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Bangladeshis attack Indian border outpost; 1 BSF jawan injured
The incidents took place at around midnight on Wednesday at Amdoh and Rongtila, which are about five km from the India-Bangladesh border.
By Press Trust of India
ShillongJanuary 9, 2020UPDATED: January 9, 2020 11:28 IST
The weapons snatched from the BSF personnel were later recovered from a nearby forest. (File image for representation: Reuters)
Suspected Bangladeshi nationals have attacked a border outpost in Meghalaya, assaulting two BSF jawans and snatching their weapons, resulting in injuries to one of them, police said.
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.
The incidents took place at around midnight on Wednesday at Amdoh and Rongtila, which are about five km from the India-Bangladesh border, West Jaintia Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) Lakador Syiem said.
"A group of 10-15 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly surrounded two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel near the Rongtila border outpost (BOP), assaulted them and snatched their weapons, causing injuries to one of them," he said.
The weapons snatched from the BSF personnel were later recovered from a nearby forest, Syiem said.
Prior to the incident, another Bangladeshi group had barged into the house of Pratap Bareh at Amdoh village near the Rongtila BOP and looted money, mobile phones and a gun, he said.
Bareh had fired a round at the intruders in self-defence before his gun was snatched and he was assaulted, Syiem said.
Both Bareh and the injured BSF jawan were taken to Dawki Primary Health Centre (PHC).
The deputy inspector general of police (Eastern Range) met the injured persons and visited the places of occurrence along with the district deputy commissioner and senior officers of the BSF and police.
After the incidents, the BSF lodged a protest against the intrusion of cross-border criminals from Bangladesh during a flag meeting with its counterpart, the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).
The BGB has promised to intensify patrolling to ensure that no Bangladeshi national crossed over the international border with India, a senior BSF official said.
The incident comes a week after another group of persons, also suspected to be from Bangladesh, attacked a car at an area 10 km inside India and decamped with money and mobile phones after injuring the occupants.
Meghalaya Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui, also the local MLA, condemned the incidents.
"I condemn the dastardly and daring attacks on the BSF and villagers living close to the India-Bangladesh border and urge the authorities concerned to step up vigil and thwart attempts to create fear among the border residents," he said.
Bangladeshis attack Indian border outpost; 1 BSF jawan injured
The incidents took place at around midnight on Wednesday at Amdoh and Rongtila, which are about five km from the India-Bangladesh border.
By Press Trust of India
ShillongJanuary 9, 2020UPDATED: January 9, 2020 11:28 IST
The weapons snatched from the BSF personnel were later recovered from a nearby forest. (File image for representation: Reuters)
Suspected Bangladeshi nationals have attacked a border outpost in Meghalaya, assaulting two BSF jawans and snatching their weapons, resulting in injuries to one of them, police said.
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.
The incidents took place at around midnight on Wednesday at Amdoh and Rongtila, which are about five km from the India-Bangladesh border, West Jaintia Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) Lakador Syiem said.
"A group of 10-15 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly surrounded two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel near the Rongtila border outpost (BOP), assaulted them and snatched their weapons, causing injuries to one of them," he said.
The weapons snatched from the BSF personnel were later recovered from a nearby forest, Syiem said.
Prior to the incident, another Bangladeshi group had barged into the house of Pratap Bareh at Amdoh village near the Rongtila BOP and looted money, mobile phones and a gun, he said.
Bareh had fired a round at the intruders in self-defence before his gun was snatched and he was assaulted, Syiem said.
Both Bareh and the injured BSF jawan were taken to Dawki Primary Health Centre (PHC).
The deputy inspector general of police (Eastern Range) met the injured persons and visited the places of occurrence along with the district deputy commissioner and senior officers of the BSF and police.
After the incidents, the BSF lodged a protest against the intrusion of cross-border criminals from Bangladesh during a flag meeting with its counterpart, the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).
The BGB has promised to intensify patrolling to ensure that no Bangladeshi national crossed over the international border with India, a senior BSF official said.
The incident comes a week after another group of persons, also suspected to be from Bangladesh, attacked a car at an area 10 km inside India and decamped with money and mobile phones after injuring the occupants.
Meghalaya Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui, also the local MLA, condemned the incidents.
"I condemn the dastardly and daring attacks on the BSF and villagers living close to the India-Bangladesh border and urge the authorities concerned to step up vigil and thwart attempts to create fear among the border residents," he said.
