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Bangladesh Pitches For Assam Waterway Use
— August 4, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | ‘Allowing movement of cargo through small mechanised boats along India–Bangladesh protocol route will benefit local economy and create livelihoods’, said Mohammad Abu Jafor Howlader, Director, Marine Safety Traffic Management Department, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Government of Bangladesh. He was delivering the keynote address at the India–Bangladesh Dialogue on ‘Prospects of cross–border…
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BSF — BGB Meets At Siliguri
— August 3, 2018

DHAKA | A border coordination conference between Jessore and Rangpur regions commanders of BGB and frontier IGs of North Bengal, South Bengal and Guwahati frontiers of Indian BSF began today at Siliguri. Additional Director General and Region Commander of South–West Region of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Nahidul Islam Khan, is leading a 12–member Bangladesh delegation,…
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Indian Army At Ease With Latest Doklam Scenario
— August 1, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | THE India army has downplayed reports originating from US about heightened activity by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Doklam plateau and attributed this more to the rotation of troops and winter stocking than a desire by China to strengthen its presence in a region where armies of the two countries were locked in…
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NRC | 4 Million Names Dropped In Assam
— July 30, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | Nearly 4 million or 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today. They face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship after submission of claims. The state’s National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to…
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NRC | Assam To Release Second Draft
— July 30, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | Assam will release the second draft of its National Register of Citizens. If the name of a resident of the state is on the list, then he or she is a citizen of Assam and therefore India if not, then he or she will have to prove his or her citizenship. The Supreme…
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Bangladeshis, Rohingyas Facing Eviction From Manipur
— July 29, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | Facing eviction and possible deportation, Bangladeshis and Rohingyas went on a rampage in Manipur, protesting the contentious Manipur People’s Protection Bill, 2018, that was recently passed in the State Assembly by the Biren Singh government. Police retaliation wounded six protesters even as four cops, including a superintendent of police, were seriously injured….
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Myanmar Army Attacks Naga Rebel Bases
— July 28, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | Myanmar Army Tatmadaw has launched an operation against an unspecified number of camps of NSCN–K group in the country’s Sagaing Division since Wednesday. But the range and intensity of the operation was not yet clear. Neither the Myanmar nor the Indian army has come out with details so far but the rebel…
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SC Pulls Up CBI On Manipur Encounters
— July 27, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | The Supreme Court has pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for the agency’s slow pace of investigation into the alleged extra–judicial killings by security forces in Manipur. The top court had earlier directed the CBI to constitute the team to examine records, file necessary FIRs and complete the investigation into the alleged…
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Apache And Chinook Chopper For India
— July 27, 2018

NEW DELHI | Boeing on Friday said that it has carried out the first flights of India’s Apache and Chinook helicopters destined for delivery in 2019. “First flight of India’s Apache and Chinook helicopters are important milestones towards strengthening Indian armed forces capabilities,” Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar was quoted as saying in a statement….
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Indian Companies Should Boost Investment In Bangladesh | Bangla Envoy
— July 25, 2018

LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali has urged the Indian companies to make investment in Bangladesh taking advantage of its impressive economic growth. “The most practical cause of action would be to set up a series of “buy–back” projects, where Indian investors will set up industries in Bangladesh and re–export to India and…
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