Indo-Bangladesh tour operators intend to go for joint venture

April 18, 2022, 10:47 am Agartala, April 18 : Tripura Tourism Development Corporation hosted an interface meeting of tour operators of Bangladesh and other states of Northeast, West Bengal and Delhi on Monday here to finalise the strategies to boost tourism business in the region. The tourism officials said as many as 25 major tourism … Read more

Pakistan gives more time for Indian aid to Kabul

April 18, 2022, 12:21 pm Islamabad, April 18 ( /Xinhua) The Pakistani government has granted India’s request to extend the time period for overland transportation of humanitarian assistance from New Delhi to Afghanistan. The time period expired on March 21 this year. “As a manifestation of our sincere efforts towards addressing the humanitarian crisis in … Read more

Moscow-India trade up more than 60 pc in 2021

April 18, 2022, 12:34 pm Moscow, April 18 ( /Sputnik) The Russian capital increased its bilateral trade with India in 2021 by 62.7 per cent to $4.5 billion, Moscow’s deputy mayor for economic policy, Vladimir Efimov, said on Monday. “Russia is one of India’s main partners. Priority is given to the expansion of the bilateral … Read more

Bangladesh rubbishes US Human Rights report

April 18, 2022, 12:22 pm Dhaka, April 17 : Bangladesh has strongly denied the Human Rights Report 2021 published by the US Department of State which raised several questions about issues like forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, electoral process, freedom of expression in the country among many others. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in … Read more

Ukraine rejects Russian deadline to surrender in Mariupol

April 17, 2022, 9:42 pm Kyiv, April 17 : The Ukrainian forces beseiged in Mariupol city have rejected Russia’s demands to surrender and continue to resist the assault, top Ukrainian official said on Sunday. “There are still our military forces, our soldiers so they will fight until the end and as for now they are … Read more