South Asia could add millions of jobs by integrating more deeply into global value chains, according to the World Bank. Greater participation would attract foreign direct investment, increase competition, and raise productivity.
India’s Skill India Mission Operation, backed by a $250 million World Bank loan, has trained nearly six million youth, 34 percent of them female. The project funds District Skill Committees to promote market-relevant skills and expand employability across the country. While experts say the initiative has improved job readiness, they warn that deep gender and […]
Bangladesh’s interim government has dismissed as “completely false” reports by numerous Indian outlets claiming that a map printed on a Bangladeshi book includes parts of India’s northeastern states. The stories alleged that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus gifted a book to a Pakistani general showing Indian territory as part of Bangladesh.
India is losing Bangladesh. The warmth that once marked relations between the two South Asian neighbors has chilled since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Accusations of “fake news” by Dhaka’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh’s growing outreach to Pakistan are symptoms of a deeper failure in New Delhi’s foreign policy.
India’s government quietly organized a $3.9 billion plan to channel public money into Gautam Adani’s business empire after U.S. prosecutors charged the billionaire with bribery and fraud, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Bangladesh and India should better coordinate the timing of their annual bans on catching hilsa, a fish central to both nations’ diet and culture, to prevent cross-border poaching and protect spawning stocks, officials and experts say.
The Trump administration’s 50 percent tariff on Indian exports has brought this southern industrial city, known as “Dollar City” for its dominance in U.S. apparel markets, to a near standstill, according to a report in the Washington Post.
The Trump Organization is rapidly expanding in India, its largest foreign market, even as several of its local partners face criminal and regulatory investigations, The Wall Street Journal reported. In April, Eric Trump announced a new 51-story luxury tower in Gurugram, near New Delhi, that sold out within hours. The project’s developers, the Bansal family […]
Three Bangladeshi men were found dead in India’s Tripura state after reportedly being attacked by local residents, officials said Wednesday. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said the bodies were recovered from the Vidyabil area of Khowai district in Tripura. The deceased were identified as Jewel Mia, 32, of Alinagar village; Pati Mia, 45, of Basulla village; […]
The death of Kerala software engineer Ananthu Aji has sparked scrutiny of alleged sexual abuse within the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after a scheduled Instagram post from his account accused an RSS member of years of abuse. Aji, 27, was found dead in a Thiruvananthapuram lodge on Oct. 9. In his post, he said the […]
