Bangladesh cancels judges training programme in India, cites 'Supreme Court directive'
India TV NewsA day after the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported that 50 lower judiciary judges would undergo a one-day training programme in India, the interim government in Bangladesh on Sunday Sunday cancelled it, scrapping the previous notification. The trainee judges selected under the programme were district and sessions judge or its equivalent officers, additional district and sessions judge, joint district judge, senior assistant judge and assistant judge. The repatriation process will have its culmination place at sea on January 5, where 95 Indian fishermen will be transferred by the Bangladesh Coast Guard and 90 Bangladeshi fishermen will be sent to their authorities. Straining ties between India and Bangladesh India and Bangladesh have witnessed strained ties since the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled to New Delhi on August 5 last year following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League's 16-year regime.