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Mamata helping fundamentalists in Bangladesh: Biman Bose

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of helping fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh, the Left Front Sunday said its stand has resulted in fanatics belonging to both the majority and minority communities becoming more active in West Bengal. Calling it a conspiracy, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said some people have also been forced to cross over to West Bengal from the neighbouring country as the Teesta river water sharing and enclave exchange issues still remained unresolved. Mamata“The Trinamool...

Project building children from Port Talbot, Bangladesh praised

A project bringing together children from Port Talbot and Bangladesh has been praised by the British High Commissioner for the country — who also comes from the town. Robert Gibson CMG was brought up in Margam, but has since lived all over the world, and has been at the British High Commission in Dhaka since 2011. While in St David’s Church, Margam, at Christmas, he heard that British Council grant funded project, Connecting Classrooms, had reached the town, and set about to visit the schools involved. children BritishFou...

Cattle smuggling creating huge anarchy in Indo-Bangla border

Illegal mass-theft of cattle is a huge problem on the border between India and Bangladesh. Along the largely porous boundary between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, cattle-raids and cattle-smuggling, often conducted by criminal gangs, raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually in illicit profits. The activity is so lucrative and dangerous that it often costs the lives of the perpetrators and innocent bystanders. cattle smugglingAccording to a report from Agence France-Presse (AFP), four men suspected of catt...

Rights group urges ICC to investigate Bangladesh

An Islamic rights group is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, to investigate the government of Bangladesh for alleged crimes against humanity in persecuting its political foes. British lawyer Toby Cadman said he filed the request on behalf of the International Coalition for Freedoms of Rights a month after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party won elections marred by violence and a boycott by the main opposition party. International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will decide whether to launch an investigation after studying the application. ICC

Government suffers from legitimacy: Hossain Zillur

Post the violent elections in Bangladesh conducted on January 5, the Executive Chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and a former advisor to the caretaker government of Bangladesh, Hossain Zillur Rahman, has pinpointed the failures of the elections that were also shunned globally. "The election has led to a parliament whose legitimacy is questionable. The government which is in place now suffers from this legitimacy issue enormously at home and at abroad," said Rahman. hossain Zillur

Bangladeshi slashed in rape attempt

A 40-year-old Bangladeshi labourer was slashed in his leg after he allegedly tried to rape a 50-year-old housewife in Kampung Teluk Wanjah here. rapeThe foreigner, who had moved into a rented house near the woman’s house about two years ago, tried to rape the woman after thinking that she was home alone, reports ANN. Shopiah Ahmad’s screams alerted her 62-year-old husband, who was husking coconuts at the back of their house. Her husband rushed in when he heard her screams and in the ensuing scuffle slashe...
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