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Back from the enemy country RARELY are Pakistanis allowed to cross their eastern border. We are told that’s so because on the other side is the enemy. Visa restrictions ensure that only the slightest trickle of people flows in either direction. Hence ordinary academics like me rarely get to...

India-Iran trade partnership: Delhi and Tehran to host each other’s bank branches NEW DELHI: In a step that would facilitate expansion of trade and investment partnership including oil payments amid the easing of international sanctions from Iran, Delhi and Tehran have decided to open branches...

Hatred for Hindus There are over 35,000 Hindus living in Larkana, making up around nine percent of the city’s population. And so when the ever-ready Muslim mob conjured the blasphemy card, in turn torching a temple and a dharamshala in the city on March 16, the religious tension in the...

SAARC connectivity: India inks landmark motor pact with Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal (Myanmar & Thailand to join soon!) NEW DELHI: India today signed a major motor vehicles pact with three SAARC nations -- Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal -- that will enable seamless transit of passenger and...

Bangladesh stands by India; slams Pakistan for statement that India interfered during 1971 crisis NEW DELHI: Bangladesh on Wednesday came out strongly in India's support, slamming Pakistan for its statement that India interfered during the 1971 political crisis in East Pakistan. The...

Approval of border deal with India a diplomatic success: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today termed as a "huge diplomatic success" the ratification of a historic bill in the Indian Parliament that provides for the exchange of territories to settle...

Parliament passes historic land accord bill to redraw border with Bangladesh India's border with Bangladesh settled. NEW DELHI, The Parliament on Thursday passed the constitutional amendment bill regarding the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, with the Lok Sabha's unanimous nod to the...