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Cyclone Amphan: Bangladesh estimates damage worth $130 mn, 20 dead

As per a report in Dhaka Tribune, around one crore people in the south-western and north-western regions have been left without electricity as the storm disrupted the power supply system

First copies of Gilead coronavirus drug to start selling in Bangladesh

The Dhaka-based Beximco, which counts Norges Bank as one of its investors, will sell remdesivir for about 6,000 taka ($71) a vial to private clinics but will give it free to state-run hospitals

19 mn children at risk due to Cyclone Amphan in India, Bangladesh: UNICEF

UNICEF says Covid-19 could deepen the humanitarian consequences of Cyclone Amphan in both countries

'Amphan': India facing second super cyclone, says NDRF chief S N Pradhan

The landfall of cyclone 'Amphan' would be on May 20 between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia Island in Bangladesh, he said.

Vande Bharat Mission: 5 Air India flights to arrive from Singapore, Gulf

The repatriation operation is being conducted under India's ambitious 'Vande Bharat' mission to bring back around 15,000 stranded citizens from overseas.

Centre pulls up West Bengal for suspending trade on Indo-Bangla border

Operations at Petrapole checkpost in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas district was closed as protests erupted after rumours of Bangladeshi labourers carrying the virus

Over 33 million people internally displaced in 2019, 5 milion in India: UN

Almost 10 million new displacements in 2019 were recorded in East Asia and the Pacific (39%), 9.5 million in South Asia and 12 million in Middle East and North Africa

Hanging a killer of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka, courtesy Delhi

Sheikh Mujib was killed in 1975 by Bangladesh Army officers who later fled the country fearing retribution

Bangladeshi garment export faces $6 bn hit as world retailers cancel orders

Garment exports accounted for $34.12 billion, or 84% of the country's overall exports of $40.53 billion, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.

Covid-19: South Asian govts impose nationwide curfews, tighten border

Bracing for the inevitable, India is scaling up testing.

Bangladesh postpones 'Mujib Year' grand ceremony after 3 coronavirus cases

Prime Minister Sheikh directed the organisers to scale down the planned festivities

15,000 Bangladeshi nationals given Indian citizenship since 2014: Govt

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said those who were granted Indian citizenship belonged to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan.

Bangladesh's per capita GDP now higher than eastern and northeastern India

Its per capita GDP was $1,905 in 2019, against $1,566 in West Bengal and $1,185 in Assam

Neighbouring visit

Bangladesh is not unlike India and it would not be easy for most people to be able to tell Bangladesh apart from West Bengal

Once-submerged island ready to house 100,000 Rohingya refugees: Bangladesh

Flood protection embankments, houses, hospitals and mosques have been built on Bhasan Char, or floating island, in the Bay of Bengal, officials said

Bangladeshis attack Indian border outpost in Meghalaya; 1 BSF jawan injured

Another group from the neighbouring country barged into the house of a Meghalaya resident and looted money, mobile phones and a gun, besides injuring the head of the family, a senior officer said

Some questions from Asia's history of 50 years that need urgent answers

India needs to figure out whether it pays to be rule-takers or seek to be rule-setters. Or, do we have an answer to China's strategic challenge? If not, what are our options, wonders T N Ninan

West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury says Bangladesh denied him visa

The state's library service minister said he will cancel his ticket for Bangladesh on Thursday morning

CAA and NRC uncertainty could affect neighbours; it's worrisome: Bangladesh

Amid raging protests over the controversial citizenship law across India, Momen hoped that the situation "cools down" and the neighbouring country "can get out of it"

Pakistan lovers trying to turn Bangladesh into a failed state: PM Hasina

Hasina, also the AL president, said Bangladesh earned independence in exchange for blood of millions of martyrs.