1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (542+ words) Police said Pulak’s death appeared to be linked to his health struggles and unemployment-related stress, Senior Bangladeshi journalist Pulak Chatterjee, a former Barishal bureau chief of Bengali daily Samakal, was found dead inside the newspaper’s bureau office in Barishal district…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi met Bangladesh Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad in Dhaka on Wednesday, with both sides calling for stronger bilateral relations centred on people-to-people ties. During the meeting at Parliament, Hafiz said India-Bangladesh…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (236+ words) Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Bangladesh has welcomed the cancellation of a New Delhi event featuring an Awami League-linked figure, describing it as a positive development amid ongoing diplomatic efforts between Dhaka and New Delhi. The Awami League, led by former…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (676+ words) Zakir Hossain in Dhaka, Andalib Akhter in New Delhi Bangladesh has begun preparations for a new agreement on sharing the waters of the Ganga, with the existing 30-year treaty set to expire in December, while India has indicated that the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (362+ words) AMN / Zakir Hossain / Dhaka/ NEW DELHI Bangladesh will consider all aspects before deciding whether to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement involving Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman said on Saturday (August 29), as India closely monitors Dhaka’s…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (549+ words) Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s maiden visit to India will have to wait until Dhaka and New Delhi rebuild sufficient “mutual trust”, his foreign affairs adviser Humaiun Kobir has said, even as India has made clear…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (605+ words) Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Veteran BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected Bangladesh’s 23rd president on Thursday, defeating opposition candidate Colonel (retired) Oli Ahmad in the country’s first contested presidential election in nearly 35 years. Fakhrul, nominated by Prime Minister Tarique…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago   (498+ words) Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed maiden visit to India remains under discussion, but Dhaka on Sunday said a “conducive environment” must first be created, linking the trip to unresolved issues including the extradition of ousted…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (204+ words) On Bangladesh requesting additional diesel supplies from India amid energy crisis, Mr Jaiswal said, India has an ongoing arrangement with Bangladesh for the supply of diesel. He added that the additional request for diesel will be examined keeping in mind…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (643+ words) Zakir Hossain from Dhaka Bangladesh on Monday urged India to expedite the extradition of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, making the issue a key point of discussion during Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi’s first meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman....