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Learning parliamentary systems from India!

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha  Meira Kumar had conveyed to her Bangladeshi counterpart on Wednesday that India was ready to help strengthen parliamentary systems and structures in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury visited the Lok Sabha on Thursday, and however, managed to exit the House just as Indian MPs resorted to unruly acts over the division of Andhra Pradesh. speakerThe Speaker of Bangladesh’s Parliament Jatiya Sangsad, was in the Lok Sabha’s special box as a state guest when...

Jan 05 elections denoting problem of credibility

Political violence is intensifying in Bangladesh. While some analysts blame the country’s recent war crimes tribunals and the growing role of religion in public life, but most believe the violence is strictly political in nature and doesn’t reflect a fundamental cleavage in Bangladeshi society. violance BDOn the 5th of January 2014, the Awami League (AL), which has ruled Bangladesh since early 2009, won a three-quarters majority in a parliamentary election that has widely been condemned...

BSF to deploy women constables along Bangladesh border

Border Security Force (BSF) will deploy women constables next week along the 856 km long border with Bangladesh to stop smuggling by the women from other side of the border, official sources said on Monday. “A contingent of 27 women constables have already arrived here two weeks back and are undergoing three weeks familiarisation training, and after completion of the training, they would be deployed along the border,” BSF DIG B S Rawat told the media. bsf womanHe said they might now be operating from the bat...

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...
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