Betel nut-cartel cracked: Bangla syndicate caught near Ayodhya
Ayodhya, Nov 29 (IANS) Lucknow Customs in an overnight operation on Friday intercepted three truckloads between Faizabaad and Barabanki and took possession of around 65,000 …
Verdict in cafe attack has restored Bangla image: Official
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s top law official said on Wednesday that the death penalty handed down to seven of the accused Islamic terrorists for …
Indo-Bangla ties at their best now: Sheikh Hasina (2nd Lead)
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) India-Bangladesh ties are at their best now, visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said here on Friday, expressing her country’s desire …
Team India’s physio treats Bangla batsman, earns Twitter praise
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) A sporting gesture of Team India physio to treat a Bangladeshi batsman on the opening day of the maiden pink-ball, …
Indo-Bangla ties at their best now: Sheikh Hasina
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) The ties between India and Bangladesh are at their best now, visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said here on Friday …
Conditions not ideal, but we aren’t complaining: Bangla coach
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Ahead of the first T20I against India, Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo has admitted that the conditions are not ideal in …
Sonowal for early revival of Indo-Bangla trade network
Guwahati, Oct 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has called for joint efforts to boost growth of India and Bangladesh through expeditious implementation of …
Bangla Sahib to be differently-abled, senior citizen-friendly
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) As it prepares to celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Delhi’s iconic Gurdwara Bangla Sahib is being …
3 smugglers, 9 intruders held at Bangla border
Kolkata, Oct 19 (IANS) Border Security Force troopers apprehended three smugglers and nine intruders, besides seizing 300 bottles of cough syrup Phensedyl and 12 cattle …
Amid tension, Assam set to hold Indo-Bangla Stakeholders Meet
Guwahati, Oct 19 (IANS) Amid recent hostilities along the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, Assam is all set to hold a two-day Indo-Bangladesh Stakeholders meet …
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib bans single-use plastics
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Gurdwara Bangla Sahib has decided to ban use of all types of plastics in the shrine complex to commemorate 550th …
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib bans single use plastic
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Gurdwara Bangla Sahib has decided to go green by banning the use of all types of plastic in the holy …
Shah flays TMC, seeks support for ‘Sonar Bangla’
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Expressing concern over the anarchic situation in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah here on Tuesday appealed for a …
Abu Dhabi T10 launches new team Bangla Tigers
Abu Dhabi, Sep 20 (IANS) Abu Dhabi T10, the world’s only ten-over cricket league to be officially sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and …
Help me change state name to ‘Bangla’: Mamata to Modi
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, after a spell of 15 months, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi …
Indo-Bangla waterways to boost N-E economy: Tripura CM
Agartala, Sep 9 (IANS) The waterway connectivity between northeastern states and Bangladesh would boost the economy of the region, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar …
HC quashes PIL on Biswa Bangla logo case
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave a clean chit to Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s …
BSF seizes 365 cattle from Bangla smugglers
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The south Bengal Frontier of Border Security Force on Thursday seized 365 cattle from being smuggled during different raids in West …
Bangla singer Silajit Majumder’s son arrested in Kolkata for keeping drugs
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Young actor and popular Bengali singer Silajit Majumder’s son Dhree Majumdar and his two friends were arrested on Saturday for keeping …
Centre rejects Mamata’s proposal to rename West Bengal as ‘Bangla’
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) In what could trigger a fresh round of conflict between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government and West Bengal Chief …
Bangla fans give Indian counterparts run for their money (IANS at World Cup)
Birmingham, July 2 (IANS) The India-Pakistan match might have been termed as the biggest clash of the World Cup in England and Wales, but when …
Bangla media gives ICC the scare (IANS at World Cup)
Birmingham, July 2 (IANS) The match between India and Bangladesh at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Tuesday is a must-win game for the Bangla Tigers …
Mamata changes FB, Twitter DPs to ‘Jai Hind, Jai Bangla’
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Days after losing her cool on BJP activists chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and front ranking …
Modi attacks Mamata, Trinamool for using Bangla actors
Asansol, West Bengal, April 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took potshots at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for roping in actors …
BJP’s Ghosh attacks Trinamool’s Dev over Bangla
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Bharati Ghosh, former IPS officer and BJP candidate for West Bengal’s Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, on Saturday took a dig at …
Bangla cricketers barely escape New Zealand shooting
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Bangladesh cricket team had a devastating experience in Christchurch on Friday when shooters fired at a New Zealand mosque. …
Rajnath launches ‘smart fence’ along Indo-Bangla border in Assam
Guwahati, March 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a 61-km long smart fencing between India and Bangladesh in Assam’s Dhubri district, …
Bangla Qawwali to enthrall White Rann visitors
Gandhinagar, Jan 22 (IANS) Bangla Qawwali by Murshidabadi Project will be an unique feature at the three day ‘Songs On White Sand’ (SOWS) festival in …
Bangladesh polls: Indo-Bangla trade stops for two days
Agartala, Dec 30 (IANS) THe India-Bangladesh trade would be stopped for two days – Sunday and Monday – following general election in that country’s parliamentary …
Strict vigil along Indo-Bangla border ahead of B’desh general polls
Agartala, Nov 30 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has strengthened the security along the India-Bangladesh frontiers ahead of the general elections in Bangladesh on …
SIAM to organise 2nd edition of Indo-Bangla Automotive Show in Dhaka
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Thursday said it will jointly organise the second edition of the Indo-Bangla …
Set up mobile towers along Bangla border, Conrad urges Centre
Guwahati, Aug 11 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday appealed to the Central government to remove the bottlenecks for setting up mobile …
We should have the right to criticise religion: Bangla writer
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Bangladeshi-American human rights activist and writer Rafida Bonya Ahmed, whose husband Avijit Roy was hacked to death by Islamic extremists …
West Bengal assembly passes resolution renaming state as ‘Bangla’
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution renaming the state as “Bangla”, with the Left Front and the Congress …
Bengal Assembly pass resolution to rename state as ‘Bangla’
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution renaming the state as “Bangla”. The resolution was moved by the Trinamool …
Bengal to train 6 lakh youth under Utkarsh Bangla in 2018-19
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) West Bengal has planned to train six lakh youth in the current fiscal under “Utkarsh Bangla”, an umbrella scheme for all …
Indo-Bangla trade disrupted as Indian trucks torched
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Trade activities between India and Bangladesh at Petrapole-Benapole post were disrupted on Sunday after several trucks from India were allegedly set …
Activists up in arms against Bangla NTPC power plant near Sundarbans
Khulna (Bangladesh), April 29 (IANS) A diesel ferry cuts through the Poshur river — the lifeline of Sundarbans — with travellers watching its heavily industrialised …
Monsoon threatens over a million Rohingyas in Bangla camp; India fears mass influx
Dhaka (Bangladesh), April 25 (IANS) With only two months to go for the monsoon rains to arrive, relocating Rohingya refugees to a safe place has …
Shaoli Mitra quits as Bangla Akademi head
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Theatre personality Shaoli Mitra on Sunday stepped down from the post of Chairperson of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi citing infrastructural issues and …
US-Bangla Airlines suspends flights to Kathmandu following crash
Kathmandu, March 15 (IANS) The US-Bangla Airlines has suspended flights to Kathmandu for an indefinite period following its passenger plane crash at Nepal’s Tribhuvan International …