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B’deshi monk’s lawyer admitted at SSKM

Jailed ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das’s Bangladeshi lawyer Rabindra Ghosh is still under medical observation of a team of doctors at SSKM Hospital where he was rushed to on Tuesday evening, showing symptoms of chest pain and dizziness, hours after meeting Trinamul Congress leader Kunal Ghosh.

Swadeshi turns 120

News headlines from Bangladesh, and the diverse reactions in India and other countries, are not only disturbing and distressing, but also disquieting as they bode ill for developments in South-east Asian politics.

Wanted ABT activist arrested from Bengal’s Murshidabad

In a joint operation by the cops of the special task force of the West Bengal Police and the Assam Police, a most-wanted associate of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a Bangladesh-based fundamentalist group, was arrested from Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

Riverine routes

The key driver for both countries as they emerge as major trading partners in the South Asian region would be a reduction in the cost of transportation going forward.

Price of Partition

Bengal, the biggest province of the country before partition lost its preeminence in truncated India after independence, due to its much reduced population.