In a big boost to India-Bangladesh cooperation, the Government of India has decided to show BTV World, a channel owned by Bangladesh TV, on the Doordarshan Free Dish which will be available for the viewers of Doordarshan in our country. At the same time, DD India would be made available in Bangladesh for being viewed […]
Bangladesh was left in shock when on 20th March 2019 when the Principal of Rabia Shamsuddin technical School & BM College of Chittagong made Islamic prayers mandatory. But worse was to follow, when throwing all rules and regulations to the winds, the Principal in charge Mr. Mohammed Aminul Islam Sohag invited all the non-Muslim students of […]
Sitangshu Guha is a journalist and writer based in the USA, but his roots are in Bangladesh and he has spent a lot of time in the country documenting violent incidents against minorities. Two books of his published in 2019 made an appearance in the February bookfair in Dhaka. The names of the books are […]
PM Narendra Modi is addressing a public meeting at Silchar, Assam on 11th April 2019. He said that he and his part are committed to implementing Citizen Amendment Bill. But he also said that he will consult with all the communities of the society. During the meeting, PM Narendra Modi said that Congress failed to […]
A Hindu school teacher named Ramendra Chandra Talukdar (47) of Dharmapasha Upazila of Sunamgonj District, Bangladesh was attacked on 31st of March 2019. The attack on the primary school teacher took place at night with sharp objects. Bangladesh daily Kaler Kontha also published the news later. The Hindu school teacher was brought to Dharmapasha Upazila […]
A Hindu school girl Pinki Rani Sharma, aged 15, has been kidnapped for forceful conversion to Islam on 07th March 2019 by local Muslims at Birgonj Upazila of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) in its report said that Md. Zahangir Islam (20), Md.Tofazzal Hossain (40), Rumi Begum (35), Md. Hossain Meah (35), Md. […]
A delegation of young Members of Parliament and political leaders from Bangladesh called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday (March 12, 2019). Welcoming the delegation to India, the President said that he was delighted to meet the next generation of politicians from Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh are tied together […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, today jointly unveiled e-plaques for development projects in Bangladesh, through video conference. Both leaders unveiled e-plaques for supply of buses and trucks, inauguration of 36 community clinics, 11 water treatment plants, and extension of National Knowledge Network to Bangladesh. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime […]
Muslim mob chanting Allah-o-Akbar and ‘Catch Malaun‘ (derogatory word to signify non-Muslim/Infidel in Bangladesh) attacked a Hindu Temple and also vandalized a graveyard of Hindu community. The attack happened on Sunday, February 24th, 2019, at Sahaspur Chourangibazar, Bochagonj of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The mob was led by Mohammad Abdullah Bachumiah and a school teacher named Mohammad […]
As part of the ongoing India Bangladesh defence cooperation, a joint military exercise Sampriti-2019 will be conducted at Tangail, Bangladesh from 02 March to 15 March 2019. Exercise Sampriti-2019 is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India and Bangladesh and this will be the eighth edition of the exercise which is hosted alternately by […]
