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  Rohingya camp clashes worry govt

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury in Dhaka and Mohammad Nurul Islam in Cox’s Bazar | Updated at 12:29am on October 08, 2020

  The government is worried about the recent decline in law and order and deadly clashes among armed Rohingya groups over maintaining dominance in refugee camps...

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  New Indian HC for enhancing Bangladesh, India bond

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 07:27pm on October 05, 2020

  Indian high commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday said that he would work for enhancing partnership with Bangladesh for mutual benefit. ‘Bangladesh is...

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  JRC meets soon

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 11:42pm on September 29, 2020

  Bangladesh and India would hold a minister-level meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission of the two countries for resolution of the protracted disputes on water...

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  Dhaka, Delhi to upgrade body to speed up LoC projects

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:18am on September 29, 2020

  Bangladesh and India would upgrade a bilateral mechanism set for accelerating the implementation of the projects commenced under the four lines of credit from India....

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  Bangladesh may get caught in new cold war

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:28am on September 28, 2020

  Bangladesh is at risk of becoming a party to a new cold war unless the country maintains a neutral position keeping strategic affairs and national...

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  2.5m people internally displaced in Bangladesh in Jan-June: IDMC

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:25am on September 24, 2020

  Over 2.5 million people were internally displaced in Bangladesh in the first six months of 2020 due to natural disasters, pandemic and economic hardship, according...

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  India completes fencing three-fourths of border

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 01:18am on September 23, 2020

  The Indian government has completed the construction of over 3,120 kilometres of barbed-wire fences covering more than three-fourths of the total international border with Bangladesh....

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  Ambassadorial assignments send mixed signals

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:09am on September 23, 2020

  The government is appointing ambassadors and high commissioners from various tracks— politicians, regular public servants and retired government officials — with political appointees giving mixed...

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  India, Japan weigh cooperation

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:13am on September 21, 2020

  The Indian government has set a new set of diplomatic lines to engage with Bangladesh and Myanmar involving Japan, according to an announcement made by...

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  BGB on alert

  Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:51am on September 16, 2020

  Myanmar military has resumed crackdown in villages of Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine adjacent to south-eastern border with Bangladesh spreading panic across the Rohingya camps...