‘Fake barriers, bureaucracy posing hurdles in Indo-Bangla ties’
April 27th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 27 (IANS) Man-made obstacles and bureaucratic hassles are major hurdles in fostering relations between India and Bangladesh leading to distrust, underdevelopment and non-execution of a range of bilateral ... Read more...
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PCB still hopeful about Bangladesh series
April 25th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, April 25 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not given up its hope for a home series against Bangladesh.The PCB Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to ... Read more...
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Tagore song heralds new year in Bangladesh
April 14th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 14 (IANS) Hundreds of Bangladeshis gathered in the capital Saturday to sing "Esho hey Baishakh esho esho", a traditional song written by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, to welcome ... Read more...
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Don’t distort language, Bangladesh court tells media
February 17th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Radio and television channels have been told by a court not to distort Bangla and other foreign languages in their broadcasts, a media report said.The Dhaka ... Read more...
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Tripura university to set up Bangladesh Study Centre
January 25th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 25 (IANS) Tripura Central University will set up a Bangladesh Study Centre soon to teach Indian students more about the neighbouring nation, a top university official told ... Read more...
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Tripura varsity confers honorary doctorate on Hasina
January 12th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari Thursday conferred an honorary doctorate of Tripura University on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina."I am extremely grateful to the university ... Read more...
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16 authors in contention for Asian literature prize
September 14th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Sixteen authors, including Atiq Rahimi, Kishwar Desai and Manu Joseph, are in the race for the DSC Prize for the South Asian Literature 2012, which ... Read more...
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PM’s Dhaka visit: Teesta didn’t happen, but a lot else did
September 8th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dhaka, Sep 8 (IANS) The two-day visit of Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh, the first by an Indian prime minister in 12 years, helped resolve a festering boundary row ... Read more...
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PM returns to Delhi after Dhaka visit (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to New Delhi Wednesday after a two-day visit to Bangladesh, during which the two countries inked pacts on ... Read more...
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Intensify efforts to find viable formula on Teesta: Manmohan
September 7th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) Officials have been asked to "intensify their efforts towards finding a viable formula which does not cause undue distress to all those, in India or ... Read more...
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List of India-Bangladesh pacts signed Tuesday
September 6th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Here is a list of pacts that India and Bangladesh signed Tuesday during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit that began Tuesday:* Framework Agreement on ... Read more...
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What’s on Delhi-Dhaka diplomacy table
September 6th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Notwithstanding the uncertainty over the Teesta water accord, there is a lot happening on the India-Bangladesh diplomacy table.With Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a ... Read more...
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Dhaka varsity turns 90
July 2nd, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Dhaka University, one of the oldest institutions for higher education in Bangladesh, has turned 90.Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose and Nobel ... Read more...
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Bangladesh government announces new Grameen Bank chief
May 12th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 12 (IANS) A woman official will be Grameen Bank's acting managing director, replacing Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladesh government announced Thursday.Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith said Nurjahan Begum, ... Read more...
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70 hurt in Dhaka varsity shooting
April 26th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 26 (IANS) Gunshots were fired in a clash at the Dhaka University campus early Tuesday as two factions of the students wing of the ruling Awami League ... Read more...
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Bangladesh may act against ex-chief advisor, army chief
April 19th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 19 (IANS) Bangladesh's parliament has said it would move against a former World Bank economist who ruled Bangladesh for two years, and the army chief who backed ... Read more...
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19 injured in clash of students, police in Dhaka (Lead, correcting figure in headline)
April 13th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 13 (IANS) At least 15 students from Dhaka University and four policemen were injured in a clash Wednesday that erupted after a policemen allegedly hurled abuses when a ... Read more...
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7 injured in clash of students, police in Dhaka
April 13th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 13 (IANS) At least 15 students from Dhaka University and four policemen were injured in a clash Wednesday that erupted after a policemen allegedly hurled abuses when a ... Read more...
