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Shun 'sterlisied living', reconnect with nature to tackle Covid-like pandemics: Renowned scientistScientist Ajai Kumar Sonkar suggests reconnecting with nature. He believes it can strengthen the immune system. This can better prepare peo...
Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates new inland waterways terminal at Jogighopa; 110 MT of coal, stone chips sent to BangladeshUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Inland Waterways Terminal at Jogighopa, Assam, sending the first shipment to Bangladesh. ...
Bangladesh to export 2,420 tonnes of Hilsa fish to India ahead of festive seasonThe Bangladesh government has ordered the export of 2,420 tonnes of Hilsa fish to India ahead of the festive season. This move is expected ...
India calls out fake videos, rumours about release of water from Farakka Barrage"We have seen media reports of the opening of Farakka barrage gates that will allow the flow of over 11 lakh cusecs of water downstream of ...
Giant 40-foot veena installed in Ayodhya as tribute to Lata MangeshkarThe 40-ft-long veena is 12-metre-high and weighs 14 tonnes, and is possibly the first of its kind installed across the country.
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...
PM Hasina opens Bangladesh's longest bridge, calls it symbol of country's prideThe 6.15-km-long road-rail four-lane bridge is built over the Padma river connecting southwestern Bangladesh with the capital and other par...
Resumption of stone export by Bhutan to Bangladesh brings relief to many IndiansTo facilitate the cross border trade without hampering own pandemic control restrictions, Bhutan has developed a 60 acre area dry port at S...
View: Fostering Indo-Bangla trade relations, connectivity is the ‘mantra’With support from India under its ‘Development Partnership’ programmes, a number of old railway links are being revived, such as the Chitta...
Bangladesh avoids Chinese debt trap, building biggest bridge with own fundsDrawing lessons from Sri Lanka, B'desh has decided to build its biggest infra project with its own money.
Government plans waterway freight corridor via Bangladesh to northeastern statesIndia and Bangladesh share a 4,095-km border, of which 1,116 km is along rivers. Krishna said Bangladesh plans to use Indian ports as trans...
India to dredge Brahmaputra from Sadiya to Chittagong port: Nitin GadkariGadkari said necessary formalities with the Bangladesh Government has also been completed for dredging of river Brahmaputra.
UN joins cleanup efforts as oil spill endangers Bangladesh' mangrove forest SundarbansGreen activists criticised the government decision to use local people in removing the spilled oil without considering their health hazards.
Despite global downturn: Bangladesh's GDP has grown at an average of 6.3% per annumAs India is unable to manage its spiralling CAD, Bangladesh sits on a current account surplus of $2.57 bn for the first time in its indepen...
- World Bank cancels financial aid for Padma bridge project in Bangladesh
The World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its $1.2 bn financial assistance to the Padma bridge project, citing massive corruption ...
- Mamata complains to Pranab Mukherjee about acute financial crisis in West Bengal
West Bengal has debts of over Rs 2.3 lakh crore and 94% of its earnings are spent on salaries, pensions & interest payments to Centre.
- Centre okays Rs 8,000 cr package for flood-affected states
The Union Government on Friday approved in principle, a Rs 8,000 crore package for flood control programmes that includes pending schemes i...