Sep 07, 2011
There are 111 Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh and 51 Bangladeshi ones inside India, with a combined population of 51,000, all of which date back to the partition of 1947, and all suffering in their isolation, with neither country willing to offer them proper services and infrastructure. Read Article Cut off for 64 years: thousands trapped in enclaves along India-Bangladesh border
Sep 12, 2011
Residents of several Indian enclaves in Bangladesh have kept their homes in darkness at night in an unusual protest to demand implementation of an agreement giving them Bangladeshi citizenship.
Read Article Bangladesh enclaves turn out the lights in protest over citizenship
Nov 18, 2011
A declaration adopted at a recent regional summit might pave the way for the improvement of diplomatic and economic ties between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Read Article South Asia takes step towards unity
Jan 17, 2012
A charity started by a former Emirates Airline flight attendant is helping young men from a Bangladesh slum to receive job training in Dubai so that they can eventually help their family members back home. Read Article Charity scheme helps youths escape poverty
Jan 19, 2012
Brig Gen Muhammad Masud Razzaq said that the military has specific evidence that up to 16 current and former Bangladeshi military officers "with extreme religious views" were involved in the "heinous conspiracy". Read Article Bangladesh military say they have foiled coup attempt
Jan 22, 2012
Three men died over the weekend in two separate incidents in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Read Article Scaffolding accidents claim the lives of three
Jan 26, 2012
One of three workers who died in a building construction accident at the weekend will be buried in the emirate, rather than his homeland of India. Read Article Indian construction worker to be buried in Dubai
Feb 09, 2012
Some of the camp's residents remain stateless 65 years after they arrived following the formation of India and Pakistan in 1947. Read Article In limbo between India and Bangladesh, a refugee camp is home
Feb 13, 2012
While tigers are becoming extinct in India through poaching and corruption, in the wilds of the Sundarbans, the beautiful, yet dangerous delta between India and Bangladesh, they kill someone every other day. Suryatapa Bhattacharya, Foreign Correspondent, reports. Read Article The tiger widows of the Sundarbans
Feb 17, 2012
Living cheek by jowl with the big cats, Sundarban villagers revere and fear tigers in equal measure — and so they should. Read Article Terrifying beauty of Sundarbans tiger country