25 Bangladeshi’s to attend 40th anniversary celebrations of ‘71 war
December 7th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) Three serving army officers along with 22 Mukti Jodhas (freedom fighters) from Bangladesh will join in the five-day 40th anniversary celebrations of the Bangladesh Liberation War ... Read more...
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BJP wants Bangladesh land deal details in parliament
October 1st, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Expressing its concern over India-Bangladesh Land Transfer Agreement reached during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka last month, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh deal will bring prosperity: Meghalaya CM
September 9th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 9 (IANS) Meghalaya has lost 41 acres of land as India and Bangladesh have demarcated their boundaries but the overall agreement will only bring "goodwill and prosperity" ... Read more...
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Bangladesh observes Ziaur Rahman’s death anniversary
May 30th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Bangladesh is Monday observing the 30th anniversary of the assassination of president Ziaur Rahman, the war of independence hero whose role as the military strongman changed ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi Buddhist leader escapes attack
December 27th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 27 (IANS) A prominent Buddhist tribal leader of Bangladesh escaped an attack on his motorcade Monday, a day after he discussed with the government a peace agreement signed in ... Read more...
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Meghalaya farmer still in Bangladesh custody
August 1st, 2010 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 1 (IANS) A Meghalaya farmer abducted by Bangladeshi nationals last week from a disputed area near the border remains in police custody there, says India's Border Security Force (BSF).
"The abducted ... Read more...
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Kidnapped Indian farmer in Bangladesh police custody
July 29th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 29 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday said it was in touch with Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officials for the safe release of an Indian farmer from Meghalaya who was ... Read more...
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BSF rejects commandant-level meet with Bangladesh border guards
June 17th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 17 (IANS) India's Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday rejected a meeting with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at the commandant level over the recent firing along the India-Bangladesh in southern Meghalaya, ... Read more...
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Maintain status quo, BSF urges Bangladesh border guards
June 16th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 16 (IANS) Indian border guards have asked their Bangladeshi counterparts to maintain status quo in "areas of adverse possession" until a solution is found to boundary dispute between the ... Read more...
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Dhaka stakes claim over submerged island in Bengal bay
April 11th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 11 (IANS) Bangladesh has re-asserted its claim over an island, that has submerged in the Bay of Bengal, to bolster its case in a maritime boundary dispute with India.
Dhaka says ... Read more...
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Assam Rifles to lay stress on ties with locals, intelligence
July 1st, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 1 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, India's oldest paramilitary force, has decided on a new two-pronged strategy to flush out militancy from the northeast - create more close relations with the ... Read more...
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Bihar’s Bengali refugees finally get crucial rights
May 29th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 29 (IANS) It has taken nearly six decades for Bihar to provide basic rights to thousands of impoverished Bengali refugees who settled in the state after fleeing the erstwhile East ... Read more...
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Hasina to go to Saudi Arabia on her first foreign visit as PM
April 20th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 20 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave late Monday for Saudi Arabia on her first foreign visit since she took office in January.
Besides performing the Umrah, ... Read more...
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Move to try war criminals countered by Bangladesh party
April 16th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 16 (IANS) Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, has launched a campaign to counter the Sheikh Hasina government's move to try "war criminals".
Those who collaborated with the erstwhile East Pakistan ... Read more...
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Dhaka to follow Nuremberg trials model for its war criminals
April 10th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 10 (IANS) Bangladesh will follow the post World War-II Nuremberg trials as a model to amend a law under which it wants to try those who collaborated with the erstwhile ... Read more...
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We’re being accused of militancy to stall Bangladesh’s growth: Islamist leader
March 27th, 2009 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 27 (IANS) The spectre of militancy has been "invented and unearthed" in Bangladesh "to stall the country's development and leave its border insecure", chief of the country's largest Islamist ... Read more...
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Dhaka celebrates Independence Day, but no parade
March 26th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 26 (IANS) Thousands thronged the Martyrs' Memorial on Bangladesh's 38th Independence Day Thursday but, for the first time, there was no ceremonial parade because of security concerns.
Security apprehensions ... Read more...
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Zardari and Gilani are together: Rehman Malik
March 14th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Mar 14 (IANS) Cautioning that Pakistan's unity was at stake, Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday sought to dispel reports of differences between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza ... Read more...
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Islamabad uneasy at Dhaka trying ‘war criminals’
February 17th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Pakistan has told Bangladesh that the "time is not ripe" for Dhaka's conducting the trial of 'war criminals' who committed atrocities on civilians during the 1971 freedom movement.People ... Read more...
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Two men arrested in Bangladesh for war crimes (Lead)
February 14th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 14 (IANS) Two opposition activists were Saturday arrested from Rajshahi in western Bangladesh for allegedly killing 15 people during the country's freedom movement 38 years ago.Charged with committing war ... Read more...
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Dhaka will take initiative to combat terror: new foreign minister
January 7th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) Bangladesh's newly-appointed foreign minister Dipu Moni has said Dhaka will take the initiative to form a Joint Task Force on terrorism in consultation with other South Asian nations."Terrorism ... Read more...
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Hasina seeks UN help in trial of 1971 war criminals
January 2nd, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) Bangladesh poll victor Sheikh Hasina has sought the United Nations' help in the trial of "war criminals" - those who collaborated with authorities in the erstwhile East Pakistan ... Read more...
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14 Bangladeshi Mukti Jodhas to join Vijay Diwas celebrations
December 11th, 2008 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) Fourteen Mukti Jodhas (liberation fighters) from Bangladesh, who were among those who played a pivotal role in the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, leading to the birth of ... Read more...
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Court dismisses suit on Manekshaw funeral
July 16th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a lawyer's plea seeking directions to the centre to ensure that the alleged lapses during the state funeral of former Indian ... Read more...
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Manekshaw condolence book to remain open till Friday
July 2nd, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A condolence book placed here to enable the people pay their tributes to former Indian army chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw will be kept open for two ... Read more...
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Army officers upset over low-key Manekshaw funeral
July 2nd, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishnu Makhijani
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Several serving and retired Indian Army officers are livid over the low key although state funeral accorded to the legendary Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. And ... Read more...
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Dhaka’s independence proclamation documents missing
June 18th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 18 (IANS) Original documents on the formation of Bangladesh's government-in-exile during the freedom struggle against Pakistan in 1971 have been missing and successive regimes have done nothing to recover them, ... Read more...
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India-Bangladesh train service to resume April 14
April 3rd, 2008 - 11:54 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Dhaka, April 3 (Xinhua) After a break of 43 years, passenger train service between India and Bangladesh will resume April 14 as rail officials of the two neighbours in South Asia concluded ... Read more...
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Vice Admiral Raman P Suthan to take over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff
March 19th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Vice Admiral Raman P Suthan will take over as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Suthan, who was earlier the Deputy Chief of Naval ... Read more...
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