Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today remained tight-lipped on whether she would discuss the contentious Teesta river issue with Bangladeshi leaders during her 3-day visit to that country. Banerjee, who will meet Prime
New Delhi/Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's Bangladesh visit from Feb 19 to 21 has caught the ire of controversial Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen, who has alleged that the CM was shielding Muslim fundamentalists
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today rejected a call for dialogue with the opposition, saying she will not talk to “murderers” of innocent people as the death toll in the recent political turmoil crossed
Dhaka: The security around Bangladesh Opposition chief Khaleda Zia's office has been stepped up after hundreds of pro-government activists tried to besiege the building demanding withdrawal of the ongoing nation-wide blockade.Workers have erected a barbed-wire
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday ruled out any chances of declaring a state of emergency though the BNP and its allies were continuing with the violent blockade for a month."Hoping for an emergency
Dhaka: Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia has been charged by police of masterminding an arson attack on a bus that left 29 people injured, days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the former premier could
Dhaka: Sheikh Hasina today drove to the office of her arch-rival Khaleda Zia, who suffered bereavement losing her youngest son, but the Bangladesh Prime Minister had to go back from the gate without meeting the
Dhaka: Police in Bangladesh are braced for more violence this weekend after arson attacks, protests, strikes and blockades in recent days left 30 people dead and hundreds more injured.More than 7,000 people have been detained
Dhaka: Bangladesh's besieged opposition leader Khaleda Zia today accused the ruling Awami League of turning the country into a "police state" and warned of "dire consequences" for confining her to her office."None can hang on
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today gave a pep-talk to her archrival Khaleda Zia, advising her to shun the path of violence and refrain from “sabotage, violence and killing people”, amid deadly clashes between
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will undertake a three-day visit to Dhaka from February 19 to 21 on an invitation by Bangladesh government.A highly-placed state government source told PTI that she has accepted
Kathmandu: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations must cast their differences aside to ensure the region's progress, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said here on Wednesday.Addressing the 18th SAARC Summit, she said
New York: Furthering his ‘neighbourhood first' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Bangladesh and Nepal and Sri Lankan President and discussed matters of common concern, including terrorism, while affirming
New York: Sustainable development cannot be achieved in the ‘absence of durable peace and security', said Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday as she underlined the importance of a ‘balanced, pragmatic and ambitious agenda'
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves Thursday on a five-day much anticipated visit to the United States, during which he will address the UN General Assembly and also hold a summit meeting with US
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-day high profile visit from tomorrow to the US during which he will have a power-packed schedule of meetings - official, business and public -
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for greater cooperation between India and Bangladesh in the areas of energy, power, infrastructure and tourism.As visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali called on him on
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today said India and Bangladesh need to work on “increasing connectivity” between the two countries as the visiting Bangladeshi Foreign Minister called on him here. The President told a delegation
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked minority Hindu community in Bangladesh to be firm in demanding their rights and join hands in nation building with the spirit of non-communalism.“Bangladesh is your motherland, you were
Dhaka: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met former Bangladesh President Hussain Ershad's wife and opposition Jatiya Party leader Roshan Ershad before leaving for Delhi at the end of her three-day visit here. The meeting
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