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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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Ray and His Political Films

“Films cannot change society. They never have. Show me a film that changed society or brought about any change,” said master director Satyajit Ray in an interview for the American magazine Cineaste more than three decades ago.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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How BJP ducked CAA and retained Assam

Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party created history in the north eastern Indian state of Assam by becoming the first non-Congress party to win two successive terms in the state assembly elections there.
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Mamata takes centre stage

It may be too early to tell, but the signs seem promising for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
6 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Bengali (sub) nationalism trumps Hindu nationalism

Bangla nijer meyer kachei thaaklo (Bengal has stayed with its own daughter). When Trinamool Congress (TMC) came out with the slogan “Bangla nijer meyekay chai” in February, it could not have been more prophetic.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Mamata relegates Left to footnote

The landslide victory of Mamata Banerjee has not only thwarted the Modi wave that has swept over India but also relegated the Left and Congress to a footnote in West Bengal polls.
3 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Bittersweet win for Mamata

Mamata Banerjee lost her seat in the high-stakes Nandigram assembly, but the charismatic Trinamool Congress supremo brought her party to power in West Bengal for the third time in a row.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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India caught off guard by Covid’s second surge

In a televised address to the nation on April 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the gigantic second wave of the coronavirus in India as a “toofan.”
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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‘Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema’ introduced

India has instituted the ‘Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema’ to be given at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) every year, starting from this year, to mark Ray’s birth centenary celebrations.
30 April 2021, 14:51 PM
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Poet Shankha Ghosh passes away

Shankha Ghosh, the last of the five cult figures of modern Bangla poetry post Jibananda Das, died at his Kolkata residence after losing a week-long fight against Covid-19, bringing an end to a golden phase of Bangla literature.
21 April 2021, 18:00 PM

2nd Phase of WB Polls: 80pc turnout recorded amid sporadic clashes

An estimated 80 percent turnout was recorded despite sporadic violence and stray street clashes in the polling for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections for 30 seats.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Amitabh Bachchan confirms undergoing eye surgery

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan said he has undergone an eye surgery. His remark came a couple of days after hinting at a medical condition on his official blog. Bachchan wrote on his blog that the recovery of the surgery is slow and quipped that he be excused for any typing errors.
1 March 2021, 08:50 AM
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India announces national-level film award in memory of Satyajit Ray

India has announced a new national-level film award in memory of renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray. The decision to institute the award was taken at a meeting India’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar had with the film fraternity of West Bengal in Kolkata, on Monday.
23 February 2021, 08:39 AM
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An exhaustive study of Muslims in Assam

There are some books that immediately grab your attention by dint of their titles.
11 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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India’s journey from virus to vaccine

The story of India’s fight against coronavirus for over a year is remarkable. On September 16 last year, India had reported a record 97,894 coronavirus cases.
7 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Indian farmer protests: A daunting challenge for Modi government

The biggest political challenge that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government faces right now is the agitation on the outskirts of Delhi by farmers coming mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western part of Uttar Pradesh.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Hasina-Modi Virtual Summit Today: Talks to focus on water sharing, connectivity

Water sharing and management of trans-boundary rivers will dominate today’s Bangladesh-India summit to be led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, said officials.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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The last of the legends bows out

The death of legendary Soumitra Chatterjee yesterday brought an end to the last link of the golden era of Bangalee actors, led by the incomparable Uttam Kumar.
15 November 2020, 18:00 PM

India announces fresh Rs 265,080cr stimulus package

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday announced a fresh stimulus package totalling Rs 265,080 crore for the Covid-19-battered national economy, including a new job creation scheme by giving subsidy to those establishments that make new hires.
12 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Jamal keen to help revive Kolkata Mohammedan’s glory

The Bangladesh football team captain Jamal Bhuiyan said he enjoys a healthy rivalry with the Indian team in the international arena and feels a special motivation when it comes to playing against India.
9 November 2020, 12:45 PM
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Pompeo-Espar visit to India: China and beyond

China loomed large over the in-person visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark T Esper to New Delhi on October 26-27.
29 October 2020, 09:50 AM

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