Darakhsha Qamar

The Sri Lankan government has announced that it intends to sign an MoU with India to fulfill its goal of generating 70% of its electricity using renewable sources of energy …

Last week, India gifted twenty broad gauge railway locomotives to Bangladesh. These engines meant to boost railway connectivity across Bangladesh, were delivered using the Gede-Darsana route, linking India and Bangladesh. …

Maldives, a small, but geographically dispersed clutch of islands at the centre of the Indian Ocean has seen considerable economic growth in the last decade. This growing prosperity has been …

The National Board Revenue (NBR) of Bangladesh recently passed a permit allowing India access to the Chattogram and Mongla ports in Bangladesh for transit and transshipment of cargo. This decision …

The 6th Indian Ocean Conference took place on the 12th and 13th May in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the current chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, Bangladesh hosted the event …

The Indian railways recently completed the survey for the feasibility of a railway line connecting Kokrajhar in Assam, India, to Gelephu in Bhutan. During the Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel …

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh has concluded a three-day visit to Maldives, where he held talks with his Maldivian counterpart Mariam Didi, foreign minister Abdullah Shahid and President Ibrahim Solih. …

Earlier this month, Bangladesh Railway ran the first train on the newly finished rail line connecting Bhanga to Mawa through the Padma Multipurpose Bridge. The Bhanga-Mawa rail line is only …

The Sri Lankan government recently announced its decision to liberalise fuel trade in the country, allowing Sinopec (China), United Petroleum (Australia) and RM Parks (USA)- 3 leading fuel suppliers in …

A passenger ferry service between Karaikal port in India’s Puducherry and Kankesanthurai port in Jaffna in North Sri Lanka is finally scheduled to start operating by the end of April. …

Bangladesh was in the middle of an energy crisis last year, with rampant electricity shortages owing to the protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict which has had implications for the entire South Asia. …

The recent instance of violence between the police and a group of people protesting against an Ahmadiyya community event that left 2 dead and at least 50 others, including policemen …

The Sethusamudram Canal Project has been at the center of a contention since the time it was first proposed. Various sections of the population have been wary of the proposed …

Sultana’s dream, a story first published in 1905, in an English language publication called The Indian Ladies’ Magazine was a story of a utopian world. It depicted a world called …