June 2018

PM greets member countries on BIMSTEC’s 21st anniversary

Business Standard, June 06, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted the leaders of BIMSTEC countries on the grouping’s 21st anniversary, saying the shared values will further strengthen cooperation and pave way for heightened development. More…

Nepal proposes dates for Bimstec Summit

Business Standard, June 05, 2018

Nepal has come up with two dates for the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec). More…

SAARC cannot progress in isolation, Iftikhar Ali Malik

Pak Observer, June 04, 2018

SAARC CCI Senior Vice President (SVP) Iftikhar Ali Malik said that the SAARC, a regional organization cannot progress in isolation and called to strengthen the means for practical engagement with other Asians and with selected International Organisations in particular, for the development efforts in the region. More…

Bangladesh to revise list of duty free products

Kathmandu Post , June 02, 2018

Bangladesh has agreed to revise the list of Nepali products that enjoy duty free access to the country. Nepal in turn has also given the green light to revise the list of Bangladeshi goods that are receiving preferential treatment in local market. More…

BIMSTEC and BBIN- India’s highway to the east

ORF onlinePost, June 01, 2018

Founded in 1985 at Dhaka, SAARC was conceived as an ambitious platform for regional cooperation in the Indian sub-continent. Arguably, the most important regional organization, SAARC, is currently moribund and marginalized. More…