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74 forced disappearance victims this year

At least 74 people are known victims of forced disappearance from January to May, according to a human rights body. RABTwenty-three were found dead with eight others released by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) said at a Tuesday (June 24th) press conference, the Dhaka Tribune reported. ASK director Nur Khan said, "Police do not want to register cases when victims' families go to any police station." "On December 4th, 2013, I handed over my son, Adnan, to some people who identified themselves as RAB members. They told me that...

Gogoi reiterates his opposition to visa-free entry to Bangladeshis

A loosely worded summary of a key foreign ministry meeting may have left the Narendra Modi government fighting allegations of facilitating illegal immigration from Bangladesh, reports The Telegraph, India. Ironically, it’s a charge the Prime Minister is better known for levelling at others than for facing himself. modiThe External Affairs Ministry of India rejected Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s suggestion that India was thinking of allowing Bangladeshi nationals entry without visa if they were aged over 70 or under 10. Gogoi made the allegatio...

Bangladeshi General extends open invitation to Liberian army

The reformed Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) continues to get international goodwill from friends and partners as the rebuilding process of a new and vibrant army remains on course. Currently soldiers of the army are making contributions to the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Mali for the first time in over two decades, but at the same time other friendly nations are offering support to the army. BD-liberiaA senior official of the Bangladeshi army, one of the countries serving as major contributor of troops to United Nations Missions around...

New India-Bangladesh railway link from 2015

The governments of India and Bangladesh will start work early next year on a new rail link to ease surface transport, officials said here Tuesday. India will build a 15-km railway tracks linking Tripura’s capital Agartala with Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Akhaurah, an important railway junction connected to Chittagong port, resource-rich Sylhet and Dhaka. An Indian delegation and a Bangladeshi team attended the third meeting of the Agartala-Akhaurah railway link project steering committee here Tuesday. They will Wednesday go for a field inspection on the Indian side. “The work for new Agartbd-indiaala-Akhaurah railway link...

Modi govt to stand by promises to Dhaka

Underscoring that the new political leaderships would be business-oriented, Indian envoy to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran has hinted that the Narendra Modi government will be committed to not only maintaining friendly ties with Dhaka but also building a “momentum of the relationship”. bd-indiaIn an interview to an online newspaper, which was telecast by a private TV channel on Friday, he said this was made clear when the Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Shirin Sarmin Chowdhury met Mr. Modi on the day he took over as Prime Minister of India. The High Com...

Bangladesh allows transit of foodgrain to northeast India

In a highly significant move that was evidently cleared at the highest level, Bangladesh is allowing India to ferry foodgrain to the landlocked northeastern states using its territory and infrastructure. "To begin with, the Bangladesh government has under a special transit facility agreed to transport 10,000 tonnes of foodgrain for Tripura via its territory," Tripura's Principal Secretary (Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs) B.K. Roy told IANS. "After getting a green signal from the Bangladesh government, the FCI (Food Corporation of India) initiated the process of transporting foodgrain and essentials using the Ashuganj river port (in eastern Bangladesh) and the roadways connected to the northeastern states."
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