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Murshidabad (WB), April 11 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and two politicians of being agents of the BJP and vowed to restore voting rights to disenfranchised citizens within a month of the TMC returning to power...

Murshidabad (WB), April 11 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday labelled political rivals as "agents" of the BJP and promised to restore voting rights of disenfranchised citizens within a month of returning to power.Addressing a rally here, Banerjee identified three...

Kolkata, April 10 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his continued focus on infiltration in election speeches, and questioned the ministry’s role in failing to prevent the terror attacks in Pahalgam and New Delhi last year.Addressing a...

Kolkata, April 10 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday attacked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for repeatedly raising the issue of infiltration in his election speeches in West Bengal, and questioned the ministry's role in failing to prevent the terror attacks in Pahalgam and New Delhi...

Dhaka, April 9 A special Bangladeshi tribunal on Thursday sentenced two former police officers to death for their role in the killing of a university student in 2024, which intensified street protests and eventually led to the downfall of the then Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.The...

New Delhi, April 8 India and Bangladesh on Wednesday vowed to normalize their partnership following more than 18 months of unprecedented strain in relations, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Bangladeshi counterpart Khalilur Rahman agreeing to take steps to bolster ties in...

New Delhi, April 8 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed to his Bangladeshi counterpart Khalilur Rahman India's desire to engage "constructively" with the new government in Dhaka and further strengthen bilateral ties, on Wednesday.In their meeting, Jaishankar and Rahman deliberated...

Dhaka, April 7 – Bangladeshi police arrested Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, a senior leader of the Awami League and the country's first female Speaker of Parliament, on Tuesday, according to local media reports.Confirming the development, Deputy Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Media)...

Kolkata, March 30 TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal on Monday and alleged that the BJP was submitting a large number of Form 6s to make residents of other states voters in poll-bound West Bengal.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Banerjee said that...

New Delhi, March 30 Since the arrest of former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his then colleague, ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, for their reported role in the September 2025 firing that left many dead in Kathmandu, mixed reactions have been coming from the Himalayan nation regarding...

Dhaka, March 26 – As Bangladesh marks its Independence Day on Thursday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that anti-independence forces – supported by "domestic and foreign conspiracies" – are attempting to undermine the ideals of the country's 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan...

Dhaka, March 24 A prominent former military general who played a key role in 2007 in installing an army-backed interim government replacing one that was believed to be aligned with the BNP, now led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has been arrested, police said on Tuesday.Police said their...

Dhaka, March 21 – The newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government's "Bangladesh First" policy – if more than just a slogan – must guide all future negotiations on the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement...

Dhaka, March 21 – Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended Eid greetings to the citizens, stating that the true joy of the festival would only be realized with the victory of the Awami League.In a statement shared by the Awami League on X, Hasina asserted that despite not being...

Agartala, March 20 Brigadier Nishant Chandel, DIG of the Assam Rifles, visited the Integrated Check Post at Sabroom in South Tripura on Friday to review operational preparedness, according to an official release.The ICP at Sabroom was about to become operational, but it has remained closed...

Dhaka, March 18 – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tariq Rahman faces a daunting task in guiding the nation towards stability and ushering in a new golden era, while also keeping extremist elements in check and preserving the party's hard-earned credibility.The BNP pledged in its election manifesto...

Dhaka, March 14 – The most unexpected outcome of Bangladesh's August 2024 "Gen-Z" revolution has been a resurgence of Islamist sentiment. A few observers in the country expected that the radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, would make history by emerging as the country's main opposition...

Dhaka, March 12 The Bangladesh parliament on Thursday condoled the deaths of several national and international leaders, including former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Bangladesh's Khaleda Zia, and the slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The maiden session of the 13th...

Dhaka, March 11 Bangladesh’s new parliament is set to convene its maiden session on Thursday, with the speaker’s seat remaining vacant.Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigned in September 2024 after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, while deputy speaker Shamsul Haque was jailed, though both...

Ankara, March 11 – With its first session scheduled for March 12, Bangladesh's newly-elected parliament will face two competing mandates: one based on the existing constitutional framework, and the other guided by the political commitments of the July Charter. Experts warn that such a dual...