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BSF, Border Guard Bangladesh Co-Ordination Conference Concludes, Issues of Bilateral Interests Discussed To Enhance Cooperation

Chattogram: The Border Security Force (BSF)and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Co-ordination Conference concluded on Thursday, where the issues of bilateral interests were discussed to pave way for enhanced understanding and increased cooperation between both forces."During the conference, various issues of bilateral interest which would pave the way for enhancing the understanding and increased

September 15, 2023
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French President Emmanuel Macron To Attend G20 Summit In Delhi, Travel To Bangladesh Next For Bilateral Visit

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Delhi to participate in the G20 Summit taking place under India’s presidency on September 9-10, and will then travel to Bangladesh for a bilateral visit, the President’s office said in a statement.The G20 Summit will allow France’s President to continue his continuing engagement with colleagues from other continents in order to address the

September 5, 2023
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How India Is Countering China’s Influence In South Asia, Explains Think Tank

New Delhi: Despite all the aggressive attempts by China, New Delhi through its continuous efforts to improve goodwill without business interests is pushing back against Beijing in the crucial region of South Asia, senior defence analyst and professor Derek Grossman said in a piece on the website of the think tank Rand Corporation.Amid the intensifying strategic confrontation between the United

August 30, 2023
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India, Bangladesh Review Defence Ties

India & Bangladesh hold fifth Annual Defence Dialogue in DhakaNew Delhi: India and Bangladesh held the fifth Annual Defence Dialogue on 28 August 2023 in Dhaka. Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane, who is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh on 27-28 August 2023, co-chaired the meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division.The

August 28, 2023
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PM Hasina To Attend BRICS Summit In Johannesburg On Tuesday

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Johannesburg on Tuesday to attend the BRICS meeting at the invitation of South African President Matamela Cyrill Ramaphosa, Dhaka Tribune reported.Briefing reporters about the visit, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the prime minister will attend the "BRICS-Africa Outreach and the BRICS Plus Dialogues" on August 24 on the last day

August 20, 2023
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China Building Dams Over Brahmaputra River May Prove Disastrous For Bangladesh

Dhaka: China, an upper riparian nation, has built roughly eight hydroelectric power projects (HPPs) on the lower levels of the Brahmaputra; some of them are currently operational, others are being built, and one mega-dam is being considered, according to the Daily Mirror. According to Beijing’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–25), the 9th projected 60 GW HPP could be constructed at the Great Bend in

August 15, 2023
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Gujarat ATS Arrests Three People For Suspected Links With Al-Qaeda

In May, the ATS busted an Al-Qaeda module and arrested four Bangladeshis who were living illegally in AhmedabadThe Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested three people from Rajkot for their alleged links with terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda , officials said on Tuesday.The arrests were made after an ATS team acted on a tip-off and closely monitored the suspects for several days. The

August 3, 2023
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Economic, Cultural, Business Ties Between India, Bangladesh Have Strengthened Over Last Couple of Years: Bangladeshi Minister

Kolkata: Bangladesh Minister of Information and Broadcasting Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said the country’s economic, cultural and business ties with India have strengthened under the leadership of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“Economic, cultural and business ties have strengthened over the last couple of years under the leadership of

July 28, 2023
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Three Infrastructure Projects To Be Launched By Bangladesh With Indian Assistance, During PM Sheikh Hasina’s India Visit

Dhaka: Three major infrastructural projects will be launched by Bangladesh with Indian assistance during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India for the G20 summit in September this year, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) national news agency of Dhaka reported on Tuesday.Three projects are namely; Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant-2, 65-kilometre-long Khulna-Mongla Port Railway

July 19, 2023
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