China hosts first trilateral with Pakistan, BangladeshChina hosted the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and Bangladesh in a first-ever trilateral meeting in Kunming, focusing on enhanced coopera...
21 Jun, 2025, 12.11 AM IST
Bangladesh owes Tripura Rs 200 crore in unpaid electricity billsBangladesh has unpaid electricity bills of Rs 200 crore to Tripura. Tripura continues supplying 60-70 megawatts of power. Tripura may disco...
23 Dec, 2024, 01.01 PM IST
Beyond Chabahar: India’s port power play in Bangladesh to boost regional trade, counter ChinaAcquiring the managing rights for Chabahar port in Iran, Sittwe port in Myanmar and Mongla port in Bangladesh gives India significant influ...
20 Jul, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina says India can access Chittagong port to enhance connectivityEarlier in the year 2010, India and Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to allow for the use of Chittagong and Mongla Por...
29 Apr, 2022, 09.48 AM IST
Undivided Assam had a per-capita income higher than the national average: Chandra Mohan Patowary‘Lately, things have improved in a significant manner’, said Patowary and mentioned about the initiatives of Government of Assam to remove ...
21 Dec, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
Vistara to start flights to Bangladesh from Nov 5 under air bubble pactVistara's announcement comes a day after budget carrier SpiceJet said it will operate flights to Dhaka and port city Chittagong from India ...
27 Oct, 2020, 03.52 PM IST
Multi-modal logistics park will generate 20 lakh jobs once completed: Nitin GadkariDesigned as a state of art facility, MMLP Jogighopa is envisioned to drive economic growth and trade competitiveness of the country through...
20 Oct, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
ET Analysis: Transit via Bangladesh ports for NE India to give impetus to BBIN constructIt was for the first time that Bangladesh has allowed its ports to be used as transit for cargo movement to India's north-eastern states. A...
24 Jul, 2020, 12.31 PM IST
India-Bangladesh multi-modal connectivity: A win-win proposition for both nationsBoth sides recognize that increasing connectivity through air, water, rail, road offers mutually beneficial opportunity for enhancing econo...
17 Jul, 2020, 08.56 PM IST
Guwahati airport to be directly connected to seven countriesAssam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the new generation wants a new wave of change, which catapult development and employment gener...
15 Oct, 2018, 08.34 AM IST
Government seeks China role in northeast connectivity planMadhav admitted there are challenges in putting the new plan in place because of China’s claims over Arunachal Pradesh.
16 Aug, 2018, 10.26 AM IST
Tripura CM Biplab Deb seeks removal of special permission to enter India through Tripura from BangladeshHe requested the MEA to look into the matter so as to remove this special provision and allow Bangladesh citizens with Indian Visa to enter...
05 May, 2018, 06.51 PM IST
Govt to pump in Rs 1000 crore for upgradation of Guwahati airportUnion civil aviation ministry has inked MOU for regional airlines under which viability gap funding will be done for flights operation in N...
05 Apr, 2017, 09.19 PM IST
PM Modi's Bangladesh visit: 2 billion credit line gives India access to strategic Chittagong PortFor India to gain access to use the port is a big achievement both in economic terms, and also as an expression of greater trust with Bangl...
07 Jun, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
Encircling India by string of pearls an illusion: Chinese scholarThe development of a number of strategic ports in South Asia, like Gwadar in Pakistan, by China is not to contain India, feels Hu Zhiyong.
29 Jul, 2013, 04.02 PM IST
- India asks B'desh for transit facilities through port
Bangladesh should grant transit facilities to India through the Chittagong sea port as it will "significantly" improve the country's econom...
19 Mar, 2008, 10.35 AM IST
- India to develop Myanmar port to benefit NE states
The Centre is contemplating a move to aid the development of Myanmar's Sittwe port at a cost of $103 million to give the land-locked northe...
03 Feb, 2007, 10.40 AM IST