Dual citizenship of a number of high-ranking government officials, in violation of the Government Service Act, is concerning.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has written to the Election Commission and the home ministry urging action against 24 former ministers and lawmakers who held foreign citizenship while serving in office.

The Calcutta High Court has rejected the election petition of West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Alorani Sarkar, who lost last year’s assembly poll from Bangaon Dakshin constituency on the grounds that she has dual citizenship of Bangladesh and India and cannot declare herself as “Indian”, as the law of the country does not allow it.

It’s understood if you have two families and hold two jobs, but not if you express two beliefs in one conversation.

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of "The Citizenship Law, 2016," expanding the scope of having dual citizenship by expatriate Bangladeshis.

Cabinet gives final nod to the draft of a law expanding the existing scope of getting dual citizenship.