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.
As many as 328 people were killed and 565 others injured in 304 road accidents within 15 days, from April 15 to April 29, during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival rush in Bangladesh, said a report published here.
Jamal said, “My good ball-striking form has given me a lot of confidence coming into this week. I’ve also gone back to my old putter which has helped me put up a better putting display so far this week."
The writer is a former IAS officer who retired as Secretary, Finance, Government of Assam.
South Asia is home to nine of the world's 10 cities with the worst air pollution, and Dhaka is one of them, said a World Bank report presented in the capital of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh will ban single-use plastic items in the Sundarbans, one of the world's largest mangrove forests.
