by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 28, 2023.The Ministry of Health and Population is planning to send an expert team to India to study the iodisation process of the salt to be imported to Nepal. Officials say that the decision about determining the upper limit for iodine content in salt will be taken as per the report and recommendations of the experts’ team following their India visit. “We are planning to send an…
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AFP report in Daily Mirror on line, Aug 23, 2023China has requested permission for a research ship to dock in Sri Lanka, Colombo said Tuesday, following a visit by a spacecraft-tracking vessel last year that sparked security concerns from neighbouring India. Sri Lankan foreign ministry spokeswoman Priyanga Wickramasinghe said Beijing had sought permission for the Shi Yan 6 to dock, but that no date had been set and the request was being processed. Chinese state…
by Salman Tarek Shakil in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 20, 2023*New Delhi says weak Awami League not beneficial**Opposition parties express distrust towards India***Internal BNP divisions on interpreting India’s stance****GM Quader to visit India about elections*****BNP plans mass gathering on September 1An article published in the prominent Indian newspaper, Anandabazar Patrika, has sparked controversy and unrest among the opposition parties in Bangladesh. Leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and several allied parties addressed the “India issue”…
By Niranjala Ariyawansha in Sunday Times, Aug 6, 2023The Government has decided to cancel a tender awarded to a China-Pakistan consortium to supply Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and lay a pipeline network after being selected through an international open competitive bidding process and instead consider an offer by an Indian company. The China-Pakistan Engro Consortium was selected last year as part of a step towards reducing the cost of power production. However, last Monday, Power…
report in Dhaka Tribune. Aug 6, 2023The Bangladesh government has approved four routes for the transportation of goods to traders in Tripura and other northeastern states of India. The four routes are Chittagong Port-Akhaura-Agartala, Mongla Port-Akhaura-Agartala, Chittagong-Bibirbazar-Srimantapur and Mongla Port- Bibirbazar-Srimantapur. Tripura’s Industries and Commerce Minister Santana Chakma during a recent press conference said that India and Bangladesh have reached an agreement that Indian traders will be able to transport goods through the Chittagong and…
report in Prothom Alo, Aug 4, 2023The recent recommendations made by India’s parliamentary standing committee to initiate a meaningful dialogue with Bangladesh regarding Teesta water sharing agreement has generated hope in Dhaka. “It is surely encouraging and meaningful, especially when MPs from all political parties of India are there in this committee. That is why such a recommendation generated hope among us,” foreign ministry spokesperson Seheli Sabrin made the remark while speaking to the newspersons…
by Dimuthu Attanayake in SCMP, Aug 2, 2023Sri Lanka and India have cemented their long-standing ties with a rush of energy and maritime deals amid a push by New Delhi for more strategic influence in the region to counter China’s rising clout – even as analysts warn Colombo against becoming overreliant on its larger neighbour. Both South Asian nations agreed to boost maritime, air, energy and power cooperation, among other areas, during Sri Lankan President…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, 22 July 2023 Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said land connectivity between India and Sri Lanka was proposed by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The President came up with the same proposal for the construction of a bridge between the two countries when he was the Prime Minister between 2002 and 2004. Making his remarks at a press conference in New Delhi, the Indian Foreign Secretary said that…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 17, 2023India is subjecting the approval process for importing Nepali electricity to more bureaucratic hurdles despite its earlier announcement to buy 10,000MW from Nepal over the next 10 years. The southern neighbour, which has been refusing to grant export approval to hydropower projects involving China, has long been investigating whether there has been Chinese investment or any other involvement of the northern neighbour in the projects…
report in The Island, July 15, 2023Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA), MP Mano Ganesan on Friday said that his party did not want political support from India’s Modi government for the Hill Country Tamils.What the TPA wanted was social progress assistance from Modi, Ganesan said. Ganesan said in a tweet that his party had submitted a request to High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay earlier this year, for a Teacher…
India urged to prevent racketeers from misusing its credit line to import substandard drugs to Lanka
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, July 14, 2023The Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) yesterday (13) pointed out that India couldn’t absolve itself of the responsibility for the alleged supply of low quality Indian medicines to Sri Lanka under the USD 1 bn credit line opened over a year ago. GMOF President Dr. Rukshan Bellana said so, referring to the third death due to low quality drugs reported on Wednesday (12) from the Peradeniya Teaching…