India will start the process of verification of people living in 51 border enclaves, to be handed over to Bangladesh as per the Land Boundary Agreement, on July 6. During the intensive exercise, government officials will ask people living in the enclaves whether they would like to take Bangladeshi citizenship or want to remain as Indians. “The exercise will start on July 6 simultaneously in all enclaves which will be given to Bangladesh as per LBA,” a Home Ministry official said. The verification process in Indian enclaves is expected to be...

Plagued by charges of corruption, disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossain Chyowdhury Maya and food minister Qamrul Islam should tender their resignation, says TIB. The anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International Bangladesh, maintains that their resignation should have set precedent. [caption id="attachment_17533" align="alignleft" width="300"] The ministers for relief and disaster management and food should resign willingly over corruption allegations, says Transparency International Bangladesh. This file photo shows TIB Executi...

Bangladesh ended May with 47.42 million active internet subscribers, up from 45.67 million internet subscribers at the end of April. The mobile internet base reached 45.97 million in May, up from 44.22 million in the previous month, according to figures from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The fixed-line internet user base increased to 1.26 million from 1.25 million, while the number of Wimax subscribers fell to 188,000 in May, from 198,000 in the previous month. -Telecompaper