Foreign Affairs

Wellington: On Wednesday, New Zealand authorised the use of  Pfizer or  BioNTech Covid-19  vaccine for emergencies expecting to receive the first shipment by April. With this it becomes  the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. The regulators'...

Yangon: Myanmar military has taken off the country after detaining de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with the country's President Win Myint and other senior politicians today in the early hours. The coups came in weeks after the tension...

Washington: On Wednesday, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Kamala Harris, daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, also took oath as the new Vice President. Kamala has written a new chapter in American...

The world of diplomats is peripatetic in nature. Ever so often the person donning the colours of the country as its representative moves on after contributing to bilateral relations in the country of posting. The cycle of change is constant,...

New Delhi: The United Kingdom announced a surprise lockdown on Saturday in London and parts of the country due to the surge in the cases of the coronavirus disease after the discovery of a new strain of the Sars-CoV-2 virus,...

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...