More than 1,300 railway stations across India are to be part of the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme; of these, 98 in West Bengal are to be converted to ‘world-class stations’. Will the Centre’s effort come at the cost of the livelihoods of thousands of railway hawkers? Is that what is behind the growing reports of hawker-RPF standoffs? Prasun Chaudhuri wonders
Bengal hosts close to 50 book fairs every year, and yet this is the same state where public libraries are dying. The Telegraph tries to make sense of the contradiction
Bengal hosts close to 50 book fairs every year, and yet this is the same state where public libraries are dying. The Telegraph tries to make sense of the contradiction
The relatives of passengers who were on the boat that capsized on Sunday look on as authorities carry out a salvage operation. AFP
DHAKA: Rescuers have recovered 28 bodies from a river outside Bangladesh’s capital after a ferry collided with another vessel and capsized, an official said on Monday.
The ferry ML Rabit Al Hasan sank on Sunday night after being hit by a cargo vessel in the Shitalakkhya River in Narayanganj district, just outside Dhaka, officials said.
The search for survivors from the ferry disaster was called off on Monday, officials said, with the death toll rising to 28 when rescuers pulled the vessel from the water and found bodies inside.