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Coochbehar, Indian, Dec. 5 (NsNewsWire) — The hope for implementation of the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh brightened up today with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declaring her approval for the deal, saying “the problem will be solved soon”. “A solution is being worked out for border enclaves. (I) hope the problem will […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Dec. 4 (NsNewsWire) — China has rejected Britain’s “moral duty” to Hong Kong, adding some British lawmakers’ attempts to meddle in China’s internal affairs is “not acceptable” and “doomed to fail.” “Britain has no sovereignty over, no governance of, and no superintendence over Hong Kong since Hong Kong returned to China in 1997,” Foreign […]
Read MoreKuala Lumpur, Dec. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh and Malaysia have inked four agreements. Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur singed the agreements Wednesday in the presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak in Putra Jaya. The agreements aimed at easing visa requirements and bolstering more cooperation in tourism, cultural exchanges and […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Dec. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Two senior Chinese officials have been removed from office for “serious discipline and law violations.” They are Zhu Mingguo, chair of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Sui Fengfu, deputy head of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Congress, which was confirmed […]
Read MoreTripura, Dec. 1 (NsNewsWire) — India is in the final stage of concluding a deal with Bangladesh for sale of 100 MW of power from ONGC Tripura Power Company and has started talks for sale of another 500MW to the neighbouring nation by 2016 as Dhaka seeks to source more power from regional suppliers to […]
Read MoreGuawahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Centre will go ahead with a land swapping deal with Bangladesh to stop infiltration and find a permanent solution to the long-pending border dispute between the two countries. “I will make such arrangements that all roads will be closed for Bangladeshis who are coming and destroying Assam […]
Read MoreNew Delhi, Nov. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to seek the cooperation of India’s neighbours to check extremist violence and adopt an approach of zero tolerance towards terrorism at the two-day SAARC Summit beginning Wednesday in Kathmandu, reports NDTV. Following is the full text of his statement prior to his departure […]
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DHAKA, Nov. 19 (NsNewsWire) — India has handed Bangladesh a list of 11 men suspected of plotting attacks including one targeting its prime minister, officials said on Wednesday, as the two countries tighten security cooperation against Islamist militants. Indian security officials uncovered the plot against Sheikh Hasina last month after two members of a banned […]
Read MoreLondon, Nov. 18 (NsNewsWire) — At least 13 countries including Bangladesh are facing a greater risk of substantial terrorist activity. Bangladesh ranked 23rd among 162 nations in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). The countries which face a greater risk of substantial terrorist activity also include Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, […]
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