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PM Modi is scheduled to hold a five-kilometre-long roadshow in the constituency after his arrival here. (Photo: File)

BIMSTEC leaders invited to attend PM Modi's swearing in ceremony: MEA

The BIMSTEC member states include Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan and India.

27 May 2019 6:45 PM IST

The NGO, Friendship, currently runs two floating hospitals and are in the process of building five more. These would all be handed over to the Bangladesh government in five years time. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Floating hospitals to the rescue in climate change hit Bangladesh

Bangladesh, a victim of climate change, is now relying on floating boats for rural healthcare.

24 May 2019 1:29 PM IST

In recent years Myanmar imposed debilitating restrictions on the Rohingya, a Muslim minority demonised as immigrants from Bangladesh. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Exiled Rohingyas reminisce about bittersweet past

In exile in Bangladesh, a bittersweet revival of Rohingya culture.

8 May 2019 10:58 AM IST

The districts which are in the path of the Cyclone Fani are Puri, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khurda, Naygarh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cyclone 'Fani' leaves 12 dead in Odisha, relief work underway

PM Modi spoke to Odisha CM and discussed the prevailing situation in the aftermath of the cyclone's landfall in the...

4 May 2019 1:14 PM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Train crash kills 4, injures at least 65 in Bangladesh

He said the rail bridge broke down when the train was crossing it.

24 Jun 2019 9:31 AM IST

At present, nearly one million Rohingyas are forced to take shelter in Bangladesh after Myanmars army, responding to attacks by an armed group, launched a brutal campaign against the Muslim minorities in the Rakhine state in 2017. (Photo: ANI)

Rohingya crisis can destabilise region if not solved: Bangladesh...

Rohingya, who belong to the Rakhine state in Myanmar, have been facing extreme persecution by authorities and majority...

16 Jun 2019 12:50 PM IST

The problem lies with Myanmar as they dont want to take back the Rohingyas by any means though Naypyidaw signed an agreement with Bangladesh promising to repatriate them, Dhaka Tribune quoted Hasina as saying on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Hasina accuses Myanmar of being hesitant in taking back Rohingyas

PM Hasina also expressed concerns about security factors involving Rohingyas as many were found to be engaged in...

10 Jun 2019 2:58 PM IST

Captain Fazal Mahmud of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was denied entry at the immigration of Doha International Airport in Qatar on Thursday after it was found that he travelled without passport, the airline officials said. (Photo: Twitter)

Pilot who went to pick up B'desh PM Hasina fails to carry passport,...

The airline is now sending another pilot to bring Prime Minister Hasina back to Bangladesh, he added.

7 Jun 2019 3:22 PM IST

Rescue workers search for the bodies of missing persons after a landslide, triggered by heavy rains and floods, at Nenmara in Palakkad. (Photo: PTI)

600 killed, 25 million affected due to floods in south Asia: UN

In India, more than 10 million people have been affected in Assam, Bihar, UP and other NE states, including more than...

27 July 2019 3:58 PM IST

Ravinder Rana, Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital said, We tried to resuscitate his breathing but there was no response from him as he was brought dead here. (Photo: Representational)

Mob kills 8 in B'desh over rumours of kids being sacrificed for bridge...

A deaf man was also beaten to death outside the capital that day while trying to visit his daughter.

24 July 2019 3:09 PM IST

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen.

Author Taslima Nasreen India stay permit extended from 3 months to a...

She was last week given three-month residence permit after which she requested Home Minister Amit Shah on Twitter to...

21 July 2019 1:30 PM IST

Following the verdict, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and senior ministers came down heavily on Sinha, with many of them calling for his resignation. (Representational Image)

Bangladesh's first Hindu Chief Justice booked in money laundering case

Sinha, who was appointed 21st chief justice of the country in January 2015, was charged by ACC on Wednesday along with...

12 July 2019 2:55 PM IST