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Cake and good wishes for Bangladesh cricket team (World Cup Diary)
March 17th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Mar 17 (IANS) With Bangladesh still a formidable contender for a World Cup quarterfinal berth, there is no end to celebrations and good luck wishes for the Shakib Al ... Read more...
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Bangladesh fans stone Windies bus after team’s World Cup loss
March 5th, 2011 - 9:35 am ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Mar. 5 (ANI): Angry Bangladesh fans stoned the West Indies bus on Friday after the home team crashed to a humiliating nine-wicket defeat in the cricket World Cup.Two windows of the ... Read more...
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Indian delegation to visit Bangladesh to discuss ‘Joint Celebrations’
December 17th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): A nine-member Indian delegation led by Jawhar Sircar, Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture, will visit Bangladesh from December 19 to 22 to finalise the 'Joint Indo-Bangladesh ... Read more...
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126 people lynched in 2010 in Bangladesh
November 27th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) A total of 126 people have been lynched in Bangladesh this year, which indicates people are losing trust in the authorities' capability to book law breakers, a media ... Read more...
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Experts warn of earthquakes in Bangladesh
September 17th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 17 (IANS) Scientists at the Dhaka University Earth Observatory have recorded 10 tremors in the last one week and warned that more earthquakes can hit the country anytime.
The warning comes ... Read more...
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After 62 years, Dhaka varsity to revoke Mujib’s expulsion
August 3rd, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IANS) The Dhaka University is initiating steps to revoke an expulsion order issued 62 years ago against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the man who later led the country's freedom movement.
Then ... Read more...
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Bangladesh needs tougher law to save Royal Bengal tigers
July 4th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 4 (IANS) Wildlife enthusiasts here have mooted tougher laws, like the ones India proposes to have, to save between 300 and 500 Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans.
The punishment provided ... Read more...
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Bangladesh bans Facebook
May 30th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has "temporarily" blocked access to popular social networking website Facebook, after a man was arrested for uploading satirical images of many politicians, including the ... Read more...
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Violence mars Bangladesh’s ‘language movement’ day (Lead)
February 21st, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 21 (IANS) One man was killed and several other people were injured in two incidents of violence Sunday which marred Bangladesh's 'Amar Ekushey February' commemoration of the language ... Read more...
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Bangladesh pays tributes to language martyrs
February 21st, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 21 (IANS) All roads in Bangladesh Sunday led to the Shaheed Minars, the memorials to commemorate the language movement, as thousands paid floral tributes to the students who fought ... Read more...
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Nazrul complex opened in Dhaka on his death anniversary
August 27th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday opened the Nazrul Complex beside the Dhaka University Central Mosque to mark the 33rd death anniversary of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Nazrul, called ... Read more...
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Kalam’s call for energy, resource management inspiring: Report
July 22nd, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) A leading daily newspaper Wednesday welcomed former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's call for developing alternative sources of energy and new science-based models of development.
His words during his ... Read more...
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Zia seeks Hasina’s help for team’s visit to Tipaimukh dam site
June 29th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 29 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia Monday sought the help of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sending a separate team to visit the Tipaimukh dam project site located ... Read more...
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Bangladesh begins an hour earlier to save electricity
June 21st, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 21 (IANS) Grappling with a power crisis, Bangladesh has decided to begin its days an hour earlier in a move to save electricity by utilising daylight.
The country switched to ... Read more...
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‘Political’ appointees to Dhaka’s India, other key missions likely
May 24th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 24 (IANS) Tariq A. Karim, who served in India as Bangladesh's deputy high commissioner and was later ambassador to the US and to South Africa, may return to New Delhi ... Read more...
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Hasina cracks down on her party’s student wing
April 5th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 5 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered a crackdown on her party Awami League's student wing that is accused of increasingly indulging in criminal activities since she ... Read more...
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Bangladesh Cricket Board blocking practise: cricketers
February 3rd, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) Dhaka Warriors, an Indian Cricket League (ICL) franchise comprising Bangladeshi cricketers, have alleged that the Bangladesh Cricket Board has been trying to block them from practising at a ... Read more...
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