Bangladesh opposition leader Nahid Islam on Sunday accused the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of secretly cooperating with India to destabilize the country’s hill regions.
India has dispatched 18 passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway, the first batch under a contract for 200, The Business Standard reported Wednesday, citing The Times of India. The broad-gauge coaches left the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, Punjab, on Oct. 12. The shipment includes 11 non-air-conditioned chair cars, three air-conditioned chair cars, two air-conditioned sleepers, […]
Bangladesh has asked India to remove restrictions on exports through land ports, withdraw anti-dumping duties on jute products, and preserve tariff preferences after its graduation from least developed country status. A 10-member delegation led by commerce ministry additional secretary Ayesha Akhter raised the requests at bilateral trade talks that began Oct. 8 in New Delhi, […]
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said it stopped two alleged attempts by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) to push 10 people across the western border Sunday. BGB’s 47 Kushtia Battalion said six unidentified people, including two men and four women, were brought toward Bangladesh through the Gangni border in Meherpur. BSF personnel took them back behind […]
When police in the Indian capital boarded commercial airliners, sealed transit corridors, and swept thousands of demonstrators into detention buses on Saturday, the aggressive preemptive sweep achieved its immediate tactical goal: preventing protesters from converging at the historic Jantar Mantar observatory.
The United States hopes Bangladesh and India can reach an agreement over the fate of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose presence in India has become a source of tension between the neighboring countries, a U.S. State Department official said.
Bangladesh wants to “reset” relations with India and move beyond what state minister for foreign affairs Humaiun Kobir described as a 15-year “uncomfortable” relationship under an “authoritarian, corrupt and exploitative” regime.
Bangladesh is unlikely to send a representative to the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit in New Delhi on Sept. 12-13, with a senior official saying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was not invited in his government capacity.
West Bengal began imposing fines Tuesday for public spitting, littering, open urination and defecation, and violations involving banned plastic carry bags as part of a statewide cleanliness campaign.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Rohingyas, including two women, near the Magurmari border area in Panchagarh Sadar upazila after they allegedly tried to enter India illegally, officials said.
