Since more than 30 trains run between Dhaka and the western region through the 4.8-kilometer bridge, the fare hike will affect a significant number of commuters.
Bamboo's potential for sustainable development was showcased in an international conference on "Just Transition to Net Zero – Role of Bamboo in the SAARC Region" held here.
According to the cybersecurity firm Sophos, about 59 per cent of the organisations that did engage with law enforcement also reported finding the process easy.
Under this Framework, the Reserve Bank of India would enter bilateral swap agreements with the central banks of SAARC countries, who want to avail of the swap facility.
Visiting SAARC Secretary General Md Golam Sarwar today held meetings with Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and Secretary (East) in MEA Jaideep Majumdar.
The meeting comes over a month after India took the lead with PM Modi bringing the SAARC leaders together through a video-conference amid rising coronavirus cases in the region.
The training will be imparted under the External Affairs Ministry’s prestigious Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme.
On Wednesday, Pakistan had boycotted a video conference of trade officials of the SAARC countries to discuss ways to minimise the economic cost of the pandemic saying such initiatives could only be effective if spearheaded by the group’s secretariat instead of India.
On Wednesday, Pakistan boycotted a video conference of trade officials of the SAARC countries to discuss ways to minimise the economic cost of the pandemic saying such initiatives could only be effective if spearheaded by the group's secretariat instead of India.
Modi had then offered an initial contribution of $ 10 million from India to the fund which would be at the disposal of all SAARC countries -- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives -- to confront the challenge posed by the pandemic.
