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The UN refugee agency says Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago. (Photo: File/ AP)

Second attempt to return Rohingya to Myanmar planned: UN

Myanmar's military in August 2017 launched a counterinsurgency campaign in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent...

16 Aug 2019 2:28 PM IST

Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina

B'desh PM to visit India in Oct; Teesta water sharing, Rohingya crisis...

Hasina's alliance, dominated by her party Awami League, won the general election with a thumping majority in December...

5 Aug 2019 9:55 AM IST

Prior to the surgery doctors had said there was only a 50 percent chance of both of the twins surviving. (Photo: AFP)

'Stable After Final Separation': Doctors On Conjoined Bangladeshi...

The twins, named Rabeya and Rukaya, turned three last month and suffered from a rare embryological disorder.

2 Aug 2019 1:40 PM IST

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...

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

28 Sept 2019 11:08 AM IST

Dengue, influenza and chikungunya are serious viral infections that are usually accompanied by severe symptoms. And since the symptoms of all three are so similar, it can be quite difficult, if not impossible, to make a conclusive identification without laboratory testing, says Dr J. Anish Anand, consultant internal medicine, Apollo Hospitals.

Bangladesh: Dengue death toll increases from 68 to 75

Since January this year, as many as 85,288 people have been affected by dengue in the country.

24 Sept 2019 10:46 AM IST

The accused however took her to fifth floor of the OPD building of the hospital and sexually assaulted her near the staircase. The accused fled from the hospital and was not to be found, said an officer of Sion police station.

Bangladesh police force gangrape victim to marry suspect

The mother-of-three had accused five men of confining her to a room and sexually assaulting her multiple times between...

13 Sept 2019 8:47 AM IST

Six policemen were in the ministers security team and the minister was going to a programme of Border Guard Bangladesh. We got stuck at the traffic lights at Science Lab intersection. The bomb exploded when I got off (from the escort vehicle) and walked ahead to ask traffic police to clear the way for the minister, the paper quoted injured ASI AB Shahabuddin as saying. (Photo: File | Representational)

2 policemen injured in ISIS attack targeting Bangladesh minister in...

The bomb was thrown from the footbridge at the Science Lab intersection Saturday night when the minister was passing...

1 Sept 2019 3:54 PM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

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...

20 Oct 2020 1:35 AM IST

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,...

19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

10 killed as cyclone Amphan batters Bangladesh. (AFP Photo)

10 killed as cyclone Amphan batters Bangladesh

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

21 May 2020 3:59 PM IST

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...

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

5 May 2020 5:47 PM IST

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

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

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

24 July 2020 9:55 AM IST