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Former Head of Congress Rahul Gandhi Former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi took aim at the Center on Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its recent projections showed that Bangladesh is catching up with India in terms of per capita income. Sharing a graph showing the projection of gross …

India’s economy will contract by a whopping 10.3 percent this year, the IMF said. New Delhi: India is projected to fall below Bangladesh in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, as the economy, according to the International Monetary Fund, is forecast to contract by 10.3% this year. The …

India and Bangladesh on Tuesday created a high-level mechanism to monitor New Delhi-funded development projects, even as Dhaka sought the removal of non-tariff barriers and greater trade facilitation to improve the export of its products. Bangladesh’s long-standing demand for an early resolution of the Teesta River water exchange and agreements …

Indian authorities are exploring the option of allowing the movement of onion supplies already contracted by Bangladeshi importers after Dhaka formally complained about the impact of New Delhi’s ban on exports of the product. Dozens of trucks carrying onions bound for Bangladesh were stopped at border crossings in West Bengal …

India and Japan are considering cooperating on projects in Bangladesh and Myanmar as part of their efforts to work together in third countries, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. The East India-Japan Law Forum, which focuses on specific projects to modernize the Northeast region of India, is also of …

NEW DELHI: Onion prices remain more or less stable around ₹40 per kilogram in the markets of Delhi. In August, wholesale and retail onion prices across the Indian level fell 34.5% and 4% respectively compared to last year’s level. So why did the government hastily ban the export of onions …

India and Bangladesh are set to launch a new river trade route on Saturday, when a Bangladeshi ship will transport a cargo of cement to Tripura, as part of efforts to boost connectivity between the two countries. A test of an inland waterway protocol route between the two nations began …

Bangladesh mosque explosion: Police said at least 45 people were injured in the explosion. Dhaka: An alleged gas explosion tore through a Bangladeshi mosque, killing at least 16 people, while dozens suffered life-threatening burns, police said Saturday. Worshipers were in prayers on Friday night when the blast sent a fireball …

A gas pipeline explosion near a mosque in Bangladesh killed 16 people and injured dozens with critical burns as worshipers were about to finish their prayers, authorities said Saturday. The explosion, which firefighters suspect was caused by a gas pipeline leak, occurred Friday night at a mosque in the Narayanganj …

After a long wait, Tripura will witness the arrival of the first ship from neighboring Bangladesh on Saturday, which will connect the state’s Gomati River with India’s national waterways via Bangladesh’s Meghna River. Testing of the inland waterways protocol route between India and Bangladesh began on Thursday with a boat …