HASINA’S DELHI VISIT Indian cos bag $10b deals on last day
Indian companies signed 13 agreements and memorandums of understanding worth about $10 billion in the power, primary energy, logistics, education and medical sectors on Monday, the last day of prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi.
Hasina’s visit fails to resolve Muhurir Char dispute
India did not resolve the dispute on drawing boundary lines by signing the strip map of Muhurir Char to end protracted row over the implementation of the Land Bounding Agreement in entirety even during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi.
Psychoanalysis of Indo-Bangla military deal
THE talk of a possible Bangladesh-India military deal has been in the air for some time now. Although the terms are never discussed in the parliament, newspaper reports revealed some of the aspects of the deal and I see it mostly as an offer of US$500 million line of credit to Bangladesh for the purchase of military hardware from India.
Teesta remains elusive, but Hasina satisfied with possibility to import power
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed her satisfaction over the assurance and commitment made by her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for early resolution of the Teesta water sharing dispute between the two countries.
Patients leave city hospital as doctors, staff start strike
Patients are leaving Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital as officers, nurses, staff and a section of physicians began an indefinite strike on Monday demanding full implementation of the eighth national pay scale.
ISIS claims responsibility for Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt
ISIS claimed responsibility for deadly bombings at two Coptic churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday. The attacks targeted a vulnerable religious minority on one of the most important days on the Christian calendar.
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed toward Korean Peninsula
A US aircraft carrier-led strike group is headed toward the Western Pacific Ocean near the Korean Peninsula, a US defense official confirmed to CNN.
US envoy Nikki Haley says Syria regime change is inevitable
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told CNN that removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power is a priority, cementing an extraordinary U-turn in the Trump administration's stance on the embattled leader.
Indian anchor learns husband died in story she's reporting
Supreet Kaur was anchoring IBC24 news broadcast in India Saturday morning when word broke of a deadly accident.
Stockholm attack: Suspect has ISIS sympathies
A man arrested over a truck attack in Stockholm that killed four people had shown sympathies to extremist groups, including ISIS, Swedish police said Sunday.