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India will fund 40% of joint venture film on Bangladesh founder Mujibur Rahman
India will also co-produce with Bangladesh a documentary and radio show on the 1971 Liberation War, highlighting India’s role in Bangladesh’s freedom struggle.
By Amrita Nayak Dutta
7 May, 2019 8:21 pm IST
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with Bangladesh Air Force personnel. | Commons
New Delhi: A much-delayed joint film venture between India and Bangladesh on ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is likely to cost over Rs 35 crore, and India will bear 40 per cent of it, ThePrint has learnt.
The film in Baangal, a dialect of the Bangla language spoken in Bangladesh, will be directed by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal and is scheduled for release in 2020, the birth centenary year of Rahman.
The production of the feature film and a documentary on Bangladesh’s Liberation War 1971 was first announced in a joint declaration made by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina when the latter visited India in April 2017.
Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, had led the liberation movement that split the country from Pakistan.
A Bangladeshi delegation met Indian officials in New Delhi Tuesday to discuss the final modalities of the film and various other aspects, including research on the life and struggle of Rahman, and, most importantly, the script.
A MoU on the film is set to be finalised and signed between the two countries in the next few weeks, sources said. The shooting is scheduled to begin in October. The National Film Development Corporation will produce the film from the Indian side.
The project has seen an inordinate delay as it got tangled between the Ministries of External Affairs and Information & Broadcasting over setting up the expert committee to look into the various aspects of film-making. There were also delays from the Bangladeshi government’s side in confirming the estimates needed to make the film.
Project shows India’s support for Hasina
The film project indicates New Delhi’s interest in supporting Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government.
New Delhi’s interest in funding the film is motivated by the fact that Hasina remains a severe critic of Pakistan, who believes that the hardline Islamist elements in Bangladesh are funded by the Pakistani establishment.
ThePrint had last year reported that New Delhi was carefully monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and is aware of the growing public criticism aimed at Hasina, who has been accused of taking control of democratic institutions in her country, including the Election Commission and the press.
The film
A senior government official said Benegal would complete the script of the film before November. “The script would first be jointly examined by experts of both the nations to avoid any kind of controversies,” the official said.
The film will be shot in Bangladesh and feature mostly Bangladeshi actors.
From the Indian side, the project is being overseen by an expert committee comprising representatives from the ministries of defence, external affairs, and human resources development. Sources said Bangladesh has also sought archival footage and other research material available with India.
Talking to ThePrint, Benegal said productions like these do take time as it is between two countries and so a lot of formalities need to be completed.
“However, after today’s meeting, the issues have been sorted out and both the countries now are on the same page,” he said.
Benegal said that the film should be released between March 2020 and March 2021 as both the birth centenary of Rahman and golden jubilee year of Bangladesh’s liberation fall at that time.
“The film will involve a lot of research, the writers have to get together and the script needs to be prepared after collating the material available in English, Bengali and other languages,” he said.
Documentary, radio show on Liberation War
The golden jubilee year of Bangladesh’s independence falls in 2021. The documentary on the Liberation War will be made under the audio-visual co-production agreement between the two countries.
Besides, All India Radio and its Bangladeshi counterpart Bangladesh Betar will jointly produce a radio serial on Rahman and a radio documentary on the Liberation War, prominently highlighting India’s role in Bangladesh’s freedom struggle next year.
India will fund 40% of joint venture film on Bangladesh founder Mujibur Rahman
India will also co-produce with Bangladesh a documentary and radio show on the 1971 Liberation War, highlighting India’s role in Bangladesh’s freedom struggle.
By Amrita Nayak Dutta
7 May, 2019 8:21 pm IST
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with Bangladesh Air Force personnel. | Commons
New Delhi: A much-delayed joint film venture between India and Bangladesh on ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is likely to cost over Rs 35 crore, and India will bear 40 per cent of it, ThePrint has learnt.
The film in Baangal, a dialect of the Bangla language spoken in Bangladesh, will be directed by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal and is scheduled for release in 2020, the birth centenary year of Rahman.
The production of the feature film and a documentary on Bangladesh’s Liberation War 1971 was first announced in a joint declaration made by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina when the latter visited India in April 2017.
Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, had led the liberation movement that split the country from Pakistan.
A Bangladeshi delegation met Indian officials in New Delhi Tuesday to discuss the final modalities of the film and various other aspects, including research on the life and struggle of Rahman, and, most importantly, the script.
A MoU on the film is set to be finalised and signed between the two countries in the next few weeks, sources said. The shooting is scheduled to begin in October. The National Film Development Corporation will produce the film from the Indian side.
