Hopeful that Modi will maintain good ties with neighbours: Hasina

Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she was hopeful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will play his role in maintaining good relations with neighbours, notwithstanding his "own......

Make Bengali an official language: B'desh tells UN

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the United Nations General Assembly that Bangla should be named as an official UN language to reflect the vast number of its speakers and its......

Sheikh Hasina gets Indira Peace Prize

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for her "outstanding contribution to the promotion......

With reduced insurgency, Tripura sees better days

In the land-locked tiny state of Tripura in the north-east, the prospects of peace brightened in 2007 as development plans came to the centre-stage, signalling a welcome break from insurgency and......