Women's College Calcutta (WCC) has taken a slew of programmes to commemorate the birth anniversary of Pritilata Waddedar, the first woman martyr of Bengal.
Discussions in Bangladesh are swirling around the potential return of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son, Tarique Rahman, the Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who is "actively considering" to lead the outfit on home soil.
In the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) has intensified its vigilance across the state's border regions, particularly in sensitive zones like Bongaon and Basirhat and other India Bangladesh borders areas.
The Shiv Sena(UBT) in its mouthpiece 'Saamana' editorial on Monday took a swipe at the Centre over the presence of a large number of Pakistanis in the country, alleging that the number of Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens has increased in the country during the tenure of BJP.
Five Bangladeshi nationals were arrested and later pushed back to the neighbouring country for illegally entering the Indian territory, crossing the international border in Assam, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday.
The offices of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in Bangladesh will remain closed till August 7 due to the political unrest in the neighbouring country, the company said on Monday.
The company’s stock was trading around Rs 640 a piece (down 4.9 per cent) during the day trading.
Keenly watching the ongoing 'chaos' in Bangladesh, many analysts in Pakistan see the current crisis in Dhaka as an 'opportunity' to regain lost ground.
Protesters have reportedly set on fire the house of former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as violence and chaos continued in the country after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the nation on Monday.
The potential rise in infiltration from Bangladesh, already a critical issue in the region, is now at the forefront of discussions.
