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 …
‘Vehicular movement among India, Bangla and 3 others would be game changer’
Agartala, March 1 (IANS) The Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement (BBIN MVA) would be a game-changer for regional co-operation in South Asia and that requires a …