South Asia

CAA will be implemented soon: India’s ruling party president

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party President Jagat Prakash Nadda has said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, that gives Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, will be implemented soon.
Chinese soldier captured in Ladakh: Indian defence ministry

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldier was captured today by India in eastern Ladakh where the troops of the two countries are locked in a six-month-old standoff.
9 Bangladeshis face charge sheets in India for human trafficking

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has filed charge sheets against 12 people including nine Bangladeshi nationals for their alleged involvement in trafficking girls from Bangladesh to India for prostitution, an official from the agency revealed today.
Bus crash kills 16 in northern Pakistan

Sixteen people were killed when a passenger bus was forced off the road by a landslide in a mountainous area of northern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.
Bangladesh invites Modi to join March 26 programme in person

Bangladesh has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh on March 26 next year in person to jointly celebrate the Independence Day of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, 3 other countries want Indian Covid-19 vaccine trials: Indian PM Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there are requests to India from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Qatar and Bhutan for holding vaccine clinical trials in their countries.
UAE travel alert: Bangladeshis will need round-trip ticket to enter Dubai

UAE has asked airlines and travel agents to implement new procedures for visit/tourist visa holders flying into Dubai from five countries including Bangladesh, after hundreds of passengers stranded at Dubai International Airport since October 13 were flown back to their countries, Gulf News said in a report.
India to hand Myanmar Navy their first submarine

India announce it will hand over a kilo class submarine to Myanmar Navy, giving that country its first such warship.
India resumes work on Asia’s longest tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir

India today resumed work on Asia’s longest tunnel road in Jammu and Kashmir that would provide all-weather connectivity between mainland and strategically located areas bordering China and Pakistan.
Soumitra Chatterjee tests Covid-19 negative: Hospital sources

Noted actor Soumitra Chatterjee has tested negative for coronavirus and his condition has improved, doctors attending on him at a private hospital in Kolkata say.
Rohingya repatriation: US to engage anew after Myanmar polls in November

The US will engage with Myanmar anew over the Rohingya repatriation and human rights violations in Rakhine State after the national elections in Myanmar to be held on November 8, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said after a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun.
Bangladesh will get top priority for Indian Covid-19 vaccine: Doraiswami

Newly appointed High Commissioner of India Vikram Kumar Doraiswami today said Bangladesh will get top priority in the trial, distribution, delivery and partial co-production of a potential Indian Covid-19 vaccine.
Bangladesh-India likely to hold meeting of Joint Rivers Commission this year: foreign secretary

The meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) between Bangladesh and India may be held within this year, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti freed after 14 months in detention

After 14 months in detention, Mehbooba Mufti, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has been freed as the federally-ruled territory administration revoked the stringent Public Safety Act charges against her.
Depression: Bangladeshi ship runs aground in India’s Andhra Pradesh

An 80-metre long Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Maa drifted from the anchorage point and ran aground due to storm amid deep depression near Tenneti Park of Andhra Pradesh in India early today.
Delhi’s air quality in ‘very poor’ category for the first time this season

The air quality in Indian capital Delhi slid into the “very poor” category today for the first time this season as gentle wind and low temperatures allowed accumulation of pollutants.
Flights to India to resume soon, Indian envoy hopes

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka, Vikram Doraiswami, says that he is hopeful about resuming air operation between India and Bangladesh "very quickly."
Indian govt urges probes into rape cases to be completed within 2 months

The Indian government has issued a fresh advisory to states on mandatory action in cases of crimes against women saying that probe into rape cases must be completed within two months.
Indian High Commission in Dhaka announces resumption of visa services

The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has announced resumption of online visa services for Bangladesh citizens.
Thailand hopes to sign free trade deal with Bangladesh soon: Outgoing Thai envoy

Thailand hopes to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh soon, outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Arunrung Phothong Humphreys has said.
Bangladesh ahead in South Asia in GDP growth in FY2019-20: WB

The World Bank in a report has estimated that Bangladesh will do better than its South Asian neighbours in GDP growth for the fiscal year 2019-20.
India conveys support for quick repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh

India today conveyed support for ensuring safe, sustainable and speedy repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and announced trade concessions to Myanmar as India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army Chief Gen M M Naravane wrapped up their two-day visit to the South East Asian country.
Tripura critical to India-Bangladesh ties: Indian envoy-designate to Bangladesh

Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami has visited Tripura and a number of connectivity projects between India and Bangladesh before his scheduled arrival in Dhaka tomorrow.
India’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 with no sign of an end

India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rises past 100,000, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, and its epidemic shows no sign of abating.
Rohingya issue to figure in talks as Indian foreign secretary, army chief set to visit Myanmar

Repatriation of Rohingya refugees and the threat posed by Pakistan-based terror groups that are allegedly trying to infiltrate Rohingya in camps in Bangladesh are likely to be among the issues Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane and the country’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will discuss during their one-day visit to Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital.
Actor Sushant Rajput’s death was a suicide, murder completely ruled out: AIIMS

A medical board of India’s top state-owned hospital All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi today ruled out murder in the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and said it was "a case of hanging and death by suicide”.
‘Two Asian powerhouses are competing in Myanmar’s Rakhine’

Military and security expert Dr M Sakhawat Hossain (SIPG, NSU) tells The Daily Star
The faces of India’s coronavirus pandemic as deaths hit 100,000

Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only to the number in the United States.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi arrested

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been arrested by the police on Thursday and taken to the police station while they were on their way to Hathras to meet the family of a gang rape victim.
Babri Masjid demolition “not pre-planned”: Indian court says in ruling

About three decades after the 16th century Babri mosque was razed, a special court in India today acquitted all the 32 people, including Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, in the case saying “there is no conclusive and enough proof” against the accused.