Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) provisional central committee general secretary Santosh Rana on Friday said Indian expansionist attitude had created distrust and confusion among the neighbouring countries. Santosh, also one of the leaders of Naxalbari Movement, which took place in the state of West Bengal, India, said this while delivering ‘Dr Ahmed Sharif Memorial Lecture’ [...]

  The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday reiterated her government’s tough stance against terrorism and militancy as she said Bangladesh would not allow its land to be used for terrorist activities against neighbouring India. ‘We would never allow our land to be used for terrorist activities against India,’ she said, referring to the coordinated [...]

India has regretted all incidents of deaths on the border of “Indian and Bangladesh nationals” and said to prevent such deaths the Border Security Force (BSF) has exercised the utmost restraint. “The Government of India regrets all incidents of deaths on the border, of Indian and Bangladesh nationals,” an Indian official spokesperson was quoted as [...]

  India is yet to approve seven projects, under the USD 1 billion Indian line of credit, according to Economic Relations Division (ERD). India has already approved 13 projects, under the line of credit, out of a total 20 proposed projects. However, there has been no fresh approvals, since Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh [...]

  Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Saturday said that his ministry was not aware of a reported move by the Indian government to start construction of the Tipaimukh Dam. “We do not have any information about it,” the minister told The Independent when his attention was drawn to media reports that the North [...]

  Bangladesh and India today held a regular district level meeting on exchange of enclaves as officials from both countries were preparing to solve the long- existent problems during the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh in September. The five-hour meeting between deputy commissioners of Coochbehar of India and Lalmonirhat district of Bangladesh held at [...]

  India will introduce “non-lethal weapons” to deal with border intruders from Bangladesh but expects both countries to take “responsibility” to bring killings to “zero level”, the visiting external affairs minister has said. “We’ll have to deal with the border issue in a humanitarian manner,” S M Krishna told a group of editors Wednesday evening. [...]