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Border pact is testimony to what spirit of cooperation can achieve

Parliament’s passage of the bill on the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh brings to an end anomalies of the Radcliffe Award hastily drawn up in the days before Partition, which had continued despite earlier efforts in the Nehru-Noon accord of 1958. The 1974 Indira-Mujib accord was approved shortly by the Bangladesh parliament. India did not do so as the acquisition or surrender of any territory required precise determination of the territory involved. bd-indiaIn fact, in order to become effective, the Bangladesh constitutional amendment had t...

Over 1,500 Bangladesh civil servants to get training in India

Over 1,500 Bangladesh civil services officers are likely to be trained in the next three years in different Indian institutions, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here today. Interacting with visiting Bangladeshi Minister Begum Ismat Ara Sadique, who had called upon him here, the Minister expressed satisfaction over growth in bilateral relations between the two nations. bd-indiaReferring to traditional ties between India and Bangladesh, Singh said that it was a matter of great satisfaction that in recent times the bilateral relations had grown further at...

India-Bangladesh boundary bill passed

The Lok Sabha today passed the constitution amendment bill to implement the historic land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, completing the stamp of approval by Indian parliament to settle the more than four-decade-old land boundary and exchange of enclaves issues. bd-indiaThe bill was unanimously passed by Rajya Sabha yesterday. The same bill was okayed by Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, around 6:10pm (Indian time). Moving the 119th Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha earlier in the day, which w...

Philippines, Bangladesh sign deal on foreign policy

The Philippines and Bangladesh have signed an agreement to establish a mechanism for a periodic review of bilateral relations, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Bangladesh Foreign bd-philipinesSecretary Md. Shahidul Haque recently inked the memorandum of understanding on establishing the Foreign Policy Consultations mechanism between the two countries, and they also successfully held their first foreign policy consultation. “At the inaugural meeting,...

Bharat Bangladesh Enclave committee writes to Centre

Members of the Bharat Bangladesh Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee (BBEECC) has written separately to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu regarding the “speedy implementation” of the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh which remains unresolved since 1974. bd-indiaRecently, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had visited the enclaves in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during her visit to Bangladesh in February this year, had assured the nei...

Thailand looks to be BD’s new potential manpower market

As the government has intensified efforts to diversify its labour market abroad, Thailand offers a bright prospect where Bangladesh may have an access soon to two areas—deep sea fisheries and construction sectors. Both the countries are now in negotiations to finalise a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as Thailand is looking for bridging its labour gap by recruiting migrant workers from a number of countries, including Bangladesh. bd-thaiBangladesh Ambassador to Thailand Saida Muna Tasneem recently met Thai Labour Minister Surasak Karnjanarat at the ...
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