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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to attend Surva Mukherjee's funeral

World | Aug 18, 2015, 06:07 PM 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

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

National | Aug 18, 2015, 12:25 PM 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,

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

World | Jul 31, 2015, 03:03 PM 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

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

India | Jul 26, 2015, 05:57 PM 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

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

India | Jul 15, 2015, 10:17 PM 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

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

India | Jun 08, 2015, 07:42 PM 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"

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

World | Jun 07, 2015, 10:28 PM 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

Dawn of new era: Bangladesh dailies on PM Modi visit

World | Jun 07, 2015, 01:51 PM 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,

New bus service via Dhaka makes people of Tripura, Bengal gung-ho

India | Jun 07, 2015, 08:23 AM IST

Agartala/Kolkata: The Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka, formally flagged off on Saturday, has come as a boon for the people of the north eastern states and Kolkata, with medical treatment, jobs, education, tourism, trade and

Indo-Bangla land boundary pact is 'meeting of hearts', says PM Modi

World | Jun 07, 2015, 07:43 PM IST

LIVE UPDATES:*Prime Minister Narendra Modi concludes his speech at BICC. *Our (Bangladesh PM and PM Modi) thought process match perfectly. All we think of is development, development and development: PM Modi*Mamata said I can never hospitality

India, Bangladesh ratify historic land swap deal, ink 22 agreements

World | Jun 06, 2015, 11:56 PM IST

Dhaka: In a historic move, India and Bangladesh on Saturday ratified an over 40-year-old land border swap agreement and flagged off two new trans-border buses as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Bangladeshi

Bangladesh offers SEZs to Indian companies

Jun 06, 2015, 11:06 PM IST

Dhaka: With an aim to boost bilateral trade, Bangladesh today offered to establish Special Economic Zones for Indian companies besides allowing Life Insurance Corporation to start operation in the country. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

Confident of fair solution to river water sharing issues: PM Modi

World | Jun 06, 2015, 10:34 PM IST

Dhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today exuded confidence of reaching a "fair solution" to the long-pending Teesta and Feni rivers water sharing issues with Bangladesh.The Teesta issue was understood to have figured during a brief

June 06th: Top five major news events of the day

India | Jun 06, 2015, 10:50 PM IST

India, Bangladesh seal historic Land Boundary AgreementPrime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit here, India and Bangladesh today sealed a historic agreement that will settle a 41-year-old land boundary dispute through exchange of territories, removing a

Will continue to come down hard on terrorists: Sheikh Hasina

World | Jun 06, 2015, 09:56 PM IST

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh will continue to adopt a "zero tolerance" approach in dealing with terrorism and extremism, in reassurance to India as militants use to take advantage of the

India, Bangladesh seal historic Land Boundary Agreement

World | Jun 06, 2015, 06:05 PM IST

Dhaka: On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit here, India and Bangladesh today sealed a historic agreement that will settle a 41-year-old land boundary dispute through exchange of territories, removing a major irritant in bilateral

Narendra Modi gifts hand-woven tapestry to Sheikh Hasina

World | Jun 06, 2015, 05:55 PM IST

Dhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today presented a hand-woven tapestry, that showed "Kalpavriksh tree & the Kamadhenu cow", to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina."Presented a hand-woven tapestry from Venkatagiri, Andhra Pradesh woven in Jamdani style

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