In a first, all-women India, Bangladesh border troops exchange Independence Day greetingsA historic event saw an all-women BSF unit exchange sweets and greetings with their Bangladeshi counterparts at West Bengal's Gede border p...
BSF opens 'special help desks' to facilitate return of students from violence-hit BangladeshThe BSF South Bengal Frontier has established special help desks at Integrated Check Posts (ICP) along the India-Bangladesh border to facil...
India, Bangladesh decides to boost Himalayan-Bay of Bengal connectivityPrime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina announced plans to enhance regional connectivity at a summit on Saturday. The initiative ai...
India, Bangladesh sign 7 MoUs/agreements; here is the complete listNew Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI) India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed seven Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in the presence of Pri...
India-Bangladesh ‘Bandhan Express’ train services resume after two years"Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh, which were suspended for over two years due to the pandemic, resumed from Kolkata s...
Modi, Hasina jointly launch new passenger train between India and BangladeshThis is the third passenger train after Maitree Express (Dhaka-Kolkata) and Bandhan Express (Khulna-Kolkata) running between the two neighb...
Optimising Sub-regional partnership: India to hand over 10 locomotives to Dhaka on MondayThe handover of these locomotives, which is a part of grant assistance from the Government of India, is in fulfillment of India’s commitmen...
CONCOR's Manasi Banerjee flags off trial run of first container train between India and BangladeshThe first container train to Bangladesh consisting of 30 wagons, will carry 60 containers of soyabean extract.
Trial run of first Kolkata-Dhaka container train begins todayExporters' forums had long been lobbying for container trains as they could save time and trade costs significantly apart from making trade...
Hasina, Modi set to launch new cross-country train serviceAs per the schedule, the train would leave Kolkata at 11 am (Indian time) and reach Khulna after four-and-a-half-hour-long journey.
Soon only end-to-end immigration checks on Dhaka-Kolkata trainDuring the halts when the train's under carriage will be checked, officials said, the passenger coaches will be under lock and key, thus re...
Government eases restrictions for Bangladeshi nationals at 24 airportsBagdogra in West Bengal has also been opened to Bangladeshi nationals, though it has not yet formally been declared an international airpor...
Kolkata-Khulna passenger train service on anvil?At present, the Maitree Express between Kolkata and Dhaka runs through the Gede-Darshana border in Nadia district of West Bengal.
6.5% growth in foreign tourist arrivals in November 2015FTAs during the Month of November 2015 according to the ministry of tourism touched 8.15 lakh against an FTAs of 7.65 lakh during the month...
Weekly train between India and Bangladesh soonIndia and Bangladesh have decided to speed up the plan to run a weekly train service between Khulna and Kolkata in the wake of popular dema...
Rail Budget 2012-13: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata to get additional rail servicesIn good news for people who use local trains in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today announced 137 additional...
- Rlys exploring transit route via B'desh
In its bid to boost trade with China and Asean countries, India is exploring possibilities of a transit route through Bangladesh which coul...