The project has seen an inordinate delay as it got tangled between the Ministries of External Affairs and Information & Broadcasting over setting up the expert committee to look into the various aspects of film-making. There were also delays from the Bangladeshi government’s side in confirming the estimates needed to make the film.
Project shows India’s support for Hasina
The film project indicates New Delhi’s interest in supporting Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government.
New Delhi’s interest in funding the film is motivated by the fact that Hasina remains a severe critic of Pakistan, who believes that the hardline Islamist elements in Bangladesh are funded by the Pakistani establishment.
ThePrint had last year reported that New Delhi was carefully monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and is aware of the growing public criticism aimed at Hasina, who has been accused of taking control of democratic institutions in her country, including the Election Commission and the press.
The film
A senior government official said Benegal would complete the script of the film before November. “The script would first be jointly examined by experts of both the nations to avoid any kind of controversies,” the official said.
The film will be shot in Bangladesh and feature mostly Bangladeshi actors.
From the Indian side, the project is being overseen by an expert committee comprising representatives from the ministries of defence, external affairs, and human resources development. Sources said Bangladesh has also sought archival footage and other research material available with India.
Talking to ThePrint, Benegal said productions like these do take time as it is between two countries and so a lot of formalities need to be completed.
“However, after today’s meeting, the issues have been sorted out and both the countries now are on the same page,” he said.
Benegal said that the film should be released between March 2020 and March 2021 as both the birth centenary of Rahman and golden jubilee year of Bangladesh’s liberation fall at that time.
“The film will involve a lot of research, the writers have to get together and the script needs to be prepared after collating the material available in English, Bengali and other languages,” he said.
Documentary, radio show on Liberation War
The golden jubilee year of Bangladesh’s independence falls in 2021. The documentary on the Liberation War will be made under the audio-visual co-production agreement between the two countries.
Besides, All India Radio and its Bangladeshi counterpart Bangladesh Betar will jointly produce a radio serial on Rahman and a radio documentary on the Liberation War, prominently highlighting India’s role in Bangladesh’s freedom struggle next year.
India will fund 40% of joint venture film on Bangladesh founder Mujibur Rahman
Railway line between India and Bangladesh to end in 2021
The much-awaited railway line between Agartala to Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by September 2021 and the process for acquisition of land and handing it over to the executing agency in both the countries has been completed, officials said on Thursday.
The 15.6 km-long railway link connects Gangasagar in Bangladesh to Nischintapur in India (10.6 km) and from Nischintapur to Agartala railway station (5.46km).
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) is bearing the cost for laying the track on the 5.46km Indian side and the cost of laying the 10.6 km-long track on the Bangladesh side is being borne by the Ministry of External Affairs, the officials said.
Indian Railway Construction Company Limited (IRCON) is the executing agency for construction of the project on both sides and ₹580 crore has been sanctioned for the Indo-Bangla railway work in the Indian side.
Work is in progress in full swing in the Indian side and we hope to complete it before September 2021. The process for acquisition of land is complete and the land has been handed over to IRCON, Raman Singla, Deputy Chief Engineer of IRCON International Limited, told PTI.
A district magistrate-level meeting of three districts of Bangladesh and Tripura have reviewed the progress of the Agartala-Akhaura railway line on Wednesday.
Mahatme N Sandeep, district magistrate of West Tripura who headed the Indian delegation, confirmed that the Ministry has set the target of completing the railway project by September, 2021.
The soil condition in the Indian side is soft. So, latest technology is being used,” he said.
A 3.1km long viaduct would be constructed to save land and curtail expenses, IRCON officials said adding around 600 skilled workers under the supervision of 30 engineers of IRCON are working round-the-clock to complete works.
Officials said Nischintapur will have a transhipment yard, the first in the northeast region and the passengers and goods coming from Bangladesh will be off boarded there.
The IRCON engineers are expected to start laying the railway tracks by September/October this year.
The first phase of the 5.46km Gangasagar-Nischintapur railway track and construction of station building, a 1600m platform and the transhipment yard are expected to be completed by December, they added.
Railway line between India and Bangladesh to end in 2021
The much-awaited railway line between Agartala to Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by September 2021 and the process for acquisition of land and handing it over to the executing agency in both the countries has been completed, officials said on Thursday.
The 15.6 km-long railway link connects Gangasagar in Bangladesh to Nischintapur in India (10.6 km) and from Nischintapur to Agartala railway station (5.46km).
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) is bearing the cost for laying the track on the 5.46km Indian side and the cost of laying the 10.6 km-long track on the Bangladesh side is being borne by the Ministry of External Affairs, the officials said.
Indian Railway Construction Company Limited (IRCON) is the executing agency for construction of the project on both sides and ₹580 crore has been sanctioned for the Indo-Bangla railway work in the Indian side.
Work is in progress in full swing in the Indian side and we hope to complete it before September 2021. The process for acquisition of land is complete and the land has been handed over to IRCON, Raman Singla, Deputy Chief Engineer of IRCON International Limited, told PTI.
A district magistrate-level meeting of three districts of Bangladesh and Tripura have reviewed the progress of the Agartala-Akhaura railway line on Wednesday.
Mahatme N Sandeep, district magistrate of West Tripura who headed the Indian delegation, confirmed that the Ministry has set the target of completing the railway project by September, 2021.
The soil condition in the Indian side is soft. So, latest technology is being used,” he said.
A 3.1km long viaduct would be constructed to save land and curtail expenses, IRCON officials said adding around 600 skilled workers under the supervision of 30 engineers of IRCON are working round-the-clock to complete works.
Officials said Nischintapur will have a transhipment yard, the first in the northeast region and the passengers and goods coming from Bangladesh will be off boarded there.
The IRCON engineers are expected to start laying the railway tracks by September/October this year.
The first phase of the 5.46km Gangasagar-Nischintapur railway track and construction of station building, a 1600m platform and the transhipment yard are expected to be completed by December, they added.
Railway line between India and Bangladesh to end in 2021
Before his arrest, Bangabandhu's killer Abdul Majed was hiding in Kolkata for 22 years
KOLKATA: Abdul Majed, an accused on death row on the charges of killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was arrested on Tuesday by Bangladesh Police in Dhaka four-and-a-half decades after the assassination took place, admitted that he had been hiding in Kolkata for more than 22 years.
During the course of interrogation by Bangladesh police, Majed confessed that he had returned to Bangladesh last month from Kolkata.
"We had an informal discussion with our counterparts in Bangladesh after Majed’s arrest. They have not yet shared much details about Majed’s whereabouts in Kolkata and his activities during the period he stayed in the state capital," said an officer of the state Intelligence Branch (IB).
Sources in the state IB said they had come to know that the fugitive accused on death row, a sacked officer of Bangladesh Army, stayed at several places on the outskirts on Kolkata in both North and South 24-Parganas district.
"We were told that he had obtained documents to prove himself as an Indian citizen and got a passport. He did not stay at one place. He used to reside in rented houses which he changed on several occasions during his stay here," said the IB official.
Majed was one of the six remaining fugitive killers of Bangabandhu believed to be hiding abroad with no confirmed whereabouts. Majed disappeared in 1997 after Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Mujibar Rahman, was voted Prime Minister and she opened the case of her father’s assassination.
Majed returned to Bangladesh on March 16 via Kolkata airport.
"We were told that he was staying alone here. What was his profession in Kolkata is yet to be known. His wife resides in Bangladesh and son in the US," said another IB officer.
KOLKATA: Abdul Majed, an accused on death row on the charges of killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was arrested on Tuesday by Bangladesh Police in Dhaka four-and-a-half decades after the assassination took place, admitted that he had been hiding in Kolkata for more than 22 years.
During the course of interrogation by Bangladesh police, Majed confessed that he had returned to Bangladesh last month from Kolkata.
"We had an informal discussion with our counterparts in Bangladesh after Majed’s arrest. They have not yet shared much details about Majed’s whereabouts in Kolkata and his activities during the period he stayed in the state capital," said an officer of the state Intelligence Branch (IB).
Sources in the state IB said they had come to know that the fugitive accused on death row, a sacked officer of Bangladesh Army, stayed at several places on the outskirts on Kolkata in both North and South 24-Parganas district.
"We were told that he had obtained documents to prove himself as an Indian citizen and got a passport. He did not stay at one place. He used to reside in rented houses which he changed on several occasions during his stay here," said the IB official.
Majed was one of the six remaining fugitive killers of Bangabandhu believed to be hiding abroad with no confirmed whereabouts. Majed disappeared in 1997 after Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Mujibar Rahman, was voted Prime Minister and she opened the case of her father’s assassination.
Majed returned to Bangladesh on March 16 via Kolkata airport.
"We were told that he was staying alone here. What was his profession in Kolkata is yet to be known. His wife resides in Bangladesh and son in the US," said another IB officer.
