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Murshidabad’s forgotten crisis: Beedi workers struggle amid charged political debates, SIR deletionsIn Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...
Former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi expected to be India's next High Commissioner to BangladeshDinesh Trivedi is poised to take on the pivotal role of India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, succeeding Pranay Verma, who has transitio...
Bangladesh prefers India over China in $1 billion river projectBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed a preference for India to execute a $1 billion river development project over China, aimi...
NSA Ajit Doval makes a quiet visit to Dhaka to meet PM Sheikh HasinaDoval became the first high-ranking Indian official to visit Dhaka since Hasina returned to power for a record fifth time. The NSA’s visit ...
Ahead of Durga Puja, Bangladesh govt allows export of nearly 4,000 metric tonnes of Hilsas to IndiaBangladesh Commerce Ministry gave its nod to 79 business organisations to export 3,950 metric tonnes of Hilsas to India. The exporters woul...
Bolster cooperation to combat unconventional threats faced by countries in Indian Ocean: Sheikh HasinaHasina stressed the need for security of maritime routes for maintaining economic stability of Bangladesh as 90% of total external trade of...
Modi, Hasina, Mamata likely to pad up at Eden Gardens for Teesta TestThis is the second meeting between the PMs in as many months. There are expectations that Bengal CM may soften her government’s stand on wa...
Modi & Hasina likely to discuss Rohingyas, TeestaThe issue of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, their return to Myanmar and the Teesta water sharing treaty are likely to be the main issues ...
Modi government unwilling to endorse any move that will weaken Bangladesh PM Sheikh HasinaAny compromise on the part of Hasina on the proposed agreement to share Teesta water will weaken her position ahead of the election in 2019.
Teesta pact unlikely to be inked during Hasina's visitDuring her four-day visit, which comes after a gap of seven years, Hasina will hold wide-ranging talks with her Indian counterpart Narendra...
Centre asks Mamata govt to act tough against fringe groups demanding removal of Mujibur statueFifteen groups, led by the All Bengal Minority Youth Federation, have demanded the removal of the statue at a government hostel, claiming s...
Draft paper on Teesta deal likely during Sheikh Hasina’s visitFuelling hopes of a final agreement is the BJP’s landslide win in Uttar Pradesh, a verdict seen buttressing any bold move Modi may contempl...
Bangladesh awaits Teesta river deal during Sheikh Hasina's India visit: MinisterIndia and Bangladesh were set to ink the deal during Singh's 2011 Dhaka visit, but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declined to e...
Boost to India-Bangladesh connectivity; two bus services launchedThe bus services, Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala & Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati will link West Bengal to three NE states of India via Bangaldeshi capita...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee invites Bangladesh PM to visit stateWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit the eastern Indian state.
HuJI terrorists had last August planned to kill Sheikh HasinaBangaldeshi intelligence is supposed to have got the information from HuJI operative Maulana Rafiq Ahmed, according to the newspaper.
Bangla Foreign Minister Dipu Moni to move Delhi to ratify Land Boundary Agreement, Teesta river sharing treatyDipu Moni will visit Delhi next month as part of a last ditch effort to convince India to seal the long pending Teesta river sharing treaty.