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  PM Modi speaks to Sheikh Hasina, says Dhaka attack has 'pained us beyond words'

  National | July 02, 2016 19:56 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Dhaka attack has "pained us beyond words" as he spoke to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina

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  PM Sheikh Hasina vows to root out terrorism after Dhaka siege

  World | July 02, 2016 13:18 IST

  Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today vowed to root out terrorism from the country after Islamic State terrorists laid siege to a Dhaka café.

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  Over 3000 detained in Bangladesh after Hasina vows to ‘bring to justice’ killers of bloggers, minorities

  World | June 12, 2016 9:13 IST

  Dhaka: Bangladesh police on Saturday detained over 3,000 people, including 37 suspected Islamists, on the first day of a nationwide anti-terrorist drive after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on vowed to hunt down those behind the

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  Bangladesh’s central bank Governor quits following $100 m cyber hack

  World | March 15, 2016 21:50 IST

  Bangladesh’s central bank Governor quits following $100 m cyber hack

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  Indian army saved Sheikh Hasina and family in 1971 war: Mujib's aide

  World | December 16, 2015 16:43 IST

  Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members faced the risk of being massacred but were saved by a group of Indian soldiers during the 1971 liberation war, her father's close aide said today,

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  Sheikh Hasina dismisses IS claim; security for foreigners tightened

  World | October 04, 2015 20:28 IST

  Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today dismissed the Islamic State's claims of shooting dead two foreigners within a week, saying the Opposition BNP-Jamaat alliance has killed them to "tarnish" her government's image.A day after

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  Bangladesh, India set a precedent for world with LBA: Sheikh Hasina

  World | October 01, 2015 23:33 IST

  United Nations: Bangladesh and India have set a unique precedent for the rest of the world by exchanging over 100 enclaves providing thousands of "stateless" residents their much cherished citizenship, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

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  PM Modi meets Sheikh Hasina in New York

  World | September 24, 2015 23:04 IST

  New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York, three months after the two leaders met in Dhaka."Dhaka, New Delhi and now New

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  Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins UN award for leadership on climate change

  World | September 15, 2015 14:52 IST

  United Nations: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the United Nations Champions of the Earth award in recognition of her country's initiatives to address climate change."Serving as

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  Bangladesh HC rejects petition challenging Islam as state religion

  World | September 07, 2015 14:25 IST

  Dhaka: Bangladesh's High Court today rejected a writ petition by a Hindu lawyer questioning constitutional acknowledgement of Islam as the state religion in the "secular" country. "The court summarily rejected the petition," Deputy Attorney General Khorshedul Alam

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  Modi, Hasina attend Suvra Mukherjee's cremation

  National | August 19, 2015 14:07 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra Mukherjee was cremated here on Wednesday, the event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina among others.Suvra Mukherjee, who was ailing for some

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  Sheikh Hasina to attend Suvra Mukherjee's funeral, to have talks with PM Modi

  World | August 18, 2015 23:36 IST

  New Delhi/Dhaka: Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina will arrive in New Delhi on a day-long visit tomorrow to attend the funeral of Suvra Mukherjee, the wife of President Pranab Mukherjee, during which she will also hold

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  Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to attend Surva Mukherjee's funeral

  World | August 18, 2015 18:07 IST

  New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be arriving here tomorrow to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and offer her condolences on the demise of his wife, Suvra, who died here this morning.Hasina, who has

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  When Modi made a mistake and called Sheikh Hasina 'Bangladesh Prez'

  National | August 18, 2015 12:25 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a mistake during his address to Indian diaspora in Dubai.Modi, while thanking Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the Land Boundary Agreement between the two countries,

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  After 70 yrs, historic land swap between India and Bangladesh tonight

  World | July 31, 2015 15:03 IST

  Dahala Khagrabari (Bangladesh): Bangladesh and India will on Friday midnight finally swap tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most difficult border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for

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  Rs.1,000 crore approved for India-Bangladesh rail link

  India | July 26, 2015 17:57 IST

  Agartala:  The Indian government has sanctioned around Rs.1,000 crore for a 15-km India-Bangladesh railway project, an official said on Sunday.The union government on Saturday communicated to Tripura that it had sanctioned Rs.580 crore to lay

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  India-Bangladesh land swap deal: July 16 last day to choose

  India | July 15, 2015 22:17 IST

  New Delhi:  For 51,000 people residing in the 162 enclaves that were swapped between India and Bangladesh last month with the inking of the Land Boundary Agreement, July 16, or Thursday is the last day

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  PM Modi draws flak for 'despite being a woman' remark

  India | June 08, 2015 19:42 IST

  New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today drew flak for his remark praising his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for her resolve against terror "despite being a woman" with Congress accusing him of practicing "male chauvinism"

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  My vision of development matches with that of Sheikh Hasina: PM Modi

  World | June 07, 2015 22:28 IST

  Dhaka:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his vision of development perfectly matched with that of Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina and praised her "single-minded focus" on economic development and her "path-breaking" initiatives to boost bilateral

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  Dawn of new era: Bangladesh dailies on PM Modi visit

  World | June 07, 2015 13:51 IST

  Dhaka:  Highlighting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit as "the dawn of a new era" and echoing his description of the signing of the Land Boundary Agreement protocol as a "historic moment" in bilateral ties,