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Third ‘border haat’ along India-Bangladesh frontier opens

Tripura’s first “border haat” - the third such market along India’s frontier with Bangladesh - was inaugurated here Tuesday to boost trade of local produce of both the nations. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Bangladeshi counterpart Tofail Ahmed jointly inaugurated the “border haat” here, about 140 km south of Tripura capital Agartala. borderhaat-112Two “border haat” were set up in 2012 on Meghalaya-Bangladesh border - Kalaichar (India)-Baliamari (Bangladesh) and Dalora (Bangladesh)-Balat (India)....

Online gateway to 25,000 govt offices  

A website has brought together 25,000 government offices through separate links, allowing people to access information or file complaints easily online. The website, National Web Portal of Bangladesh, is one of the largest of its kind in the world, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, said yesterday. mobiledeviceThe site, which works as a gateway to government portals, has more than 15 lakh content items, including 40,000 photos of famous or historical places in the country, Palak said at a programme organised to highlight t...

Shashi Tharoor’s allegations are false, says Delhi Police Chief  

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has denied any pressure after a letter written by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor surfaced alleging that police officers pressurised his domestic help into framing Mr Tharoor in the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. "I have spoken to the police officers regarding these concerns, and they told me there is no such thing," Mr Bassi said. sunanda_shahi_tharoor_650In the letter written to Mr Bassi in November last year, Mr Tharoor wrote, "The officer used the traumatic physica...

Why can’t Bangladeshis protest peacefully?

Today, one year following national elections in Bangladesh, at least four people died in violence following political protests in Dhaka and other cities across the country. The proximate reason: the opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) took out protests, which the ruling Awami League government had banned, to mark a “Murder of Democracy Day.” Despite the ban on protests, press reports indicate that members of the Awami League “outnumbered” the opposition on the streets of Dhaka. hartalA brief recap of the past year’s events provides the bac...

Bengal awaiting Centre nod for cruise to Bangladesh

The West Bengal government is awaiting approval from the Ministry of External Affairs to start river cruise services with Bangladesh, a state government official said today. bd-india"Many have shown interest in starting river cruise service so we approached the central government for permission. The matter is now with the external affairs ministry," State Transport Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay told reporters. He said cruise operators are ready with all the plans and would start services in the Kolkata-Dhaka route as soon as they get approv...

Tripura ‘haat’ along Indo-Bangla border to open Jan 13

The first border market, locally called ‘haat’, in Tripura and the third along the India-Bangladesh frontier is likely to be inaugurated Jan 13, an official said here. Two ‘border haats’ were set up in 2012 at Meghalaya’s Kalaichar (India)-Baliamari (Bangladesh) and Dalora (Bangladesh)-Balat (India). bd-indiaThe ‘border haats’ are allowed to sell agricultural and horticultural products, spices, minor forest products (excluding timber), fresh and dry fish, dairy and poultry products, cottage industry items, wooden furniture, handloom and handicraft ite...
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