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Kolkata, March 6 Union Minister Giriraj Singh has criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused the Trinamool Congress supremo of betraying the state and its people by granting Indian citizenship to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.While addressing a press conference in...

Dhaka, April 5 On Thursday, Bangladesh urged citizens to minimize "unnecessary travel" as panic buying hit fuel stations in Dhaka amid concerns over a potential fuel shortage due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia.The energy ministry issued emergency directives for energy conservation as...

New Delhi, March 5 Swift and global banks are launching a new system to make international payments faster and cheaper for small businesses and consumers, starting with major global markets.The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is the world's leading provider...

Kolkata, March 4 – Police in Malda district of West Bengal have arrested three individuals after recovering firearms and counterfeit currency during raids conducted ahead of the state Assembly elections, officials said on Wednesday.Police conducted raids at two separate locations in the...

The center has established two more empowered committees in West Bengal to decide on applications seeking Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In a gazette notification, the Union Home Ministry stated that the empowered committee will be headed by an officer not below...

New Delhi, March 3 The Union Home Ministry on Monday set up two more empowered committees in West Bengal to decide on applications seeking Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act, according to a government order.The state already has two such committees. However, in view of the...

Dhaka, March 2 – At least two Bangladeshi nationals have been killed and seven others injured in missile and drone attacks across different parts of the Middle East, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday.The incidents occurred amid escalating tensions in the Middle East...

Dhaka, March 2 Bangladesh expressed sorrow on Monday over the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a "targeted attack," describing the joint attack by the US and Israel as a violation of international law and norms.The US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on...

Two Bangladeshi nationals, identified as Monirul Biswas and Lovely Khatun from the village of Bhombag in the Narail district of the Khulna Division, were apprehended by the Dawki Police on Sunday evening around 8:30 PM. They were found in a vehicle – an S-Presso – driven by Pynshaibha Khaii of...

Kolkata, March 2 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday that not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighboring country due to religious persecution, will be deported."The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single...

Aizawl, March 2 Mizoram Home Minister K Sapdanga told the state Assembly on Monday that some refugees taking shelter in the northeastern state are engaging in illegal commercial activities, with some individuals already facing serious legal charges.He said that the government is taking a stern...

Islampur, March 2 The BJP will replicate Assam's "detect, delete and deport" model to identify and expel alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators in West Bengal if voted to power in the state, the party's national president Nitin Nabin said on Monday.Addressing a rally in Islampur in Malda district...

Kolkata, March 2 – Three Bangladeshi women were arrested on Monday for allegedly entering India without valid documents, according to Railway Police sources.The women were detained from the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express on Sunday. They had boarded the train from New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station in...

Shillong, March 2 Two Bangladeshis were arrested in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district for entering Indian territory without valid travel documents, police said on Monday.The two Bangladeshis have been identified as Monirul Biswas and Lovely Khatun, both residents of Bhombag village in...

New Delhi, March 1 A Delhi court on Sunday extended the judicial custody of eight operatives of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module who illegally entered India and procured forged identity documents for 14 days.The LeT operatives, seven of whom were Bangladeshi nationals, were produced before the...

Kolkata, March 1 – The name of Richa Ghosh, a member of the Indian women's cricket team that won the World Cup, has been listed as 'under review' in the final voter rolls of West Bengal.This came to light after the state's final voter list was published following the Special Intensive Revision...

Guwahati, March 1 A total of 21 illegal migrants from Bangladesh, including children, were sent back to their country from Assam in the early hours of Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.The operation took place from the Sribhumi district of the state, he said."Alert eyes...

Dhaka, February 28 – The Awami League of Bangladesh has begun to reassert its political presence in the country following the recent parliamentary elections, with over a dozen party offices reopened in the past two weeks, according to local media reports.In several locations, however, party...

Kolkata, February 28 Disappointment gripped the newly-minted citizens of India, residents of the former enclaves of the Cooch Behar district, after an overwhelming majority allegedly found themselves in the ‘under adjudication’ category following the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls...

Dhaka, February 28 – With a two-thirds majority in parliament, the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government has taken office amidst high public expectations, with restoring confidence in the country’s judiciary emerging as one of its most pressing challenges.According...