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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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-…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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Bangladesh PM’s relative killed in Sri Lanka
Dhaka: An eight-year-old relative of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was among 321 people killed in the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka. Zayan Chowdhury, who was also a…
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Sheikh Hasina greets Narendra Modi on Republic Day
New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Republic Day of India. A press statement released by the Bangladesh High…
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Eradicate drug abuse, terrorism, militancy, corruption: Sheikh Hasina to Home Ministry
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday asked the country’s Home Ministry to work towards eradicating drug abuse, terrorism, militancy and the ‘black disease’ of corruption spread by the military…
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Will work for all: Bangladesh PM
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that her government would strive to work for the welfare of the people and that all development policies reach and benefit…
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