Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma has arrived in Dhaka. Verma, who most recently served as Ambassador of India to Vietnam, arrived here on Wednesday night. He will formally take up the assignment shortly after submitting his credentials to President Abdul Hamid. Pranay Verma joined the Indian Foreign Service
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9 dead in India wall collapse
At least nine people were killed when the boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed on their temporary housing sheds in India's Uttar Pradesh state in the small hours of Friday following incessant monsoon rains. The tragedy occurred in the Dilkusha area of Lucknow, the capital of the northern state, situated
Hasina, Modi ask officials to expedite CEPA negotiations
Bangladesh and India have agreed to start negotiations within the calendar year 2022 for signing the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart directed trade officials on both sides to complete these negotiations at the earliest and in time for Bangladesh's final graduation from
PM asks youths of both nations to foster friendship
Go beyond trade and invest in Bangladesh: Hasina urges Indian businesses
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh-India cooperation should go beyond trade to derive larger gains. "It should include investment, finance, services, technology transfer, and be placed within the context of regional cooperation," she said. The prime minister was addressing an business event, jointly organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers
Dhaka, Delhi pledge to eliminate terrorism
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have reiterated their strong commitment to eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. They decided to further strengthen their cooperation to counter and prevent the spread of terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation in the region and beyond. Noting with satisfaction that
India offers free export transit to Bangladesh
India has offered free transit via its territory to Bangladesh for exporting its products to third countries through specified land customs stations, airports and seaports. In this regard, the Indian side invited Bangladesh business community for using its port infrastructure for transshipment to third countries. The Indian side informed it during delegation
Getting Kushiyara water is a big success: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ongoing visit to India has been successful. Quader said this at a dialogue organized by Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters' Forum (BSRF) at the Secretariat's Media Center in the capital on Wednesday. He cited the agreement on sharing the
Dhaka, Delhi sign 7 MoUs
Bangladesh and India on Tuesday signed seven MoUs demonstrating cooperation in a number areas including water sharing of the Kushiyara River . One of the signed MoUs is withdrawal of 153 cusec water from the Kushiyara River by Bangladesh under upper Surma-Kushiyara project, Sylhet via Rahmipur Another MoU was signed between
