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Foreign Secretary Misri raises India’s concerns over safety of minorities during Bangladesh visit

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday raised the issue of attacks on minorities, including Hindus, with Bangladesh leaders and…

2 weeks ago

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrives in Dhaka to hold talks with interim government

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning to discuss bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh, officials said.…

2 weeks ago

Indian envoy summoned by Bangladesh foreign ministry, says two countries share multi-faceted ties

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday met with the country's interim government acting Foreign Secretary Riaz Hamidullah.…

3 weeks ago

Bangladesh minority council condemns false case against lawyers, journalists; demands immediate withdrawal

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council has condemned a false and harassing case accusing 70 minority lawyers and two…

3 weeks ago

Anti-ISCKON protests continue in Dhaka, India asks Bangladesh to protect minorities

As spiritual preacher Chinmoy Krishna continues to remain in a Bangladesh jail after being charged with sedition, protests are being…

3 weeks ago

India expresses “serious concern” over attack on Puja mandap, theft at Bangladesh temple, calls for safety of Hindus

India has "noted with serious concern" the attack on a Puja mandap in Dhaka and the theft at the Jeshoreshwari…

2 months ago

India “deeply disturbed” by theft of religious article from Bangladesh temple, urge authorities to investigate

India is deeply disturbed by the reported incident of theft of a religious article from a temple in Bangladesh, and…

2 months ago

Bangladesh Army urges peace amid deadly violence in hilly regions

Amidst tensions and violence in Bangladesh's hilly regions, which claimed four lives, the Bangladesh Army has issued an appeal to…

3 months ago

Bangladesh could ask for Sheikh Hasina’s return from India, says foreign affairs advisor

The Bangladesh interim government’s foreign affairs advisor Mohammed Touhid Hossain, has said that as cases mount against Sheikh Hasina, his…

4 months ago

“Rights are equal for everyone” Prof Yunus visits Dhaka’s Dhakeshwari temple assures Hindu community

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, visited the historic Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka on…

4 months ago

Air India flight from Dhaka with 205 passengers lands in Delhi

Amid political unrest in Bangladesh, an Air India flight from Dhaka carrying 199 passengers and six infants landed in Delhi…

5 months ago

“Estimated 19,000 Indian nationals there, of which 9,000 are students”: Jaishankar briefs Lok Sabha on Bangladesh unrest

Amid political unrest in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there are an estimated 19,000 Indian…

5 months ago

Bangladesh: At least six police stations vandalised, set on fire by miscreants in Chittagong

Miscreants attacked, vandalised and set fire to at least six police stations in Chittagong, looting weapons, bullets and various equipment.…

5 months ago

Amid violence, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina leaves country in Army helicopter: Local media reports

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhakha in a military chopper amid nationwide violence in the country, local media…

5 months ago

Bangladesh: Anti-Discrimination student movement to hold “March to Dhaka” today

The anti-discrimination student movement has announced that it will hold a "March to Dhaka" programme today to raise its one-point…

5 months ago

Quota reform protesters hold demonstration across Bangladesh

Quota reform protesters held protests across Bangladesh, including in Dhaka and Chattogram cities, on Monday. However, law enforcers dispersed protesters…

5 months ago

Indian nationals in Bangladesh urged to stay indoors amid escalating protests

Indian High Commission in Dhaka has issued an urgent advisory for Indian citizens and students in Bangladesh to avoid non-essential…

5 months ago

Why Bangladesh is central for peace in the Indo-Pacific

The 6th Indian Ocean Conference took place on the 12th and 13th May in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the current chair…

2 years ago

Bangladesh’s St Martin’s island may go underwater as Cyclone Mocha strikes

Dhaka:  As Cyclone Mocha intensifies and winds are getting stronger, Saint Martin's, the one and only coral island of Bangladesh,…

2 years ago

How Hasina, with India’s support, broke the back of Pak-sponsored terror in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Bangladesh is presently at low ebb on militancy by Muslim extremists with or without links to the international terror…

2 years ago

Dhaka refuses Pakistani warship permission to dock, but Sri Lanka throws open Colombo

<p> Sri Lanka has granted the Pakistani Navy’s guided missile frigate PNS Taimur permission to make a port call at…

2 years ago