Bangladesh

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021 | Last Update : 11:35 PM IST

Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can’t fix all our problems

This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita income.

20 Oct 2020 1:35 AM

A man walks balancing a basket on his head at a vegetable market in Lucknow, India. (AP)

AA Edit | India indicted by global hunger index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 published this week has put India behind most of its south Asian neighbours, including Bangladesh

19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM

India toughens public procurement rules for bidders from bordering nations. (AP Photo)

In move against China, India tightens rules on investments from neighbours

The Indian government’s statement said the decision was taken to “strengthen the defence of India and national security”

24 Jul 2020 9:55 AM

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 Jul 2020 5:57 PM

10 killed as cyclone Amphan batters Bangladesh

Many low-lying areas were inundated, embankments collapsed, trees uprooted and houses damaged by cyclone in coastal districts of Bangladesh

21 May 2020 3:59 PM

64 repatriation flights to be operated by Air India from May 7-13. (PTI Photo)

64 flights to bring stranded Indians from abroad, government reveals airfare

On arrival from abroad, all passengers will be screened and put under quarantine for a period of 14 days as a Covid-19 precautionary measure

05 May 2020 5:47 PM

Finance Ministry notifies changes in FDI policy under FEMA law

Prior approval of government mandatory for foreign investments, to prevent the opportunistic takeover of domestic firms

23 Apr 2020 12:42 PM

Covid19 hit South Asia very hard, worst economic performance in 40 years says World Bank. (PTI Photo)

World Bank estimates worst economic slump in South Asia

The dire economic effects are already much in evidence, with widespread lockdowns freezing most normal activity

12 Apr 2020 9:57 AM

Bangladesh on Thursday asked India to enhance security for its Guwahati mission after a mob defaced two signposts near the chancery, as protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill rocked Assam, plunging the state into total chaos. (Photo: File)

Bangladesh asks India to increase Guwahati security amid protests over CAB

The Foreign Ministry in Bangladesh said that Indian envoy Das met acting foreign secretary Ahsan at his office on Thursday.

13 Dec 2019 11:01 AM

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are likely to hold a brief one on one meeting on the sidelines of the India-Bangladesh cricket test match on Friday. (Photo: File)

Mamata Banerjee, Sheikh Hasina to hold meeting on sidelines of India-B’desh cricket match

According to sources in the Bangladesh PM's office, both the leaders will be present during the match and the felicitation ceremony.

22 Nov 2019 11:02 AM

India has strongly condemned a fake letter circulating in Bangladesh's local media claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed it to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. (Photo: File)

'Completely fake, malicious': India condemns news of PM's congratulatory letter to CJI in B'desh

Raveesh Kumar attached a statement by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, terming the letter as 'completely fake and malicious'.

14 Nov 2019 10:38 AM

At least 15 people were killed and 58 others injured when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh early Tuesday, police said. (Representational Image)

15 dead, 58 injured as 2 trains collide in Bangladesh

The circumstances surrounding the accident were under investigation, a railway official told reporters.

12 Nov 2019 10:34 AM

A court in Bangladesh sentenced 16 people to death on Thursday over the murder of a 19-year-old female student burnt alive in April that provoked outrage across the country. (Photo: AFP)

16 sentenced to death in Bangladesh for burning 19-year-old woman alive

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused in kerosene and set on fire after refusing to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint against the head teacher.

24 Oct 2019 12:57 PM

Nusrat could not be reached for comment. (Photo: Facebook)

This Bangladeshi MP hired 8 lookalikes to sit for her exams, expelled from university

Tamanna Nusrat, from the ruling Awami League party, is accused of paying the lookalikes to pretend to be her in at least 13 tests.

23 Oct 2019 11:37 AM

Thousands protested against police across Bangladesh on Monday, a day after at least four people died when officers fired on a crowd in one of the country's deadliest religious riots to date. (Photo: AFP)

4 dead in firing at protest over Hindu man's post in Bangladesh

In 2016, angry Muslims attacked Hindu temples in an eastern town over a Facebook post that allegedly mocked one of Islam's holiest sites.

22 Oct 2019 11:08 AM

The powder turns the grey hair red but does not change the remaining black hair. (Photo: AFP)

Orange beard trend takes over Bangladesh

Orange is the new grey for Bangladesh beards.

21 Oct 2019 3:00 PM

Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: File)

Will make J&K 'developed state' in 5-7 years: Rajnath Singh

Several BJP leaders have on many occasions blamed Article 370 as a barrier in the development of J&K.

17 Oct 2019 8:28 PM

Further talking to enhancing trade and investments between the two countries, she said huge potential exists in Bangladesh for Indian business community in different sectors. (Photo: ANI)

Watch: What Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina told her cook after India’s onion export ban

The Bangladeshi prime minister said that India’s sudden decision to stop onion exports has lead to a bit of difficulty for her countrymen.

04 Oct 2019 8:18 PM

But last Sunday India banned all exports from India after local prices jumped to 4,500 rupees (USD 63.30) per 100 kg, their highest in nearly six years, due to the delay in summer-sown crop arrivals triggered by longer, heavier rains than usual. (Photo: File | Representational)

Onion reaches eye-watering prices in Asian countries after India bans all export

Whether it’s Pakistani curry, Bangladeshi biryani or Indian sambar, consumers have developed serious dependence on Indian onion supplies.

02 Oct 2019 6:36 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday extended her birthday greetings to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata wishes Sheikh Hasina on birthday, hopes for strong Indo-Bangla ties

Hasina, who turned 72 on Saturday, was born to Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa in 1947.

28 Sep 2019 11:08 AM

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