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  Modi due today

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:21am on March 26, 2021

  Indian prime minister Narendra Modi will reach Dhaka this morning to join the celebrations of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence, the establishment of bilateral...

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  Bangladesh must remove obstacles for Saudi investment: envoy

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 11:43pm on March 12, 2021

  Saudi Arabian ambassador Essa Yousef Al Duhalian on Thursday said that removing bureaucratic obstacles would ensure investment by potential companies from the kingdom. ‘Prime minister...

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  Dhaka talks water with Delhi Mar 16

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 11:55pm on March 07, 2021

  The water resources secretaries of Bangladesh and India would hold a meeting on March 16 in New Delhi. Water resources secretary Kabir Bin Anwar would...

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  India, Myanmar control parts of Bangladesh airspace

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:18am on March 03, 2021

  India and Myanmar have been controlling sections of Bangladesh airspace over the territorial sea of the country from Kolkata and Yangon respectively for several decades....

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  Border killing, JRC, trade to dominate talks with India

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:15am on March 03, 2021

  Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar will be in Dhaka tomorrow on a one-day official visit. Jaishankar and his Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen are...

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  OIC seeks more fund from members to fight ICJ cases

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 08:11pm on February 28, 2021

  The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday urged its 57 member-countries to provide a greater financial support to maintain the expenses involving the cases at...

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  Dhaka to seek Tokyo role in Rohingya repatriation

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:06am on February 24, 2021

  Bangladesh will seek Japan’s support for the repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland of Rakhine in Myanmar, said government officials. The matter is likely...

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  41 Bangladeshi Tabligh people stranded in India for 10 months

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 09:59pm on February 22, 2021

  Forty one Bangladeshi Tabligh Jamaat members have remained stranded in different Indian states, including New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, for about 10 months as the...

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  Government ponders ways to inoculate foreigners

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:45am on February 17, 2021

  The government would find ways to bring foreign nationals in Bangladesh under the COVID-19 vaccination coverage as several international organisations have sought inoculation support for...

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  Bangladesh, India FM-level talks on Mar 4

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:21am on February 15, 2021

  Bangladesh and India would hold foreign minister-level official talks on March 4 in Dhaka. Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar ‘will be in Dhaka on...