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PM Hasina meets Indian PM Modi Tuesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to meet her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her Indian counter part Narendra Modi on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Collected

PM Hasina: Any problem with India can be resolved through discussion

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said any existing problems between Bangladesh and India can be solved through discussion.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Dhaka on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Focus Bangla

Rampal power plant: Experts stress strict monitoring during operation

Experts, academics and project officials are optimistic that the coal-fired Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Rampal, Bagerhat, will be able to avert the adverse environmental impacts as long as there is continuous monitoring.

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Rampal Power Plant Dhaka Tribune

DMTCL launches info centre to prepare commuters for metro rail

The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) will launch an information and exhibition centre to help prepare commuters for the Metro Rail before it begins operation in December this year.

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File photo of Metro rail Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

The defining relationship of South Asia

After almost three years, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is paying an official visit to India from September 5-8 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a multi-faceted diplomatic visit with its agenda spanning matters of connectivity, river water sharing, trade, and education. 

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Israel admits ‘accidental’ killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Israeli investigations into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May concluded that she was likely to have been unintentionally shot by an Israeli soldier but was not deliberately targeted, the military said on Monday.

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This handout file picture obtained from a former colleague of Al-Jazeera's slain veteran TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shows her reporting from Jerusalem on June 12, 2021 AFP

Bangladesh sends 8 tons of hilsha to India

Bangladesh exported eight tons of hilsha to India on the occasion of the upcoming Durga Puja.

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Jaishankar: India keeping an eye on recent turmoil in Myanmar

India is keeping an eye on the recent unrest in the Rakhine state of Myanmar as Bangladesh apprehends it might hamper the process of Rohingya repatriation.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holds bilateral talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar BSS

Parts of Dhaka inundated; water rising again in Sylhet

A moderate rain on Monday inundated parts of the capital and submerged important roads in Sylhet, threatening fresh floods in the northeastern district.  

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