Foreign Affairs

In a dynamic engagement with Bangladesh in keeping with India’s ``Neighbourhood First’’ policy, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar on Monday called his Bangladesh counterpart Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen to finalize the date of the proposed 6th meeting of Foreign...

Amidst ongoing border standoff and escalating tensions between India and China, it is confirmed that the 5th BIMSTEC summit will be held in January 2021. Highly placed government sources in New Delhi have confirmed that all heads of the governments of...

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla gave enough hint publicly to resolve all outstanding issues with Bangladesh soon. Mr Shringla was speaking on Friday in a webinar organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a subsidiary organisation of...

At a time when China has become desperate to woo Bangladesh Government, people of the country have started a protest against the Chinese 'invasion' into the society of Bangladesh. A massive protest was held outside Dhaka Press Club on Friday...

New Delhi and Dhaka have decided to showcase their good neighborly relations as a 'model ' on the world stage. As both, the countries will celebrate Golden Jubilee of diplomatic relations coinciding with 50 years of the liberation struggle of...

In a rare gesture, Bangladesh will construct a monument in the memory of Indian soldiers martyred in the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the country's independence.   Liberation War Affairs Minister of Bangladesh Mozammel Haque...

Amidst COVID pandemic crisis India and Bangladesh took major steps to avoid bottleneck on the land route and decided to expand inland river transport protocol to boost bilateral trade. High commissioner of India in Dhaka Riva Das Ganguly and  Secretary...

Yale researchers will begin a clinical trial at Yale-New Haven Hospital to test the effectiveness of a drug called ibudilast (MN-166) for treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a life-threatening lung condition developed by some of the most seriously ill...

In a rare gesture extended to its closest friendly neighbor Bangladesh, India has permitted it to take back Bangladeshi citizens who had been stranded in the country after the national lockdown since March 25. The lockdown was declared to contain...

With much of the U.S. in shutdown mode to limit the spread of the Covid-19 disease, a debate has sprung up about when the country might “reopen” commerce, to limit economic fallout from the pandemic. But as a new study...