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
'We'll stick to the same thing'
The Indian cricket team reached Hyderabad yesterday for the one-off Test against Bangladesh to be played from February 9 and batsman Cheteshwar Pujara said that while the visiting team cannot be taken lightly the home team would like to maintain its number one ranking in the world.
6 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Pushing the boundaries
Emerging and established artists and galleries in South Asia and promoting cultural discourse in the region will be the main focus of
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
HCA to commemorate Test with souvenir
The historic Test match between Bangladesh and India, beginning in Hyderabad from February 9, will be commemorated in the form of a
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Tigers reach Hyderabad
The 15-member Bangladesh team led by Mushfiqur Rahim reached the southern Indian city of Hyderabad for the one-off Test match against India starting there on February 9.
2 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Full-strength India await Tigers
India yesterday named a 16-member team led by Virat Kohli to take on Bangladesh in the historic one-off Test match to be played in Hyderabad from February 9.
31 January 2017, 18:15 PM
4-member team to run BCCI
India's Supreme Court announced a four-member team to run the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday.
30 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Uncertainty over Ind-BD venue
Could the one-off Test match between Bangladesh and India be shifted from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, whose cricket association is facing a cash crunch, to Kolkata?
25 January 2017, 18:00 PM
How prepared is Hyderabad?
How smooth will be the conduct of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and India scheduled to start on February 9 at the Rajiv Gandhi stadidm in southern Indian city of Hyderabad?
23 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Crowd-funding of “Simantorekha” a success
Veteran director Tanvir Mokammel is a happy man as the crowd-funding of his latest documentary “Seemantorekha” (“The Borderline”) -- the first such venture in Bangladesh in film -making -- has turned out to be a success.
21 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Raj Kapoor off his pedestal
Raj Kapoor was not only Bollywood's consummate showman but was a connoisseur of cinema, booze and his leading ladies, according
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Kohli will do better than me: Dhoni
Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni indicated today that the reason behind his surprise decision to quit as captain of the limited-overs formats was that he did not agree with having separate skippers for Tests and the shorter versions of the game.
13 January 2017, 18:00 PM
'Hyderabad Test will go ahead'
India's Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) today rubbished speculation that this association will not host the India-Bangladesh Test scheduled in the southern city of Hyderabad from February 13 due to a fund crunch.
9 January 2017, 18:00 PM
MODI GETS CR7-SIGNED JERSEY
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a special gift from visiting Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa yesterday. After holding
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Shakib best all-rounder again
Shakib Al Hasan rose to become the best all-rounder in the One Day Internationals and was adjudged the second-best all-rounder in Tests and T20Is in the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) latest rankings.
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Om Puri passes on
Om Puri, one of India's most versatile actors who strode across parallel, mainstream Bollywood commercial cinema and Hollywood and
6 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Sunil backs Sourav to take BCCI reins
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has thrown his weight behind another former skipper, Sourav Ganguly, to take over the Board of
3 January 2017, 18:00 PM
“Raees” stirs up YouTube Storm
“Raees”, the latest big screen venture of Bollywood super star Shah Rukh Khan appears all set to storm the box office, if the
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Red cards in cricket!
Cricket, like football and hockey, may see introduction of red cards as punishment for violent acts on the field.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Documentary “Seemantarekha”
Veteran film director Tanvir Mokammel has been among the pioneers of the parallel cinema in Bangladesh in early 1990s. And
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Attack on Hindus: India tells Dhaka, it's worried
Following the recent attacks on the Hindus in Brahmanbaria and elsewhere in Bangladesh, India has expressed its concern about the safety and security of the community.
6 November 2016, 18:00 PM