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Pallab Bhattacharya

Pallab Bhattacharya is a special correspondent for The Daily Star.

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India, Pakistan hockey players shake hands at Malaysia meet

The gesture by the junior hockey players of the two teams came after the men's and women's cricket teams of India and Pakistan opted for “no-handshake” policy during their respective matches in the Asia Cup in the UAE and a World Cup game in Colombo.
15 October 2025, 05:38 AM
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India to launch EFTA trade pact on Oct 1

In the midst of a tariff battle with the United States, India will formally operationalise its free trade agreement (FTA) with four countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc on October 1.
29 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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Anuparna Roy’s breakthrough at Venice Film Festival

For Anuparna Roy, in her thirties, the excitement of winning an award with her very first feature film at the world’s oldest film festival in Venice is yet to sink in. The Indian media took no notice of Roy, an English literature student from Burdwan University in West Bengal, when she released her first short film “Run To The River” a couple of years ago. But today, that moment seems light years away.
10 September 2025, 13:11 PM
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Bhupen Hazarika centenary sets sail on Brahmaputra with musical river voyage

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tribute this morning, called Hazarika’s music timeless, noting how his compositions “transcended borders and linguistic barriers for decades.” That universality is embodied in “Bistirna Parore” (popularly known in Bangla as “Bistirno Dupaare”), the song after which the voyage is named.
8 September 2025, 10:20 AM
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BGB-BSF conference: Push-ins, border killings to figure high

The continuous push-ins by Indian authorities from different border points despite repeated protests by Bangladesh will top the agenda of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the upcoming 56th director general-level conference.
23 August 2025, 18:44 PM
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"Even simple tasks are hard": India's first ISS astronaut on space life

Indian Air Force officer Shubhanshu Shukla, the country’s first astronaut to enter the International Space Station (ISS), has shared his first-hand experience that even simple tasks like sleeping, walking, and drinking water become very challenging in microgravity conditions.
30 June 2025, 08:36 AM
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India to conduct 7 experiments in space

Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla scripted history by becoming the country’s first astronaut to enter the International Space Station (ISS) on June 26 after the docking of Axiom 4 spacecraft, he carried with him India’s scientific dreams to the frontiers of microgravity.
27 June 2025, 11:07 AM
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India develops solar-powered green hydrogen production

Indian scientists have developed a scalable device that produces green hydrogen, one of the cleanest fuels, by splitting water molecules using only solar energy.
23 June 2025, 07:05 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor dies

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
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