Teesta water-sharing deal not soon

Teesta water-sharing deal will take some more time till the interests of all concerned, including those of Paschimbanga, are addressed. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was told this by her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during a discussion on the Teesta accord and transit, among other issues, at Addu in the Maldives yesterday. The two leaders held [...]

Politics of crime in Bangladesh

Eleven days after the grisly grenade blasts at an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004, the then prime minister Khaleda Zia pinned the blame on AL leaders. This week, 82 months into the attack, the Criminal Investigation Department pressed charges against her son Tarique Rahman, nephew Saiful Islam Duke, ex-political secretary Harris Chowdhury, ex-state [...]

Bangladesh PM tour to resolve border issues

The government on Wednesday expressed hope that the border issues between India and Bangladesh would be resolved during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to that country next month. Singh will visit Dhaka on September 6 and 7. During Question Hour, Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha, “Issues related to land boundary between India [...]

Hundreds killed in hurricane, Thousands of people injured : Trail of catastrophic devastation in coastal areas

Staff Correspondent The serious cyclonic storm hurricane SIDR lashed the coastal districts in the southwestern region of the country Thursday midnight leaving over 700 people dead and many injured, killing domestic and wild animals, damaging thousands of houses, uprooting trees and destroying crop lands and vegetable fields. Reports on the trail of devastation were still [...]