be framed after vaccination begins: Indian Home Minister Amit Shah
Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has said the rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act have not yet been framed and the matter will be considered once Covid-19 vaccination starts in the country and the virus transmission chain breaks, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
21 December 2020
India offers Bangladesh its seaports for exports to third countries
India today said it has offered Bangladesh the facility of using Indian sea ports for export to third countries.
17 December 2020
Bangladesh ‘significant pillar’ of India’s Neighbourhood First policy: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that Bangladesh remains a "significant pillar" of India's Neighbourhood First policy as he held a virtual summit with his counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
17 December 2020
PM for further integrating Bangladesh-India economies
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today suggested further integrating economies of Bangladesh and India to consolidate the global and regional value chains.
17 December 2020
Hasina-Modi virtual summit: 7 MoUs signed
Bangladesh and India signed seven memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in seven sectors during a virtual summit today.
17 December 2020
Sudhir Chakravarti, renowned writer on folk culture, dies aged 86
Eminent researcher of Bangla folk culture and writer Sudhir Chakravarti died in a private hospital in Kolkata. He was 86 years old.
15 December 2020
Hasina-Modi talks expected to yield 9 MoUs: Momen
Bangladesh and India are expected to ink nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to hold talks with her counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said in Dhaka today.
15 December 2020
One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty
For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, just ten minutes walk from his house.
11 December 2020
Hasina, Modi set to re-launch Chilahati-Haldibari rail route after 55 years
After a hiatus of 55 years, the rail link between Chilahati in Bangladesh and Haldibari in West Bengal state of India is all set to reopen on December 17 when prime ministers of the two countries hold a virtual bilateral summit and inaugurate the key connectivity between India and Bangladesh.
11 December 2020
China's exports, imports seen expanding at faster pace in November: Reuters poll
China’s exports and imports are expected to rise at a faster pace in November, helped by strong demand and coronavirus-related disruptions at factories in other countries, a Reuters poll showed today.
4 December 2020
India rejects references to Jammu, Kashmir in resolutions adopted at OIC meeting
India has rejected the references to recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir in resolutions adopted by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at its meeting in Niger as “factually incorrect, gratuitous and unwarranted”.
30 November 2020
Serum Institute of India prepares Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Covid vaccine trial volunteer
The Serum Institute of India, which is testing and manufacturing Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, tonight responded to "malicious and misconceived" allegations by preparing a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against a 40-year-old coronavirus vaccine trial participant who claimed to have suffered a "virtual neurological breakdown" after being administered a dose.
29 November 2020
Myanmar should schedule by-polls where Nov 8 election was cancelled: Fortify Rights
Myanmar should immediately schedule by-elections in areas where the Union Election Commission (UEC) cancelled the November 8 polls, and ensure the right to vote for all eligible persons, including Rohingya and others disenfranchised under discriminatory laws, said Fortify Rights yesterday.
25 November 2020
4 MoUs likely to be signed during Bangladesh-India PM talks: Momen
Four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) are likely to be signed during the virtual meeting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi next month.
23 November 2020
India keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms
India has said it is keen to work with Bangladesh on defence hardware platforms like Akash missile, radars, mortars, artillery guns and ammunitions and invited investments from its eastern neighbour in two key Indian defence industrial corridors.
20 November 2020
India summons Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires to protest ceasefire violations
India today summoned the Charge d’Affaires of Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over “unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces” on multiple sectors along the de facto border in Jammu yesterday, resulting in the death of four civilians and serious injuries to 19 others.
14 November 2020