Police in India's north-eastern state of Tripura say at least 14 people have been killed in a separatist attack.

BBC: Rebel attack kills 14 in Tripura

The merger of two tribal parties in the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura has revived hopes of peace in the state.

BBC: Tripura's tribal parties merge

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Cyclone Mahasen had weakened and had hit the Sitakunda and Feni regions of Bangladesh, adjoining India's Tripura state.

WSJ: Cyclone Mahasen Hits Myanmar, Bangladesh

In the past, Indians wanting to go from Tripura to Kolkata had either to travel by air or make a convoluted 1, 750-km (1, 100 mile) overland journey via Guwahati, capital of Assam.

ECONOMIST: The taxing new route to Kolkata

The twice-daily service from Dhaka to Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura, enables Indians living in the inaccessible far east of the country to go overland to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) or Delhi via Bangladesh.

ECONOMIST: The taxing new route to Kolkata