“India has been very sympathetic to our request for detection of the graves of our freedom fighters for reburial on the land they fought for. It will open up a new horizon in our relations,” said Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, who previously headed the Liberation War Affairs Ministry.
West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya have begun the painstaking process of locating the fighters’ graves, digging up their remains and shipping them home for burial, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka announced earlier this year. The four border states appointed nodal officers to facilitate the process, according to the commission.
The 4,000 or so fighters who died in combat or went missing in action were scattered in borderland states during the nine-month war. As of January, officials had ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the concerned authorities to reduce the fare of the newly launched taxicab by 15 percent, showing respect to public opinion.
"Re-fix the first two kilometres' fare at Tk 85 from Tk 100," she said while inaugurating the taxicab service of the Trust Transport Services under the Army Welfare Trust that aims to address the longstanding crisis of quality public transport.
Hasina formally launched the new taxic...
India and Bangladesh will hold the annual railway talks here from today to undertake a complete review of railway cooperation between the two countries and ways and means to improve connectivity and services.
The India-Bangladesh Inter-Governmental Railway Meeting (IGRM) will take on April 21-23 in Dhaka, Indian Embassy here said.
The meeting will undertake a complete review of railway cooperation between the two countries and ways and means to improve connectivity and services.
The two delegations would also discuss freight train operation...
Enhanced cooperation between India and Bangladesh on trade in rice seeds would help farmers of both the sides increase the yield of the commodity, a study by think-tank CUTS International has said.
At present, farmers of both the sides are using smuggled seeds which are not of good quality, it said.
Rice growing areas in Bangladesh and India, “where farmers make widespread use of smuggled seeds”, can immensely gain from cooperation between the two countries, the Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUT...
Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC has observed the historic Mujibnagar Day in a befitting manner on 17 April. The day’s program began in the morning with ceremonial hoisting of the national flag at the Embassy premises by Ambassador Akramul Qader in presence of all the officers and staff members of the Embassy. Messages from the President Mr. Abdul Hamid, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were read out. Special prayers were offered for the eternal peace of the departed souls of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family members, four national leaders , and the valiant freedom fighters and individuals who sacrificed their lives nad honour to achieve the independence of the country and also for continued peace and prosperity of the country.
Six business establishments were gutted by a fire in Post Office area of the district town early Sunday.
Fire Services officials said the fire originated from electric shot circuit at a shop in the area at dead of the night and soon engulfed five adjoining shops.
Being informed, fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the flame after one hour of frantic efforts. The affected shop owners claimed that the loss caused by t...
