Bangladesh President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called for a stronger role by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in preventing border killings, smuggling, drug trafficking, and push-ins during a meeting at Bangabhaban on Monday.
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly tried to push six men into Bangladesh through the Ramdaspur border in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning, but Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented them from entering, BGB said.
Bangladesh and India are considering reopening closed border haats, restoring land ports to full capacity, and lifting restrictions on yarn imports through land routes as part of efforts to revive bilateral trade.
Bodies of six Bangladeshis killed in a Kolkata hotel fire were returned home Saturday, including four members of the same Kushtia family, three days after the blaze.
Police arrested the leaseholder of a central Kolkata hotel after a fire killed nine people, including five Bangladeshi nationals, authorities said.
Confederation of Indian Industry has proposed two joint business-to-business taskforces aimed at expanding Bangladesh-India trade and investment, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said Tuesday.
Bangladesh said Sunday that prime minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India is unlikely to proceed unless New Delhi acts on Dhaka’s extradition requests for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is likely to visit India between Aug. 20 and 25 as Dhaka and New Delhi work to finalize dates for his first trip there since taking office in February, diplomatic sources told the Daily Star.
Bangladesh prime minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to India depends largely on New Delhi’s handling of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, diplomatic sources told the Daily Star.
West Bengal’s Special Task Force arrested two men, including a suspected Pakistani national, as investigators examined possible espionage activity near the Bangladesh border, officials said.
