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Topic: Bangladesh

China’s Bangladesh envoy visits Teesta for technical assessment close to ‘Chicken’s Neck’

Bangladesh water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan told local reporters that Beijing was keen to implement Teesta Master Plan as soon as possible.

Brother of slain student activist Osman Hadi appointed second secretary at Bangladesh mission in UK

Notification of Omar Bin Hadi's appointment was issued Thursday, according to media reports. His brother’s killing had triggered protests & a rising anti-India tirade in Bangladesh.

India has not ‘lost’ Bangladesh, New Delhi ‘invested blood & treasure’ in its creation: Manish Tewari

At launch of his latest book, Congress MP asserts that weaponisation of social media led to regime change in neighbouring countries but nobody has gone into the grievances.

Bangladesh: Hindu Awami League leader arrested in July uprising case dies in police custody

The 60-yr-old musician's family alleges inadequate medical care. No inquiry yet into circumstances of his death. Human rights groups have been calling for transparency in custodial deaths.

Bangladesh’s biggest public university to rename Sheikh Mujib hall after slain student leader Osman Hadi

The move follows multiple references of Bangladesh’s founding father being removed from textbooks to infrastructures and now campus halls.

A 1st in Bangladesh’s history, major university campuses under Jamaat’s control in post-Hasina era

Weeks ahead of Bangladesh elections, Jamaat-e-Islami student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir sweeps Jagannath university polls, after Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University.

After move away from India, Bangladesh’s corn imports see Westward pivot—American corn after 8 yrs

Corn is important for Bangladesh’s feed and livestock industry, and despite being the country’s second-largest grain crop after rice, domestic production falls far short of demand.

BNP activist shot dead in Bangladesh in 2nd major attack on party as pre-poll violence rages on

In the latest attack on BNP members, Azizur Rahman Mosabbir, a leader of the party’s volunteer wing Jatiyatabadi Swechasebak Dal, was shot dead by gunmen.

Bangladesh extends visa restrictions for Indians amid diplomatic chill

New policy suspends all categories of visas for Indian citizens, except business & employment, across consulates in Kolkata, Mumbai & Chennai, in addition to Delhi, Agartala, Guwahati.

Gujarat’s surprise hilsa boom feeds Bengal’s most prized appetite

A sudden surge of hilsa in Gujarat’s Narmada has reshaped supply chains to Bengal, sidelining traditional sources in Bangladesh and West Bengal.

On Camera

Telangana govt must look to Delhi for lessons in managing a metro

The Telangana government, which has still not even fully absorbed the TGSRTC, is now going to take over the Hyderabad metro rail. Expectations are not high.

Investors eye Union Budget to unlock gains in state companies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government may ramp up share sales in the fiscal year starting April 1 to offset a slowdown in revenue growth.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.