Narendra Modi

4 held for anti-Modi demo

Police detain four including a woman from Dhaka for demonstrating against visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
6 June 2015

Modi, Hasina meet

Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina meet in a tete-a-tete at Bangladesh PMO.
6 June 2015

Modi, Hasina witness exchange of land deal documents

Officials of Bangladesh and India exchanged instruments of ratification of land boundary agreement as Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina witness the event at the latter's office in Dhaka.
6 June 2015

Modi, Hasina, Mamata flag off Agartala, Guwahati bus services

Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee flag off Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala, Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati bus services along with Sheikh Hasina.
6 June 2015

Modi, Mamata meet

Hours into PM Narendra Modi's arrival in Dhaka, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sees him at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon before Modi meets Bangladesh PM Hasina in crucial meeting.
6 June 2015

Mamata greets Bangladesh ahead of LBA document exchange

Hours before the exchange of documents on ratification of Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has greeted the people of Bangladesh and India.
6 June 2015

Deals worth $5.5b power plants inked with Indian companies

Bangladesh signs two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with two Indian companies to set up 4600-megawatt power plants in the country.
6 June 2015

People on Teesta bank frustrated (video)

People of five upazilas in Lalmonirhat district living on the banks of Teesta river feel frustrated since Teesta deal will not take place during Indian Prime Minister PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh.
6 June 2015

India PM Modi pays homage to Bangladesh war heroes, founding father

Indian PM Modi visits National Memorial at Savar, Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi where he pays tribute to war heroes and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
6 June 2015

In Bangla, Modi greets Bangladesh

In tweets both in Bangla and English, Indian PM Narendra Modi greeted Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as he starts his 34-hour trip.
6 June 2015

The Modi Factor

PM Modi has kept his promise and cleared the long-pending LBA. Certainly there is need for progress on issues of water-sharing, especially on the Teesta river.
5 June 2015

Has Mamata lived up to our expectations?

By all indications from Delhi and Kolkata, it is now clear that there will be no deal on Teesta during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Dhaka.
5 June 2015

From murky to magical

The world does not look away when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks. As an early score, Modi cuts an impressive figure on the global stage.
5 June 2015

The importance of seizing the moment

Let us seize it. Let us demonstrate, to ourselves and the rest of the region, that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, and nothing succeeds like success!
5 June 2015

“There is still hope for a Teesta deal during this visit"

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor of International Relations at Dhaka University, talks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about contending issues between Bangladesh and India on the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.
5 June 2015

Mamata in city

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives in Dhaka, hours before the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Bangladesh.
5 June 2015

India’s opposition may quit House panel on land bill

Some opposition members on India’s Joint Committee of Parliament examining the draft legislation are toying with the idea of “boycotting” it.
3 June 2015

JS hails Modi for approving LBA

Jatiya Sangsad unanimously adopted a thanks giving motion over the ratification of the longstanding Land Boundary Agreement in Indian Loksabha and Rajyasabha.
2 June 2015

Cabinet okays draft of 3 deals with India

The cabinet approves drafts of three agreements with India which will be signed during the maiden visit of Narendra Modi.
1 June 2015

Opinion: Has BNP forgotten its anti-Indian past?

BNP's spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon's claim that their party has never done anti- Indian politics in the past is a complete denial of the truth. The party's anti-Indian politics has been evident in numerous ways.
31 May 2015