Depression: Bangladeshi ship runs aground in India’s Andhra Pradesh

An 80-metre long Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Maa drifted from the anchorage point and ran aground due to storm amid deep depression near Tenneti Park of Andhra Pradesh in India early today.
13 October 2020, 13:31 PM

Delhi’s air quality in ‘very poor’ category for the first time this season

The air quality in Indian capital Delhi slid into the “very poor” category today for the first time this season as gentle wind and low temperatures allowed accumulation of pollutants.
13 October 2020, 08:39 AM

Flights to India to resume soon, Indian envoy hopes

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka, Vikram Doraiswami, says that he is hopeful about resuming air operation between India and Bangladesh "very quickly."
12 October 2020, 07:04 AM

Indian govt urges probes into rape cases to be completed within 2 months

The Indian government has issued a fresh advisory to states on mandatory action in cases of crimes against women saying that probe into rape cases must be completed within two months.
10 October 2020, 12:58 PM

Indian High Commission in Dhaka announces resumption of visa services

The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh has announced resumption of online visa services for Bangladesh citizens.
9 October 2020, 12:29 PM

Thailand hopes to sign free trade deal with Bangladesh soon: Outgoing Thai envoy

Thailand hopes to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh soon, outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Arunrung Phothong Humphreys has said.
8 October 2020, 18:17 PM

Bangladesh ahead in South Asia in GDP growth in FY2019-20: WB

The World Bank in a report has estimated that Bangladesh will do better than its South Asian neighbours in GDP growth for the fiscal year 2019-20.
8 October 2020, 06:33 AM

India conveys support for quick repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh

India today conveyed support for ensuring safe, sustainable and speedy repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and announced trade concessions to Myanmar as India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army Chief Gen M M Naravane wrapped up their two-day visit to the South East Asian country.
5 October 2020, 14:26 PM

Tripura critical to India-Bangladesh ties: Indian envoy-designate to Bangladesh

Indian High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami has visited Tripura and a number of connectivity projects between India and Bangladesh before his scheduled arrival in Dhaka tomorrow.
4 October 2020, 15:41 PM

India’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 with no sign of an end

India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rises past 100,000, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, and its epidemic shows no sign of abating.
3 October 2020, 13:46 PM

Rohingya issue to figure in talks as Indian foreign secretary, army chief set to visit Myanmar

Repatriation of Rohingya refugees and the threat posed by Pakistan-based terror groups that are allegedly trying to infiltrate Rohingya in camps in Bangladesh are likely to be among the issues Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane and the country’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will discuss during their one-day visit to Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital.
3 October 2020, 13:22 PM

Actor Sushant Rajput’s death was a suicide, murder completely ruled out: AIIMS

A medical board of India’s top state-owned hospital All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi today ruled out murder in the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and said it was "a case of hanging and death by suicide”.
3 October 2020, 12:15 PM

‘Two Asian powerhouses are competing in Myanmar’s Rakhine’

Military and security expert Dr M Sakhawat Hossain (SIPG, NSU) tells The Daily Star
1 October 2020, 17:07 PM

The faces of India’s coronavirus pandemic as deaths hit 100,000

Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only to the number in the United States.
1 October 2020, 13:26 PM

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi arrested

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been arrested by the police on Thursday and taken to the police station while they were on their way to Hathras to meet the family of a gang rape victim.
1 October 2020, 11:55 AM

Babri Masjid demolition “not pre-planned”: Indian court says in ruling

About three decades after the 16th century Babri mosque was razed, a special court in India today acquitted all the 32 people, including Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, in the case saying “there is no conclusive and enough proof” against the accused.
30 September 2020, 15:19 PM

Indian envoy thanks foreign minister for successful completion of 6th JCC

Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das today made a farewell call on Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at state guesthouse Padma in Dhaka.
30 September 2020, 11:33 AM

Kuwait's new emir to be sworn in at tense time for region

Kuwait’s new emir takes the oath of office in parliament today as the country prepares to lay to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah who helped steer the Gulf state through some of the Middle East’s most turbulent decades.
30 September 2020, 10:12 AM

India agrees to hold JRC meeting to resolve water-sharing issues: Momen

India has agreed to hold ministerial level Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting at the soonest possible time to resolve the outstanding issues involving water-sharing of the common rivers.
29 September 2020, 12:21 PM

‘Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale’ screened at Bangladesh High Commission in Brunei

The documentary “Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale”, on the life and works of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was screened at the Bangladesh High Commission in Brunei today, marking the PM’s 74th birthday.
28 September 2020, 16:31 PM