Aizawl, July 6 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Excise and Narcotics Department, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth approximately Rs 3.30 crore in eastern Mizoram’s Champhai district, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence inputs, troops of the Assam Rifles, in association with the Excise and Narcotics Department, carried out a joint operation in the Zote area of Champhai district, which shares a mountainous int…
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New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Dragon is playing with water, as reports suggest, through several ambitious river projects to expand “hydro-hegemony” in the region. China’s “water games” across South Asia include capitalising on mega-dams in Medog on the Tibetan Plateau, such as the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze, and pushing the Teesta River management project in Bangladesh to turn hydropower into geopolitical leverage.Incidentally, China now has 24,217 large dams; the US follows with 10,053, whi…
Dhaka, July 6 (IANS) At least six members of Fatah Combat System (FCS), including its chief instructor Shah Amanat Sabir, were arrested in Bangladesh, with investigators alleging that the group was undergoing training to facilitate the activities of an extremist organisation, local media reported. According to officials of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the arrests were made on Sunday from a sand field in the Konapara area of Jatrabari in the capital.DMP Additional Deputy Commissioner (Med…
Dhaka, July 6 (IANS) At least nine people, including women and children, were killed after heavy rainfall triggered landslides in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning, local media reported. Among the nine victims, eight were killed in separate landslides at different Rohingya camps in Ukhiya Upazila, while another person died in Cox’s Bazar municipality. Five of the victims were reportedly children.In the early hours of Monday, a landslide struck the house of Rohingya refugee 44-year-old M…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) It is now well known that Hamas is seeking to expand its footprint across the world, with its current focus on South Asia. After establishing a presence in Pakistan with the support of the Inter-Services Intelligence, the outfit is now looking to expand into countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.Amid these developments, Indian agencies are keeping a close watch on the activities of an unorganised radical group called Tawhidi Janata, which operates out of Bangladesh….
Agartala, July 5 (IANS) Tripura is aiming to attract investment proposals worth nearly Rs 1 lakh crore across key sectors during the two-day Destination Tripura Business Conclave-2026, which is scheduled to begin on July 9, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Sunday. Ahead of the flagship event, the Chief Minister chaired a high-level review meeting at the Hapania International Fair Ground auditorium and directed officials to ensure the successful conduct of the conclave, which is being organised …
Dhaka, July 5 (IANS) Seven more children died from measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours until 8 a.m. on Sunday, raising the fatalities from confirmed and suspected measles in the country in 2026 to 738, local media reported. The latest fatalities have been classified as suspected measles fatalities, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest fatalities, the total number of suspected measles cases in Bangladesh has increased to 645, while t…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A report published in Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Daily Sun’ blamed the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Jamaat, political actors associated with the nation’s previous interim administration led by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, for the economic difficulties that now confront it.It mentioned that the challenges that are now being faced by the Bangladeshi economy are a result of “prevalent mob violence, unfettered extortion and arson attacks as well as forceful closures of busi…
Dhaka, July 5 (IANS) A powerful earthquake in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, could not only lead to widespread structural collapse but also trigger devastating fires through ruptured gas pipelines, electrical short circuits, and other secondary hazards, according to a media report. According to specialists, fatalities often increase significantly when fires break out in the aftermath of earthquakes, particularly in densely populated urban areas where adequate preventive and emergency response meas…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Trinamool leader Chandrima Bhattacharya’s allegations on Saturday of being kept in the dark on the West Bengal Budget till barely hours before her presentation in the Assembly as Finance Minister, and Dinesh Trivedi’s 2012 exit from the Railways after a controversial fare hike, are two episodes that reflect a pattern. Soon after relinquishing her party posts, Bhattacharya claimed that the state Budget was never discussed with her or revealed to her until just hours befor…