IMF growth forecasts for India-Bangladesh: How India should see it
The latest country-wise economic growth projection dished out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial year 2020-21 has made headlines in India as much for its forecast of a double-digit contraction of the three-trillion-dollar Indian economy, Asia’s third largest, as for predicting that Bangladesh would overtake India in terms of US dollar-denominated real per capita GDP.
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Views From India: Rahul as street fighter, chance to silence ‘Pappu’ jibe?
India’s main opposition Congress party seems to have shaken off the stupor of a disastrous performance in Lok Sabha elections in May last year and a debilitating internal feud as Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit the streets on October 2, to protest against the brutal assault and alleged rape of a Dalit teenager by upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh and her cremation in the dead of night.
4 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Indo-Bangla JCC Meet: Fresh push for water-sharing deals likely
Dhaka may give a fresh push for water-sharing deals of Teesta and other common rivers during the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting scheduled to be held today.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
India’s Onion Dilemma
When India imposed a ban on onion export on September 14 this year to check its soaring price in the domestic market, the criticism of the government’s action, mainly from farmers, was louder than it was less than a year ago when the same prohibition had gone into force.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Has Abe’s Arc of Democracy Arrived in Asia?
On September 21, India and China held their sixth and latest round of talks to tamp down tensions along their unresolved border in Ladakh.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A toxic blend of Bollywood and politics
Seldom has a Bengali actress of Bollywood roiled the politics of three Indian states—Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal—for contrasting reasons.
18 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Selection or election: that’s the question for Congress
The more things change in India’s main opposition party Congress, the more they seem to remain the same. This was the most important takeaway from the party’s interim President Sonia Gandhi when she carried out a major organisational reshuffle on September 11.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Pranab Mukherjee: A Mentor for Mass Leaders
A major disappointment in the public life of India’s first Bengali President Pranab Mukherjee, who died on August 31, 2020, was that he could never contest and win direct elections to parliament, which would have helped him shed the tag his critics gave him: “a politician without a mass base and following.”
3 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Trial run of Sonamura-Daudkandi waterway to begin next month
The inland waterways on the Sonamura-Daudkandi route that connects Tripura to Bangladesh will have its first trial run in the first week of September when barges carry 50 tonnes of cement across the canal, according to Biplab Kumar Deb, the chief minister of Tripura.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Fishermen in Assam Jail: Bring them back home
Twenty-five Bangladeshi fishermen from Kurigram, stuck in an Assam jail for two months without trial, have little hope of returning home soon while another already has died in custody.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
BCCI officially suspends IPL
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) yesterday suspended this year’s Indian Premier League “till further notice” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed more than 400 lives and affected over 12,000 in the country.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra to join ‘One World: Together at Home’
An array of artistes from across the world will appear in ‘One World: Together At Home’, a global virtual concert, curated by pop star Lady Gaga to support and applaud frontline healthcare workers in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
10 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 In India: Road ahead for the world’s largest quarantine
“Extraordinary times require extraordinary solutions”—that is how Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi summed up the worldwide response to the coronavirus pandemic during a video conference on March 30 with the heads of all of India’s embassies and high commissions across the globe.
2 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Panic-struck people clear out faintly promising malaria drug
On Sunday, Salman Islam, a resident of the capital’s Panthapath area, rushed to the nearest pharmacy to buy malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after watching on the news that the US President Donald Trump touted it for treatment of Covid-19.
25 March 2020, 18:00 PM
India eases rules to support taxpayers, businesses
India yesterday came out with a slew of economic measures to provide relief for taxpayers and businesses to aid the fight against the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.
24 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Indian artistes in self-quarantine
Superstar Prabhas of Bahubali fame has announced that he is in self-quarantine, upon his return from abroad, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
22 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus concerns delay Shyam Benegal’s film on Bangabandhu
The coronavirus, which has been rapidly spreading across India, has taken a toll on the shooting schedule of Shyam Benegal’s forthcoming film on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Bihar resolution against NRC: A turning point?
When the legislative assembly of the eastern Indian state of Bihar passed a resolution against the government’s proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) recently, it was not just another state to have done so.
11 March 2020, 18:00 PM
What to expect from PM Modi’s Dhaka visit?
On March 5, India’s External Affairs Ministry made it clear that the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh for “Mujib Borsho” celebration is on.
8 March 2020, 18:00 PM
India scales up protective measures
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to evolve, India has taken various preventive measures in a bid to curb the spread of the virus, including closure of educational institutions in different states.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM