India-Bangladesh border talks to be held in Guwahati from Dec 22

The 51st director general-level border coordination conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be held in Guwahati from December 22 to 26, an official statement said. This is for the first time in four decades that the biannual conference will be held outside Delhi. The BSF delegation will be led by […]

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India calls on Tripura Chief Minister

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran called on Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday. The Bangladesh High Commissioner met the Tripura Chief Minister at his office chamber and held talks on strengthening the Indo-Bangla relations. He said that the relations between both the countries are quite good and more efforts are being […]

Tripura: Nigerian national arrested for illegally crossing over to India

An illegal Nigerian national has been apprehended in Tripura’s South District. The individual, identified as Raymond Niommy Dammy, was apprehended by the Border Security Force at Sabrum in the Belonia sub division near the Bangladesh border. As per reports, Raymond hails from Dru West district in Nigeria. Raymond was caught while he was illegally trying […]

Three Nigerian nationals arrested with fake documents in Assam

Three Nigerians including a woman were arrested by the Assam police in Karimganj on Sunday night. They were reportedly carrying foreign currencies and fake documents with them, while travelling from Bangladesh to Assam via Tripura. Addressing themselves as footballers when questioned by the police, it was learnt that these Nigerians have been seen in and […]

PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina hold bilateral talks; jointly inaugurate 3 projects, sign 7 MoUs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated three more bilateral projects. The projects include import LPG from Bangladesh, inauguration of the Vivekananda Bhavan at Ram Krishna Mission in Dhaka and inauguration of Bangladesh-India professional skill development Institute at the Institute of Engineers in Khulna. “I am glad that I […]

Home minister Amit Shah raises concerns over illegal immigration with Bangladesh counterpart

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took up the issue of illegal migration to Northeast with his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan who is on a visit to India. Shah raised concerns over the illegal movement of people across the border and called for a solution to it at the earliest. Both the Home Ministers re-affirmed the […]

12 suspected Rohingyas detained in Mizoram

A total of 12 Rohingyas from Bangladesh were arrested in Mizoram for entering the state without valid travel documents. The eight women and four boys were arrested from a house and taken to the Bawngkawn police station on Sunday. It is suspected that the Rohingyas are victims of human trafficking. The arrested people had some […]

30 Guwahati-bound Rohingyas held in Assam-Tripura border

30 Rohingyas were arrested at Churaibari in the Assam-Tripura border. Acting on a tip-off the police swung into action and apprehended the Rohingya infiltrators who were on board a bus travelling to Guwahati and 12 among those arrested are minors. According to sources, the arrested Rohingyas hail from Debenna district in Myanmar. As per reports, […]