Outgoing Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma called for a new future-oriented agenda between India and Bangladesh during a farewell call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka.
Three Bangladeshi nationals were killed in a series of suspected landmine explosions in the no-man's-land area of the Ghumdhum border in Bandarban, prompting an official investigation.
More than 156 human rights organizations held a joint press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity, demanding the government declare a national emergency over the surge in child rape and murder.