The Indian prime minister has arrived in Bangladesh on a visit during which the two countries are expected to sign key border and trade agreements. The two-day trip is the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister to Bangladesh in 12 years and has been described as “historic” by Dhaka. However, an agreement [...]
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. [...]