Member states agree to form Saarc Development Bank

Nepal is likely to host the 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) on November 26-27, after a two-year gap. Sources in Dhaka and Kathmandu yesterday told The Daily Star that the Nepalese cabinet would make the ...

- Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a clear indication of his priorities when he invited India's SAARC neighbours to his swearing-in on May 26. Defying those from within his coalition who wanted to exclude Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa from ...

Commerce Minister Sunil Bahadur Thapa on Thursday urged the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) to develop transit and transport connectivity. Speaking at the eighth meeting of the Safta Ministe-rial ...

The Honourable Prime Minister of India in his address at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on 30th June 2014, after the successful launch of PSLV-C23 rocket, has asked the Indian Space community to develop a South Asian Association for Regional ...

New Delhi, July 24: After the success of the BRICS Bank, Narendra Modi government now has plans to propose for a SAARC Bank to take the South Asia initiative. India is likely to propose for a SAARC Bank at the regional grouping's ministerial ...

Lauding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's steps to improve ties with the Saarc countries, a top US official on Wednesday said Modi had shown firm commitment towards strengthening India's relations with its neighbours, including Bangladesh. The ...

It will be on the lines of the $100-billion New Development Bank (NDB) announced by the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa last week. NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government plans to call for a SAARC bank in the lines of BRICS ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is back from Brazil after last week's big announcement of a BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) Bank, New Development Bank, to be headquartered at Shanghai with an Indian at the helm. Now, the word is out that ...

Airline to start non-stop frequent flights to Middle East and SAARC countries. There are also plans to ramp up the long haul non-stop flights to Europe.