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Fugitive arrested 19 years after attack on Sheikh Hasina’s convoy
Dhaka: Nineteen years after an attack on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s convoy at Satkhira on August 30, 2002, the police have arrested a fugitive who was convicted of the crime. Arifur…
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PM Modi arrives in Bangladesh to take part in Independence Day celebrations
Dhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bangladesh on Friday to take part in the country’s 50th Independence Day celebrations, his first foreign visit since the COVID-19 outbreak. He was welcomed by…
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Bangladesh redecorates two Hindu temples for Prime Minister Modi’s visit
Dhaka: Bangladesh has redecorated two Hindu temples in the country’s southwest ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit during which he will offer prayers there and attend the grand celebrations of the…
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Bangladesh PM Hasina gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday received her first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, nearly a month after the country launched the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive with the jab, manufactured…
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B’desh observes one-day state mourning in memory Pranab Mukherjee
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Wednesday observed state mourning in honour of its “real friend” Pranab Mukherjee, recalling the former Indian president’s outstanding and unforgettable contributions to the country’s 1971 Liberation War and strengthening of…
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Bangladesh PM calls CAA ‘internal matter’ but ‘unnecessary’
New Delhi: Even as Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is India’s “internal matter”, she has described the law, which aims to grant citizenship to persecuted religious…
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Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif meet Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi: Bollywood actors Salman Khan along and Katrina Kaif felt honoured as he met “beautiful lady” Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The ‘Dabangg 3’ actor Salman shared the picture along with…
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Indo-Bangla ties at their best now: Sheikh Hasina
Kolkata: The ties between India and Bangladesh are at their best now, visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said here on Friday while expressing her country’s desire to continue the “excellent relations”…
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D/N Test: Hasina, Mamata to attend; Shah unlikely
Kolkata: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate India’s first Day-Night Test by ringing the Eden Bell just before the start of play as a…
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Sheikh Hasina to watch historic India-B’desh Test match
New Delhi: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina is visiting Kolkata on Friday on the request of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the first day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Eden…
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VP Naidu meets world leaders on sidelines of 18th NAM summit
Baku: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday met with the different world leaders on the sidelines of the 18th session of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Baku. VP Naidu met with Iranian President…
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Road in Bangla city to be named after PM Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: The road passing by Chittagong’s Shah Amanat International Airport, the second-largest international airport in Bangladesh, will be renamed after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chittagong City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasiruddin on…
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Hasina to order crackdown on illicit activities in varsitites
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she would soon order law-enforcement agencies to start a nationwide crackdown on illicit activity in universities and other educational institutions. The Prime Minister,…
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Priyanka calls B’desh PM Sheikh Hasina an ‘inspiration’
New Delhi: Following a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called her a great inspiration. Priyanka said that Prime Minister Hasina has the trait of fighting…
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Sheikh Hasina meets Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka, Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi along with other leaders of the party, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Anand Sharma, and former Prime Minister…
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Jaishankar meets Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi. The visiting Prime Minister’s meeting will be succeeded by her bilateral talks with Prime…
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Sheikh Hasina to hold bilateral discussions with PM Modi today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi today on ways to strengthen bilateral ties. Modi and Hasina had previously met…
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India-Bangladesh Business Forum held in New Delhi
New Delhi: The India-Bangladesh Business Forum was held on Friday in presence of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal. “India Bangladesh Business Forum was…
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Bangladesh PM in India: Expresses ‘great concern’ over NRC
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on a four-day tour to attend the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum to strengthen relations between India and Bangladesh. NRC- A Great…
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Sheikh Hasina calls for more Indian investments in Bangladesh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged Indian investors to step up their investment in Bangladesh, saying her country “knows how to transform challenges into opportunities.” “It is the time…
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives in India on 4-day visit
New Delhi: With an aim to further intensify bilateral relations between the two countries, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday arrived in the national capital on a four-day visit to India.…
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Hasina honoured with ‘Vaccine Hero Award’ in NY
New York: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is here to attend the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), was conferred with the Vaccine Hero Award at the UN headquarters.…
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Teesta: Sheikh Hasina expects positive response from India
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed hope to get a positive response from India over different unresolved issues, including the Teesta water-sharing one, before her visit to the neighbouring country…
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Bangladesh kicks off blue economy ministerial conference
Dhaka: Ministers and representatives from Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) on Thursday gathered in the Bangladeshi capital for a summit which aims at strengthening maritime cooperation. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in…
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Bangla PM Sheikh Hasina to visit India in October
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit India in October this year during which she will discuss bilateral issues including water sharing in common rivers, Foreign Minister AK Abdul…
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Proposal to integrate Rakhine with Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina slams US lawmaker
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised a top US lawmaker’s proposal to merge Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state into her country, saying it was an attempt to “start a…
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Bangladesh: 9 BNP leaders sentenced to death for attack on Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced nine Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists to death, and 25 others to life imprisonment for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
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Shut out from Bangladesh schools, Rohingyas turn to madrassas
Kutupalong: Half a million refugee Rohingya children are shut out of local schools in Bangladesh, leaving many in religious madrassas where critics say educational standards are low and students are vulnerable to…
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Hasina accuses Myanmar of being hesitant in taking back Rohingyas
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly accused Myanmar of being hesitant in repatriating over a million Rohingya who fled ongoing sectarian conflict in the northern Rakhine State. “The problem…
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Bangladesh: In major cabinet reshuffle, portfolios of several ministers changed
Dhaka [Bangladesh]: Announcing her first major cabinet reshuffle just five months after taking office, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday changed portfolios of two ministers and three state ministers. The Daily…
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