Dhaka Enclaves

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.

The son of a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League could be one of the seven attackers who hacked to death 20 hostages at a restaurant in the diplomatic enclave here, a media report said today.

Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant to end a hostage-taking by heavily armed militants early Saturday, killing six of the attackers and rescuing 13 captives including foreigners. One terrorist was also caught alive.

The details remain murky. On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital. They fired weapons and hurled grenades. Initial reports suggest that there are six to eight gunmen inside the establishment, detaining about 20 hostages. At least one police officer has been slain during th...

With the historic exchange of enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border accomplished, high-level delegations of both the country's border guarding forces will commence their annual DG level bilateral talks in New Delhi beginning tomorrow.

The excitement over the Land Boundary Agreement may have ebbed in Delhi and Dhaka, but in 111 enclaves in Bangladesh that were Indian till Saturday, people are still celebrating their homecoming.

The land boundary agreement, he said, was another link in the chain. The agreement was formally signed between the two countries 41 years after it was endorsed. Under the deal, the two countries will swap 161 tiny enclaves, whose 50,000-odd inhabitants have been deprived of not only of nationality, but also of public services.

During Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's Bangladesh visit last week, New Delhi and Dhaka signed the historic agreement on demarcation of land boundaries - the two countries agreed to resolved the status of enclaves and adversely possessed areas.

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.

The son of a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League could be one of the seven attackers who hacked to death 20 hostages at a restaurant in the diplomatic enclave here, a media report said today.

Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant to end a hostage-taking by heavily armed militants early Saturday, killing six of the attackers and rescuing 13 captives including foreigners. One terrorist was also caught alive.

The details remain murky. On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital. They fired weapons and hurled grenades. Initial reports suggest that there are six to eight gunmen inside the establishment, detaining about 20 hostages. At least one police officer has been slain during th...

With the historic exchange of enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border accomplished, high-level delegations of both the country's border guarding forces will commence their annual DG level bilateral talks in New Delhi beginning tomorrow.

The excitement over the Land Boundary Agreement may have ebbed in Delhi and Dhaka, but in 111 enclaves in Bangladesh that were Indian till Saturday, people are still celebrating their homecoming.

The land boundary agreement, he said, was another link in the chain. The agreement was formally signed between the two countries 41 years after it was endorsed. Under the deal, the two countries will swap 161 tiny enclaves, whose 50,000-odd inhabitants have been deprived of not only of nationality, but also of public services.

During Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's Bangladesh visit last week, New Delhi and Dhaka signed the historic agreement on demarcation of land boundaries - the two countries agreed to resolved the status of enclaves and adversely possessed areas.