Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA)

Teesta issue progresses quietly, confidently: Saran

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran says there has been progress over the long-pending Teesta issue behind the scene quietly and confidently.

979 enclave people opt to go to India

Total 979 people living in Indian enclaves inside Bangladeshi territory will move into mainland India with the implementation of land boundary treaty between the neighbouring countries.

Meeting on enclave-dwellers’ nationality begins

Delegations of Bangladesh and India will hold a meeting to finalise a list of the nationality choice of enclave people between two countries at Changrabandha frontier of Cooch Behar district Monday afternoon.

STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING / India has achieved its strategic aim – have we?

A very wise man had said, “To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”

Modi, Hasina meet

Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina meet in a tete-a-tete at Bangladesh PMO.

Enclave dwellers hail land deal (video)

Sweetmeats all around, jubilation everywhere and joyous rallies everyday – it is a long-awaited freedom now almost in the touching distance for enclave dwellers.

Modi compares land boundary deal with fall of Berlin Wall

Indian PM Narendra Modi compares settling of land boundary deal as the fall of Berlin Wall.

STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING / Redressing an aberration

At long last the last impediment to the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement and the related Protocols has been removed.

Ratified land bill to be sent soon: Indian envoy

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran says the final ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement will be forwarded to Bangladesh soon after completing some internal procedures.

May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015

At long last

THE unanimous passage of the Land Boundary Agreement Bill in both the Houses of the Indian Parliament is a historic development.

May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015

The signing of land boundary agreement: 'Neighbour first' back on track

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.

May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015

Land deal: Modi phones Hasina

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and conveys his greetings to the people of Bangladesh on passage of long pending Land Boundary Agreement.

May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015

LBA on course

WE are happy to note that the Indian cabinet has cleared the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) Bill on Monday including Assam along with West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya as per the original accord.

May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015

Rajya Sabha passes LBA

Rajya Sabha passes constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.

May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015

India-Bangladesh LBA: The Cake with a Bite

SOON the Government of India would table the 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill to bring the revised India Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) into force.

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