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Jaishankar discusses preparatory measures ahead of Sheikh Hasina's visit t
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held a bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen and discussed the preparatory measures in relation to the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India in October during which a nu
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Hoping to hold productive talks on strengthening India-B'desh ties: Jaisha
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said he is hoping to hold productive and engaging discussions on strengthening the bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh.
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480 Bangladeshi immigrants deported from January 2016-April 2018: Delhi Po
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Delhi Police on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that 489 Bangladeshi immigrants were detained and 480 were deported from January 01, 2016 to April 30, 2018, from India, but it has not detained and deported any Rohingya during this period.
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Rohingya Crisis: Japan offers to play mediator between Bangladesh and Myan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 31 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday offered to play a role of mediator between Bangladesh and Myanmar to ensure peaceful and smooth repatriation of Rohingya people to their place of origin in the Rakhine State.
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West Bengal: RPF arrest four Rohingya in Jalpaiguri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], July 30 (ANI): Four Rohingya belonging to the same family were arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at the Jalpaiguri railway station on Monday after they disembarked from a Calcutta-bound train.
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Myanmar officials hold repatriation talks with Rohingya in Cox's Bazar
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 28 (ANI): A visiting delegation of Myanmar government officials to Cox's Bazar, the southeast coastal district in Bangladesh with the largest number of Rohingya camps, held repatriation talks with the Muslim minority on Saturday and tried to convince them to return t
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B'desh: Myanmar delegation meets Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], July 27 (ANI): A 15-member high-level delegation from Myanmar, led by permanent foreign secretary U Myint Thu, met a group of Rohingyas at a refugee camp here on Saturday.
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US-based minorities' body urges unity against religious persecution in Pak
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): The rise of extremism and persecution of people based on faith and ethnicity is deplorable, said South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) chairman Nadeem Nusrat, calling for a united stand to set aside these differences.
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India hands over 250 houses to Myanmar's Rakhine State
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): India on Tuesday handed over 250 houses to the displaced Muslim minorities, who are currently residing in Myanmar's Rakhine State, under the Rakhine State Development Programme (RSDP) for USD 25 million for a period of five years.
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Rohingya crisis: SC to dispose of petitions in August
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the petitions related to the Rohingya issue would be disposed of in the month of August.
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Hasina slams US lawmaker's proposal to integrate Rakhine with B'desh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jul 9 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised a top US lawmaker's proposal to merge Myanmar's restive Rakhine state into her country, saying it was an attempt to "start a fire in the region" and the move was "not acceptable".
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US calls to end internet blackout in Myanmar's two states
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 30 (ANI): The United States on Saturday called for an end to a mobile internet shutdown in two strife-torn states in Myanmar, saying that the restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest.
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