BALADAS GHOSHAL The spate of terrorist attacks and the attendant violence witnessed in the last couple of months, including the recent attacks in Dhaka, Kishoreganj and Ektarpur in Bangladesh, and Nice in France, brings home the truth that something perverse is happening within Islam and Muslims alone can fight that scourge. Analysts attribute the growth…
Read moreAn Indian air force plane carrying 29 people went missing on Friday on a flight to a remote island chain in the Bay of Bengal, the defence ministry said. The Russian made AN-32 was on its way to Port Blair, the capital of India’s Andaman and Nicobar chain of islands, from the southeast city of Chennai…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly dedicated the Petrapole Integrated Check Post through video-conferencing on Thursday afternoon. The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee also joined in the video-conference from Kolkata. Petrapole-Benapole is an important land border crossing for India-Bangladesh trade. More than 50% of the…
Read moreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly dedicated the Petrapole Integrated Check Post through video-conferencing on Thursday afternoon. The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee also joined in the video-conference from Kolkata. Petrapole-Benapole is an important land border crossing for India-Bangladesh trade. More than 50% of the India-Bangladesh trade…
Read moreALI RIAZ At least 49 people have been killed in the past 17 months in Bangladesh. The government has denied the existence of transnational ‘terrorist’ groups. Attacks have increased whilst the main opposition party is in disarray, democratic space has shrunk and freedom of expression has come under attack. Abstract Bangladesh has been featured prominently…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK For those jumping to conclusions about the perpetrator of the Dhaka terror attacks, here is a reality check. On Saturday, I battled a whole army of Indian TV anchors, journalists and commentators on several national channels, challenging their repeated assertions that either the ISIS or the Al Qaeda was behind the Friday night attack on the Dhaka…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK return from Shillong The NADI Festival 2016 that brought together participants from five countries has pitched for developing river transport in a big way. Participants from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar joined the two-day festival ended in Shillong. The 149-member Bangladesh delegation to the event was led by Tourism and Civil Aviation…
Read moreDate: 17 JULY 2016 Place of Occurrence: Volachong village, Nobinagar, Brahmanbaria ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়ার নবীনগর পৌরসভার ভোলাচং গ্রাম Victim: Haradhan Chandra Paul and his family হারাধন চন্দ্র পাল ও তার পরিবার
Read moreSMITA MISHRA The recent discussion on tourism at the NADI festival organised by the Asian Confluence in Shillong (15-16th July) brought together tour operators from Eastern & Northeastern India and Bangladesh. The presence of several northeastern chief ministers and the Bangladesh tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon provided a great platform for tour operators to showcase…
Read moreIn the investigative film produced by Iqbal Malhotra, Aim Television, a few eminent people talk about the rumours of Subhash Chandra Bose being alive after his death was officially announced in 1945 Discovery Channel televised an investigative film ‘Subhash Chandra Bose: The Mystery’ to track what happened to the great Indian freedom fighter. The one-hour…
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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
