LOOKEAST REPORT | TRADE between Bangladesh and India in rupees formally began with the arrival of 36 pickup vans worth Rs1.23 crore at Benapole Land Port. A shipment of 36 pickup cargo vans imported by Nita Company Ltd of Dhaka from Indian exporter Tata Motors Ltd arrived at the Benapole Land Port. “Thirty–six pickups from…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | IN its newest survey on opium cultivation in Myanmar, released in Bangkok Today, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates poppy cultivation to have increased by 33 per cent in comparison to the previous season. The results of the 2022 opium survey for Myanmar, which covers the first season following…
Read moreBINALAKSHMI NEPRAM | BRIGITTA W SCHUCHERT SINCE May 3, the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has witnessed repeated inter–ethnic clashes primarily between two local ethnic communities, the Meitei and Kuki. The violence has resulted in over 75 deaths and the burning of at least 1,700 buildings (including homes and religious sites). More than 35K people are…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | THREE of four Chinese–backed liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plants in Rakhine State have ceased operation. The three shuttered plants are located near Kyaukphyu deep–sea port project, and operated by VPower, a Hong Kong–listed power generation company. Two of the plants ceased operation last year, and the third was shut recently after…
Read moreSPECIAL INVESTIGATION | SUBJECT – I SADIKA Jannth Choudhury a resident of Tulagram Part 2, Sonai Mukh in Cachar district of Assam. Holding Indian Passport K3920850; issued at Guwahati. As mentioned in Passport, Sadika’s date of birth is1st March 1993. Her picture in passport is casual, which is unusual. Signature is very rudimentary, appears to…
Read moreBRAHMANBARIA | THE government of Bangladesh has taken the initiative to declare the sesquicentennial house of revolutionary leader Ullaskar Dutta as an antiquities in Sarail, Brahmanbaria. In this regard, Director General of Antiquities Preservation Wing of Directorate of Archeology Chandan Kumar Dey wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Brahmanbaria. This information was obtained from the…
Read morePRIME MINISTER Sheikh Hasina calls Rohingya immigrants a big burden on Bangladesh, wants India to take more of them. Meanwhile, Buddhist–majority Myanmar seems to have zero plans to take these Rohingya Muslims back citing security concerns because of their jihadist affiliations. Meanwhile Bangladesh junior minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said it is one…
Read moreBSS | THE coal–fired Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant at Rampal started trial operation on Saturday night, adding 660 megawatt (MW) electricity to the national grid from Unit–I. Earlier, India–Bangladesh Power Sector Cooperation, Unit–I of the 2×660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project was successfully synchronised with the national grid on August 15, 2022 injecting…
Read moreCATHY SCOTT-CLARK / ADRIAN LEVY THEY came for him on the fifth day of the hunger strike, with bamboo truncheons drawn. He remembered the bell in the Central Tower ringing, so it must have been 11am when they ripped back the bolts. Rough hands grabbed his forearms and thighs, one warder riding on his bucking…
Read moreSWADESH RAY | ONE of the biggest events in world politics this week is the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on October 16. 2300 delegates of a political party with 10 crore party members will attend the Congress. Two–thirds of the delegates hold important positions in China’s military and civil affairs. This congress is…
Read more‘Gold’ In The Andaman & Nicobar Basin
Prasanta Paul | OIL India Limited (OIL) has stepped up exploration and supportive logistic work in the wake of striking… Read more…
Human Language Is 135,000 Years Old ?
Prasanta Paul | WHEN did homo sapiens start using words or to be specific – a language – for communication… Read more…
Aravalli | An Uncertain Road Ahead
Dr Manas Das | THERE seems to be a temporary lull among environmental activists and civil society as the Supreme… Read more…
Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
