Bangladeshi infiltrators have become the vote bank of TMC: Amit Shah says in Purba Medinipur rally
Jan 29, 2019, at 04:44 pm
Purba Medinipur, Jan 29 (IBNS): BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday came down to West Bengal and addressed a rally in Purba Medinipur where he accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of using 'Bangladeshi infiltrators' as their 'vote bank'.
Riva Ganguly Das named India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Dec 21, 2018, at 10:16 am
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Riva Ganguly Das has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of External Affairs said.
Meghalaya HC urges Centre to allow citizenship to Hindus from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
Dec 13, 2018, at 12:23 am
Guwahati, Dec 12 (IBNS): The Meghalaya High Court has urged the Prime Minister, Union Law minister and Parliament to bring a legislation to allow citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians, Khasis, Jaintias and Garos, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, without any documents.
Fencing works of Indo-Bangladesh border to be completed soon: Assam CM Sonowal
Dec 10, 2018, at 07:24 pm
Guwahati, Dec 10 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said the fencing works of the Indo-Bangladesh border will be completed soon.
Bangladesh: Photographer Shahidul Alam freed from prison
Nov 20, 2018, at 10:25 pm
Dhaka, Nov 20 (IBNS): Ending his over three-month-long imprisonment, Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam walked out of a prison in Dhaka city on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Military delegation concludes visit to Trishakti Corps
Nov 18, 2018, at 08:47 pm
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IBNS): Bangladesh Military Delegation team which arrived in India on Nov 14, returned back to Bangladesh, after a successful completion of their visit to Trishakti Corps.
Nov 10, 2018, at 12:56 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 10 (IBNS): After a delay for two years, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally agreed to the Centre's request to acquire and give it 300 acres of land in the state to strengthen India-Bangladesh border, media reports said.
Assam: 31 Bangladeshis arrested at Guwahati Railway station
Oct 15, 2018, at 05:55 pm
Guwahati, Oct 15 (IBNS): The Assam police have arrested 31 illegal Bangladeshis at Guwahati railway station on Monday.
Bangladesh a model for other countries to emulate: Suresh Prabhu
Sep 26, 2018, at 02:51 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS) : Commerce &Industry and Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, has said that the economic growth of Bangladesh is a model that could be emulated by other Least Developed Countries in the region.
Amit Shah terms Bangladeshis as 'termite', Dhaka says comment 'unwanted'
Sep 24, 2018, at 11:07 am
Dhaka Sept 24 (IBNS): Following Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah's description of Bangladeshis as "termite", the Bangladesh government has reacted sharply saying the saffron party chief's comment was "unwanted", media reports said.
Tri-National conference of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar held in Mizoram
Sep 21, 2018, at 07:44 pm
Guwahati, Sept 21 (IBNS): Amidst fanfare and festive look ICFAI University, Mizoram has hosted "A Tri-National Conference of India, Bangladesh & Myanmar on Regional Cooperation through Mizoram" in collaboration with the Mizoram government on Sept 19.
BSF-BGB meeting held at Killapara along Indo-Bangladesh border
Sep 17, 2018, at 07:40 pm
Guwahati, Sept 17 (IBNS): A high level bilateral meeting between the border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh was held at Killapara Border Outpost in Meghalaya along Indo-Bangladesh border on Monday.
Aug 08, 2018, at 05:18 pm
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS) : Condemning the "arbitrary" detention of internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam by the Bangladesh police, PEN International, a worldwide association of scribes and Editors' Guild of India, have demanded his immediate and unconditional release.
MP and Chairman of Bangladesh Tariqat Federation meets MoS (Home) Kiren Rijiju
Aug 06, 2018, at 05:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): The Member of Parliament and Chairman, the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation, Al Haj Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary, met the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju here on Monday.
NRC can be done also in West Bengal to evict illegal immigrants from Bangladesh: BJP
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:22 am
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): Following the results of Assam's National Register of Citizenship (NRC), which did not include over four million people, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said a similar step can be taken in West Bengal to evict illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, media reports said.
NRC : Assam CM appeals all sections of society to maintain peace and tranquillity
Jul 30, 2018, at 06:41 pm
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS): After publishing the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that it is only a draft and peace and tranquility should be maintained in the state.
Four million excluded from citizenship in India's Assam, move sparks tension, protest
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:18 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Sparking fears of deportation and a law and order crisis, India on Monday announced exclusion of about four million people from citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, bordering Bangladesh, after a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published.
India to deport 52 Bangladeshi nationals from Assam’s Mankachar check post
Jul 29, 2018, at 01:25 pm
Guwahati, July 29 (IBNS): While Assam is going to publish the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on July 30 to detect illegal foreigners residing in the state, India has prepared to deport 52 Bangladeshi nationals who had entered into India without valid documents.
Jul 15, 2018, at 08:14 pm
New Delhi, July 15 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh co-chaired the 6th meeting of the Home Minister level talks with his Bangladesh counterpart, Asaduzzaman Khan in Dhaka on Sunday.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh holds talks with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka
Jul 14, 2018, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh called on the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Saturday.
14 Congress MLAs in Assam assembly are of Bangladeshi origin: Assam BJP leader
May 17, 2018, at 12:55 am
Guwahati, May 16 (IBNS): While the updation process of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is going on in Assam to detect illegal foreigners, a BJP leader of the Assam unit said that there are few MLAs in the Assam Legislative Assembly who are of Bangladesh origin.
Bangladesh: Upazila chairman shot dead in Chittagong
May 03, 2018, at 07:05 pm
Rangamati, May 3 (IBNS): A man was shot dead in Bangladesh's Chittagong province on Thursday morning, reports said.
Three Rohingyas arrested in Manipur
Mar 23, 2018, at 11:04 pm
Imphal, Mar 23 (IBNS): Security forces have arrested three Rohingyas from Manipur on the charge of illegally entering India from Myanmar.
BSF seizes 50 cattle in Meghalaya along Indo-Bangladesh border
Mar 22, 2018, at 01:26 am
Guwahati, Mar 21 (IBNS): The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Tuesday seized 50 cattle worth of more than Rs 10 lakh in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills while being smuggled to Bangladesh, officials said on Wednesday.
Sushma Swaraj condoles loss of lives in Nepal plane crash, speaks to her Bangladeshi counterpart
Mar 13, 2018, at 03:24 pm
Dhaka/New Delhi/Kathmandu, Mar 13 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has spoken to her Bangladeshi counterpart AH Mahmood Ali over the death of 49 people in the Bangladeshi flight crash incident in Nepal's Kathmandu city on Monday.
Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb calls Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Mar 09, 2018, at 11:37 pm
Agartala, Mar 9 (IBNS): New Chief Minsiter of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday called Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and sought for her cooperation, media reports said.
Kolkata Police arrest suspected JMB member in connection with Bodh Gaya explosion
Feb 24, 2018, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IBNS): The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Thursday nabbed an active member of Bangladeshi terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Dhulian in West Bengal's Murshidabad district in connection with Bodh Gaya explosion, officials said.
Bangladesh: Commerce Secretary level meeting between India and Bangladesh held in Dhaka
Feb 13, 2018, at 12:24 am
New Delhi/Dhaka, Feb 12 (IBNS): India-Bangladesh bilateral talks, at the level of Commerce Secretary, were held on Feb 7-8 at Dhaka.
Feb 11, 2018, at 01:14 am
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IBNS): Bangladesh’s two most wanted terrorists have been launched a new terror organization in eastern India and started terror drive in the region.
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Dhaka
Jan 15, 2018, at 03:48 am
Dhaka, Jan 14 (IBNS): Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Sunday.