Browse Category

Governance

US supports war crimes trial, but should be of int’l standards    

The United States America has reiterated its support for trial to bringing to justice those who committed atrocities in the 1971 Liberation War but reminded that trials should be fair and transparent maintaining the international standards. “We understand the importance of this process in closing a painful chapter in Bangladesh’s…Bangladeshi history,” said Jen Psaki, spokesperson of the US Department of Sate. war crimes She made the remark when a questioner at the regular briefing in Washington on Wednesday wanted to know whether the U...

How bombs supplied from India to Bangladesh

As the investigating agencies continue their questioning of several suspects in the Burdhwan blast including Shaikh Yusuf, it has found that in the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) had moved four consignments of bombs to Bangladesh in the years 2013 and 2014. burdwan-blastOfficers privy to the investigation informed that the bombs prepared in West Bengal in the past two years had moved in five separate consignments across the border and have reached Bangladesh. Terrorists suspected to have bribed guards at India-Bangladesh bord...

Centre convenes meeting on new Indo-Bangla rail link  

The Indian External Affairs Ministry has convened a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday to finalise the pending issues relating to proposed Agartala (Tripura)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) new rail link project, official said here on Monday. “Various pending issues relating to new Agartala-Akhaura rail link project would be discussed and expected to be finalised in Wednesday’s meeting in New Delhi,” Tripura Transport Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik told reporters. bd-indiaThe much important fourth inter-ministerial steering committee meeting was called by the Externa...

Bangladesh tops tourists arrival chart in India

Bangladesh has topped the tourists arrival chart in India, followed by the US and the UK. According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Tourism, 7,32,105 Bangladeshis visited India in September 2014, which is 14.79 per cent of the total foreign tourist arrivals of 4.95 lakh in September. It is  followed by the US (11.88 per cent) and the UK (8.33 per cent) In the past two years, tourists arrival from Bangladesh is on the rise. In 2012, about 4,87,397 tourists visited India and it rose to 5,24,923 in 2013. In both these years Bangladesh was third in the list of source countries for foreign tourist arrivals to India consisting of 7.41 and 7.63 per cent respectively. During the period, the US and the UK topped the chart.

BD-US partnership dialogue postponed    

The third partnership dialogue between Bangladesh and the US has been postponed due to conflicting schedule. The dialogue, between Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and his US counterpart Wendy Sherman, was supposed to 0be held in Washington, DC on October 21-22, reports the Dhaka Tribune. “We are working on finding a new date,” the foreign secretary told the Dhaka Tribune. bd-us-flag1Shahidul will accompany Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Asia Europe Meeting to be held from October 16 and 17, and he will attend the Compact Review meeti...

India-Bangladesh projects in Tripura making rapid progress  

A number of infrastructure and development projects have been jointly undertaken by India and Bangladesh in Tripura. Recently, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka was in Tripura to review the progress made in the entire proposed Indo-Bangla projects. During his three-day visit to the state, Indian Deputy High commissioner in Dhaka Sandeep Chakravorty met ministers and top officials and took stock of the progress of various India-Bangladesh projects. Following the meeting with Power Minister Manik Dey, Chakravorty revealed that the work for supply of 100 MW power from Tripura’s Palatana power project to Bangladesh is progressing fast.
Verified by MonsterInsights