It was a cloudy afternoon on October 2 at Shahpur border in Cumilla.
The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
India has assured Bangladesh that it will carry out an investigation into why border killings were taking place despite the Indian government’s decision to bring those down to zero, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday told parliament that Bangladesh is intensely observing Indian’s internal situation regarding the country’s controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday inaugurated an advanced electronic surveillance “smart fencing” system along a geographically-tough 61-km stretch of Assam's border with Bangladesh to tackle cross-border crimes and provide respite to BSF personnel from round-the-clock patrolling.
A grove of tall coconut trees stands against the sun, blocking its rays. While the grove is in India, the shade falls on Bangladesh.
A cattle trader is allegedly shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Baghadanga border in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenidah district early today.
Nineteen Bangladeshi nationals who were detained in India for trespassing are handed over to local authority via Benapole border.
Thousands living near the Bangladesh-India border have an historic agreement allowing them to choose their nationality after decades of stateless limbo.
Bangladesh would like to see India as neither a big nor an elder brother but a gracious neighbour that delivers on its commitment.
Indian Border Security Force kills a Bangladeshi cattle trader and shoots another in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.
At long last the last impediment to the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement and the related Protocols has been removed.
The people living in the enclaves had no clear identity so far. They enjoyed none of the basic amenities and facilities such as schools, hospitals, etc.
THE unanimous passage of the Land Boundary Agreement Bill in both the Houses of the Indian Parliament is a historic development.
THE NDA government's 'neighbour first' policy received further boost in the recent past. From taking a lead in operationalising the rescue plan in Nepal to the passage of the long pending landmark Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), the signature determination of the government's intention to boost India's neighbourhood policy is apparent.
SOON the Government of India would table the 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill to bring the revised India Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) into force.
Dropping Assam from the Land Boundary Bill is a regressive decision by India
