Category Archives: South Asia

BNP nominates stalwart Mirza Fakhrul for Bangladesh presidential poll

Bangladesh set for elections on August 20

Tarique Rahman likely to visit India

Tarique Rahman likely to visit India

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to undertake his first official visit

Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman (L) with Indian high commissioner Dinesh Trivedi in Dhaka Monday

Bangladesh has said PM’s proposed visit to India will depend on the extradition of Sheikh

Bangladesh has said PM's proposed visit to India will depend on the extradition of Sheikh [...]

Tarique Rahman’s govt attached tough conditions for New Delhi prior to his possible bilateral

Tarique Rahman's govt attached tough conditions for New Delhi prior to his possible bilateral visit [...]

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Dhaka terms UN’s report on al-Qaida presence in B’desh ‘assumption-driven’

UN warns Al Qaida seeking to establish terrorist cells in Bangladesh. Photo credit: IANS

Hand grenade blast near school in Hazara neighbourhood: The wider industry impact

Hand grenade blast near school in Hazara neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi injures at least 50, local [...]

” Days before Gen Seth’s arrival, hundreds of former Indian Army personnel, their families

Nepal prime minister Balen Shah. (File photo)

Days before Gen Seth’s arrival, hundreds of former Indian Army personnel, their families

Calls for Nepal to allow its citizens to join the Indian Army under its Agnipath [...]

Responding to a question on Nepal’s border dispute with India, Shah said, “After becoming PM, I

Opposition parties had been demanding Shah's presence since May, accusing him of avoiding parliamentary scrutiny. [...]