Around noon on Tuesday, when the WhatsApp group of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Delhi started buzzing with queries about an “income tax raid” at the BBC’s offices in India, some journalists on it were not surprised. “It was in some ways our jaded jokes coming true,” said the correspondent of
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Dhaka wants Delhi to remove all tariff, non-tariff barriers
Bangladesh has expressed satisfaction with increasing trade with India and emphasised removing all tariff and non-tariff barriers to reduce the trade deficit. At the foreign office consultation (FOC) Wednesday, Bangladesh sought India's cooperation in resolving the pending issues, especially, concluding water-sharing treaties, including Teesta.Bangladesh also emphasised maintaining a predictable flow
Rising seas appear as ‘death sentence’ for some nations: UN chief names Bangladesh, China, India in particular
The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that global sea levels have risen faster since 1900 and their relentless increase puts countries like Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands at risk and acutely endangers nearly 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas.In a grim speech to the Security Council's first-ever
Bangladesh card for the development of Tripura
Recently, while addressing an election rally in Tripura, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Bangladesh played an important role in the development of Tripura during the tenure of the BJP government. He also said that there has been a lot more activity and exchange between Northeast India than in
Yotta to build hyperscale data park in Dhaka
Yotta Data Services, the data center and cloud services arm of India’s Hiranandani Group, has announced an investment of over 2000 crore Taka (US$ 150 million) to develop a Hyperscale Data Center Park in Dhaka, a press release said Wednesday. Yotta’s Dhaka Data Center Park, situated at Hi-Tech City, Kaliakoir in
Adani Group pre-pays $1,114m loans
Leading Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group promoters have paid the amounts to pre-pay $1,114 million loans ahead of its maturity in September 2024, the company said in a statement. The decision was taken in the of light market volatility and in continuation of the promoters’ commitment to reduce the overall promoter
The Adani Affair: The Fallout For Modi’s India
On Tuesday the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani was shaking hands with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mark what should have been a proud moment for his conglomerate. Adani’s ports division completed a deal to take over Haifa’s port for $1.2bn, a landmark foreign investment for Israel and an emblem of
BPDB for revised power import deal with Adani
The government has sought a revision to the power purchase agreement (PPA) it signed with Adani Power Ltd for importing electricity from its thermal power plant in Jharkhand, India. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the government agency tasked with overseeing the development of the country's power sector, has already sent
Daffodil Polytechnic students visit India
A delegations of 20 students from Daffodil Polytechnic in Bangladesh visited India for 10 days as part of an initiative to develop skilled diploma engineers, a press release said Sunday. The students participated in the International Volunteer and Internship Program (IVIP) at Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas
A security assessment by Indian police in the Himalayan region of Ladakh says there could be more clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along their contested frontier there as Beijing ramps up military infrastructure in the region. At least 24 soldiers were killed when the armies of the Asian giants