The BSF averted an infiltration bid when thousands of residents from Bangladesh gathered along the Indo-Bangladesh border at Cooch Behar raising slogans and tried to enter the Indian side on Friday morning.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur criticised Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party for showing concern about Gaza and maintaining silence on the atrocities being committed against Hindus and other minority communities in Bangladesh.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee that is to be headed by the ADG, Border Security Force, Eastern Command to monitor the current Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) situation.
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami is making significant strides in his recovery from an ankle injury that has kept him out of cricket since the ODI World Cup last November. The expectation is that he will be ready to participate in India's home season, starting with a Test series against Bang
Bangladesh is facing a fluid political situation, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tendering her resignation from her post on Monday in the wake of mounting protests.
Seventeen members of Bangladesh's interim government took their oaths at a ceremony in Dhaka on Thursday, Bangladesh-based daily, Dhaka Tribune reported. Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus, 84, was sworn in as the country's chief advisor.
Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar on Thursday called for an end to the violence in Bangladesh, describing the current turmoil as a severe threat to the country's democracy. He expressed deep concern over the recent unrest and attacks on minority communities.
Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus took the oath on Thursday night, three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister and left the country amid widespread unrest.
"One of the things that we have made clear is that we want to see the interim government chart a democratic future for the people of Bangladesh," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a press briefing.
"To everyone who has shown concern: as much as I would love to see Ma, I don't want to compromise her whereabouts in any way. In the meantime, the work of improving the public health of @WHOSEARO continues!" Wazed said in a post on X.