India withdraws export ban on 100% broken rice
The world’s largest rice exporter has revoked the ban to reduce its domestic stockpile
11 March 2025, 07:11 AM
Docking, growing vegetables, and manufacturing in space
On January 16, India’s national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted a successful space docking (SpaDeX) operation by bridging two satellites in space, after overcoming hiccups twice.
20 January 2025, 09:56 AM
Could the Indian foreign secretary’s visit create positive optics?
Vikram Misri's visit to Dhaka signals efforts to stabilise Bangladesh-India ties.
15 December 2024, 07:00 AM
BJP's infiltration-from-Bangladesh plank falls flat in Jharkhand
The results of the assembly election in Jharkhand, where an alliance led by regional party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, stormed back to power, have rebuffed main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive campaign on the polarising plank based on alleged infiltration from Bangladesh
23 November 2024, 12:36 PM
Shadow of US prosecutor’s bribery charge on Adani?
It remains to be seen how the political impact of the US prosecutors’ charges against the Adani group plays out.
21 November 2024, 11:30 AM
Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?
Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.
1 November 2024, 05:00 AM
Of human migration and citizenship in Assam
The petitioner’s claim was that granting citizenship to immigrants claiming entry before March 25, 1971, was harming Assam’s identity.
25 October 2024, 11:16 AM
Jaishankar’s Islamabad visit and the future of India-Pakistan ties
Ten years is a long time in India-Pakistan relations, which are often prone to fits and starts.
6 October 2024, 11:30 AM
What now for India's judiciary?
The never-before-seen public show of rift in India's highest judiciary recently—the hallowed Supreme Court—following the questioning by four senior judges of the apex court of the country's chief justice
23 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Vidya, Irrfan win best actor at Filmfare
Vidya Balan and Irrfan Khan won the best actress and actor awards respectively for their performance in Hindi feature films “Tumhari
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Indian exporters get further boost
Against the backdrop of a decline in exports this year, India on Tuesday unveiled additional fiscal incentives of
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM
India doubles export incentive for apparel
Hit by a sharp decline in textile exports in the current fiscal year, India's commerce and industry ministry has announced doubling an
25 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Two 'ABT men' held in Kolkata
A special task force of Kolkata police yesterdayarrested an arms dealer and two suspected Bangladeshis allegedly linked to militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
“Ekjon Kobi'r Mrittyu” gets rave reviews at KIFF
The audience and critical response to Bangladeshi director Abu Sayeed's latest work “Ekjon Kobir Mrittyu”, competing in the Innovation in Moving Image category of the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival, has “overwhelmed” him.
15 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Indian ship on way with 185 truck chassis
A ship carrying 185 truck chassis left Chennai port on Saturday for Bangladesh's Mongla port.
29 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Nehra set to retire
Ashish Nehra, the veteran Indian pacer, announced his decision on Thursday to hang up his boots from all forms of cricket, capping an
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya influx: Delhi pledges full support for Dhaka
India yesterday pledged its full support to Bangladesh to effectively cope with different dimensions of the crisis emanating from the
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
3 Bangladeshi brothers held in India for 'ABT link'
Three Bangladeshi brothers, suspected to have links with militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, have been arrested by the Anti-
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM
US seeks bigger Indian role in Afghanistan
Shortly after American President Donald Trump articulated Washington's new policy for Afghanistan and South Asia envisaging a
24 August 2017, 19:01 PM
Pahlaj Nihalani removed as censor board chief
Pahlaj Nihalani, whose two-and-half-year tenure as India's censor board chief has been mired in controversy due to his run-ins with a
12 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Indian Politics: Nitish Kumar upends opposition equations
In politics, there are no permanent friends but only permanent interests. This adage proved true once again as Nitish Kumar yesterday
27 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Leaving a legacy of success
As Pranab Mukherjee, the first Bengali president of India, readies to step down on Monday after his five-year tenure, he leaves behind the legacy of a copybook head of state who strived hard to bring the presidential palace closer to the public.
21 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Kovind India's new president
Ram Nath Kovind, the candidate of India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, was yesterday elected as the country's 14th president with an overwhelming majority of votes from lawmakers.
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Abu Sayeed completes “Ekjon Kobi'r Mrittu”
Abid Haider is a nature-loving poet with an existential crisis: he cannot do star-gazing due to a thick grey coating caused by air
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Soumitra Chatterjee gets Legion of Honour
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been chosen for France's highest civilian honour, Legion of Honour, (Ordre national de
10 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Indian finance minister may visit Dhaka next month
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to have a three day tour of Bangladesh in the first week of July.
8 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Muktijuddha: Ojana Oddhay
Soon after I met journalist-writer Nadeem Qadir in Dhaka, way back in 1991, I heard about his being the son of a senior officer in the
2 June 2017, 18:00 PM
New generation should know the real history of our Liberation War
Director Morshedul Islam, one of the torch-bearers of story-driven cinema in Bangladesh, is happy but not “totally satisfied” by the
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM