India to erect single row fence along Bangladesh border
September 18th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 18 (IANS) India will erect single row fencing instead of double row fencing in several areas along the border with Bangladesh, officials said here Tuesday.About 80 percent of ... Read more...
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Mujib, Russia and Mumbai on the bookshelf (IANS books this week)
June 23rd, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The bookcart this week has gripping fiction and thought-provoking non-fiction. Browse with IANS...
1. Book: "Barnabas"; Written by Sangeeta Nambiar; Published by Westland; Priced ... Read more...
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Three CPI-M leaders allege ill-treatment at Doha airport
April 29th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 29 (IANS) En route to Cuban capital Havana to participate in a trade union congress, three Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders from Kerala were stopped at the Doha ... Read more...
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Has Bangladesh’s creation benefited India strategically?
December 14th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Has India's role in the creation of Bangladesh 40 years ago benefited this country strategically? The poser, at a seminar here Wednesday, produced ... Read more...
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Mumbai cops in Ahmedabad to quiz IM operative
July 16th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 16 (IANS) Pursuing investigations into the Mumbai serial blasts, a Mumbai Police team arrived in Ahmedabad Saturday to question an Indian Mujahideen operative, arrested recently, officials said.Danish Riaz ... 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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40-year-old controversy over call for Bangladesh independence
March 27th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 27 (IANS) Bangladesh celebrated its independence day amid an old controversy about who was the first to declare independence four decades ago.Its founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ... Read more...
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Amartya Sen links Dhaka movement with his fight against cancer
February 2nd, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 2 (IANS) Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has linked his fight against cancer to the movement for protecting Bengali language and culture in then East Pakistan, saying the two coincided ... Read more...
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Bangladesh mourns freedom fighters’ killings in 1975
November 3rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 3 (IANS) Bangladesh observed "black day" Wednesday to mourn the 1975 killings in jail of four of its freedom fighters who held offices in the first government after ... Read more...
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Man who shot dead Kerala cop kills wife, self
September 13th, 2010 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Malappuram (Kerala), Sep 13 (IANS) A day after shooting a policeman dead, a man in Kerala killed his wife before turning the gun on himself. Their bodies were found in a rubber ... Read more...
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Police sub-inspector shot dead in Kerala
September 12th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Malappuram (Kerala) Sep 12 (IANS) A 53-year-old police sub-inspector of the Kalikavu police station was shot dead by an accused here Sunday when the former went to arrest him.
Police said Vijayakrishnan and ... Read more...
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Nepal shares joy, sorrow with two nations
August 15th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 15 (IANS) As India celebrated its 64th Independence Day Sunday with pride and pomp and Bangladesh mourned for the assassination of the architect of the nation, Sheikh ... Read more...
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Bangladesh remembers ‘Mujibnagar’ era
April 17th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 17 (IANS) Bangladesh Saturday observed the 40th anniversary of the inauguration of its provisional government, when its then green and golden flag was unfurled for the first time at ... Read more...
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Five killers of Bangladesh’s founding father hanged (Second Lead)
January 28th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 35 years after Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, five army officers who were among those convicted for the killing were hanged at Dhaka ... Read more...
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Mujib killers don’t deserve mercy: Bangladesh minister
January 12th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 12 (IANS) The killers of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who are awaiting hanging "do not deserve mercy", the country's law minister said, but added "it is the president's ... Read more...
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Three Mujib killers on death row seek clemency (Lead)
January 9th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) Three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Saturday sought clemency from ... Read more...
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Three Mujib killers on death row seek clemency
January 9th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) Three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers convicted and sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Saturday sought ... Read more...
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Court issues death warrants for five Mujib killers
January 3rd, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 3 (DPA) A Dhaka court Sunday issued death warrants against five former army officers convicted in the assassination of Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, court officials said.
District and sessions ... Read more...
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Hang Mujib killers, says Dhaka lawmaker
December 11th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) A senior ruling party lawmaker in Bangladesh wants former army officers sentenced to death for killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be hung this ... Read more...
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Mujib killers’ execution only after review petitions
November 23rd, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 23 (IANS) Bangladesh has rejected Amnesty International's appeal against execution of five former army officers convicted for the murder of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. However, the government will not ... Read more...
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Four Mujib killers to seek president’s pardon
November 22nd, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Four of the five former army officers who were sentenced to death for killing Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will seek the presidential pardon, jail officials announced ... Read more...
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Mujib’s killers seek re-trial by Bangladesh military court
October 21st, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 21 (IANS) Two former Bangladesh army officers, convicted of killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman over 34 years ago, have sought re-trial by a military court. ... Read more...
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Bangladesh encroaching upon 500 acres of Indian land: Assam
September 19th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 19 (IANS) The Assam government Saturday alleged that Bangladesh has encroached upon 499.79 acres of Indian land, including two tea gardens, and urged New Delhi to take up the matter ... Read more...
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India, US feared rise of Islamist militancy in post-Mujib Bangladesh
August 15th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IANS) India and the US shared apprehensions of the rise of Islamist militancy in Bangladesh following the assassination of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman this day in ... Read more...
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Mujib’s portrait to adorn all Bangladesh currency notes
July 5th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 5 (IANS) Bangladesh plans to have the portrait of its founding father, slain former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on all currency notes, its finance minister said Sunday.
The minister, ... Read more...
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Bangladesh PM’s husband dead
May 9th, 2009 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) M.A. Wazed Miah, husband of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 67.
Hasina was at his bedside when the end came ... Read more...
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Mujib assassination: Bangladesh envoy to Malaysia says he was in India at that time
January 16th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jan.16 (ANI): Bangladeshs High Commissioner to Malaysia M. Khairuzzaman is following orders from Dhaka to return to headquarters, but is not certain whether he will be returning home soon ... Read more...
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Dhaka’s envoy to Malaysia to be tried for killing Mujib
January 12th, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 12 (IANS) Bangladesh's high commissioner to Malaysia M. Khairuzzaman, one of the accused in the 1975 assassination of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being recalled and will ... Read more...
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Bangladesh recalls Mujib’s ‘homecoming’ 36 years ago
January 10th, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 10 (IANS) Fresh from last month's poll victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Saturday observed the anniversary of the "historic homecoming" of its founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from ... Read more...
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Bangladesh will again mourn Sheikh Mujib
August 11th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 11 (IANS) After six years, Bangladesh will again observe Aug 15 as National Mourning Day to mark the assassination of its founding father and first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in ... Read more...
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Bangladesh High Court restores independence hero’s honour
July 28th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, July 28 (DPA) The high court in Bangladesh has upheld the declaration of a public holiday Aug 15 commemorating the killing of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by rebel troops, justice ... Read more...
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Spanish fans in Kerala celebrate Euro Cup victory
June 30th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, June 30 (IANS) When Iker Casillas, captain of the Spanish soccer team, lifted the Euro Cup in Vienna early Monday, fans dressed in Spanish colours went into raptures at Ninam Valappu, ... Read more...
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King Khan fans greet Sreesanth at Kochi
March 7th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by admin
Kochi, Mar 7 (ANI): He may be expecting a welcome as grand as given to some of his fellow players in their respective hometowns, but Keralite speedster Sheesanth was just greeted by ... Read more...
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Seven Mumbai blast convicts granted bail, four denied
February 12th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 12 The Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to seven convicts of the 1993 Mumbai serial terror bombing case but denied the relief to four others, including fugitive underworld don ... Read more...