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Trains cancelled across Bangladesh as rail union goes on strikeRailway staff in Bangladesh went on strike for higher pensions and other benefits, causing cancellations and disruptions for tens of thousa...
Bangladesh's main opposition party starts a 48-hour general strike ahead of Sunday's electionThe main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by former premier Khaleda Zia, and other opposition groups are boycotting the electio...
20 killed, several injured in collision between two trains in BangladeshA freight train collided with a passenger train in Bangladesh's Kishoreganj district, resulting in at least 20 deaths and several injuries....
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's four-day visit to India to boost bilateral relationsBoth Bangladesh and India share a lot of similarities in terms of culture, economics, language, political history, and religion. Despite th...
Policies empowering poor will be hit without a ‘double engine’ government: PM ModiModi made the remarks during the inauguration of ‘Maitri Setu’, a 1.9 kilometre long bridge joining Sabroom in India with Ramgarh in Bangla...
Supreme Court notifies Centre on plea against exempting authorities from undertaking Environment Impact AssessmentThe direction was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde which was hearing a plea by NGO 'Association For Protection Of Democr...
Prima facie inclined to strike down Centre's notification on EIA for projects, SC"We will lay down guidelines on this. Firstly, we want to say the cost of the project will include the cost of the value of the true and se...
Intelligence Bureau intercept hints at terror strike on January 23?The alert hints at growing strength of HuT's armed wing called Harakat ul-Muhojirinfi Britaniya trains its cadres in chemical, bacteriologi...
Nationwide security blanket ahead of Independence DayOver 40,000 security personnel have been deployed across Delhi to keep a hawk-eyed vigil against any possible terror strike.
India steps up engagement with neigbhours; to host top leaders in September-OctoberLeaders from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand are also expected to visit Goa for the BRICS outreach with BIMSTEC on October 16 follow...
India-Bangladesh Maitree Express firebombed in troubled BangladeshPassengers on the Indo-Bangla 'Maitree Express' had a narrow escape when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs on the train coming from ...
Khaleda Zia vows to continue anti-government protests; death toll exceeds 60Zia vowed to continue nationwide anti-government protests, even as four more people were killed in month- long political violence raising d...
Train derails on second day of Bangladesh strike, sabotage suspected"The train (Mymensingh Express) derailed as miscreants removed 42 feet of the track," said a railway spokesman.
Power restored at Khaleda Zia's houseThe snapping of power supply angered BNP supporters who overnight attacked two offices of the state-run Power Development Board.
Bangladesh hosts 2nd largest Muslim congregation amid unrestThe three-day Biswa Ijtema drew the highest number of people, including 5,000 foreigners from 50 countries, on the last day of the first ph...
Security tightened in Dhaka amid tensionPolice in riot gears continued to lay sieges around BNP chief and ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia's residence.
Bangladesh's Awami League to go ahead with polls despite threats of boycottThe Awami League-led grand-alliance has decided to go ahead with the January 5 general elections in Bangladesh.
- Mamata Banerjee refuses to go to Dhaka with PM Manmohan Singh
In a setback for PM Manmohan Singh's upcoming Bangladesh visit on September 6-7, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has refused to ...
- Mamata Banerjee refuses to go to Dhaka with PM Manmohan Singh
In what could be a setback for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's upcoming Bangladesh visit on September 6-7, West Bengal chief minister Mamat...
- BNP opposes Bangla govt decision to sign loan deal with India
With India and Bangladesh set to ink a $1 billion credit facility agreement for infrastructure projects in this country, main Opposition BN...