By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 16, 2023 at 9:32 PMOfficials of the Afghan embassy in India, who have been publicly accused of corruption, may leave the country, said Shams Qarizada, a representative of the “Afghans based in India.” According to Qarizada, these officials are seeking visas of foreign countries. Earlier, TOLOnews saw documents provided as evidence of discrepancies in financial records and alleged corruption at the Afghan embassy in India. In one of the…
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By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 15, 2023 at 8:31 PMTOLOnews has seen documents provided as evidence of discrepancies in financial records and alleged corruption at the Afghan embassy in India. In one of the documents, a head of an Indian company claimed that the Afghan embassy in Delhi leased him two properties of the embassy and an empty lot identified as “Chaman.” The document indicates that on December 14, 2022, an Indian named Vivek…
by Kalani Kumarasinghe in Daily Mirror on line, Apr 27, 2023When former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, both India and the United States requested him to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP Wimal Weerawansa said. The leader of the National Freedom Front made these comments at the launch of his book titled “Nine; The Hidden Story”, which he claimed is an extensive investigative study on the inside story of the Galle Face revolution which…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, April 18, 2023Nepali and Indian officials as well as Nepal’s private sector had hailed the Nepal-India Joint Vision Statement on Power Sector Cooperation as a milestone in energy cooperation and in providing international market access to Nepal’s surplus power. The joint vision statement issued in April last year seeks to strengthen mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in the power sector through joint development of power projects in Nepal.…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 16, 2023The much talked about India visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been deferred until May. Although the Indian side has already communicated the date of Dahal’s state visit, the two sides have agreed not to disclose it until some agendas get a concrete shape, officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the Post. After the Indian side indicated…
Reuters report Apr 13, 20223Washington:- Japan, France and India will announce a new platform for creditors to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka’s debt, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Wednesday, adding it would be “very nice” if China were to join the effort. As chair of this year’s Group of Seven (G7) meeting, Japan has put efforts to address debt vulnerabilities of middle-income countries such as Sri Lanka as among priorities for debate. The…
report in The Daily Observer, Apr 3, 2023BENAPOLE, April 2: Export and import through Benapole land port in Jashore with neighbouring India remains suspended for the second consecutive day today due to a work abstention of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents in India’s Petrapole land port. Several hundreds of goods-laden Bangladeshi trucks heading towards India have been stuck at the Benapole port since Saturday. Abdul Jalil, deputy director of Benpole land port, confirmed the development…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, March 26,2023The government is mulling sending an advance team to New Delhi to lay the ground for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s upcoming visit to India, according to a top-ranking official at the Prime Minister’s Office. The team will jointly work with the Indian officials to set bilateral talks agenda even though the dates of Dahal’s trip are yet to be finalised. In the absence of a designated…
by Jan Achakzai in The News, March 6th, 2023The writer is a geopolitical analyst, a Balochistan politician and a former media and strategic communications advisor to GOB.The burgeoning relationship between the Taliban and India is sure to raise eyebrows in the region, particularly in China and Pakistan, who have heavily invested in Afghanistan’s peace, security and economic development. For the region as a whole, which has legitimate interests in Afghanistan, this move is likely to…
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan in Ceylon Today, Mar 4, 2023Sri Lanka is considering selecting one of three locations – Trincomalee, Hambantota, or Mannar for the proposed Russian mini nuclear power plant and the Sri Lankan Government intends to consult India before signing an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Russia. Regarding the funding of the project, the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (SLAEB) is of the view that the government ‘may’ go for fully Russian-funded nuclear plants…
by Rejaul Karim Byron in The Daily Star, Mar 3, 2023Bangladesh and India are in talks about doing away with the dollar as the official currency for payments between the two countries — a development that would bring down the cost of trade as well as the conversion rate losses for businesses and ordinary people. The talks took place on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in the…