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
Shahabuddin works on display in Kolkata
A creative mind cannot be confined to any territory, language or culture as they belong to the entire world.
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Logo, mascot unveiled
The logo and the mascot of the 12th South Asian Games, 2016 were unveiled yesterday at a ceremony in Guwahati, which will co-host the event along with Shillong from February 6 to 16 next year.
13 December 2015, 18:00 PM
FARHAN excited for Wazir
Farhan Akhtar has directed action films, but says he was excited to feature as an actor in action scenes for the first time, smashing baddies in upcoming movie “Wazir”.
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Naseeruddin Shah in talks to lead Tagore biopic
Ace Argentine filmmaker Pablo Cesar is set to direct a film based on the life of Rabindranath Tagore, and wants Naseeruddin Shah to play the poet's role.
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Deepika looks to explore into Hollywood
Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is keen on doing Hollywood films and wants to explore to work in the West.
2 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi women peacekeepers in focus
Thousands of miles away from the comfort of their homes, a group of Bangladeshi women police officers defy stereotypes and face harsh realities of becoming foot soldiers in a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti in the Caribbean region.
31 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi announces $10b fund for African nations
In a major outreach to African countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced a concessional credit line of $10
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi women's bravery on celluloid
A new documentary on the courage of Bangladeshi women police officers in peacekeeping operations will be screened at the prestigious Mumbai Academy of Movie Image festival today.
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM
SRK almost refused “DDLJ”!
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan may have redefined romance in “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” (DDLJ), but the actor says he almost refused the film as he found the role too “girlish”.
20 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Shameem Akhtar: The director returns with "Rina Brown"
It's big news for connoisseurs of meaningful cinema in Bangladesh. Critically-acclaimed director Shameem Akhtar, known for her
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Pranab's wife passes away
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee's wife, Suvra Mukherjee, passed away yesterday. She was 75.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM
JMB man arrested in Kolkata
India's National Investigation Agency yesterday arrested Noor-ul-Haque, suspected financial brain behind the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Vidya Balan not in Suchitra biopic
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has rejected the biopic on late Bengali screen legend Suchitra Sen, primarily due to no physical resemblance.
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Target revised Teesta deal?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making intensive efforts to make the Teesta water-sharing deal agreeable to both Dhaka and West Bengal.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka, Delhi to transport fuel oil by train
Bangladesh and India have agreed to start transportation by rail of petroleum products from Numaligarh oil refinery in northeastern
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Land deal caught in BJP-Congress row
After the failure to ink the treaty of the Teesta river water-sharing, another major showpiece of India-Bangladesh relations, the land
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Forging Unity
When two Indian passenger ships carrying 337 Bangladeshi nationals, who were pulled out of war-torn Yemen, reached the southern
18 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Subhas Bose's relatives were under surveillance
Indian Intelligence Bureau kept relatives of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the legends of India's freedom struggle, under close
10 April 2015, 21:03 PM
Shashi Kapoor receives Dada Saheb Phalke award
For close to three decades in the 1960s, 70s till mid-80s, Bollywood's veteran actor Shashi Kapoor has captivated Hindi film lovers
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM