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Hasina invited for Mamata's swearing-in

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invites Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend her second swearing-in programme in Kolkata scheduled to be held on May 27.
22 May 2016, 11:30 AM

Thakur sole candidate

India's cricket board is set to announce its youngest ever president after it says that current secretary Anurag Thakur is the sole candidate for the post.
21 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Islamic State threatens 'attacks in India'

In a rare appeal to India's Muslim minority, Islamic State says "it is planning to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in riots in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat and elsewhere".
21 May 2016, 15:52 PM

Saeed Anwar's 194 smashes India and the record books

Pakistan’s flamboyant opener, the left-handed Saeed Anwar etched his name into the record books when he broke the 13-year-old ODI landmark of 189 set by Vivian Richards on May 21, 1997 at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium.
21 May 2016, 10:25 AM

World T20 loss against India still hurts a lot: Shakib Al Hasan

While Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza's leadership abilities stood out in tough times in the ICC World Twenty20 in India earlier this year, Shakib's all-round show (129 runs and 10 wickets) helped the team come up with a much-improved performance.
21 May 2016, 08:30 AM

Windies trio lash out at WICB

West Indies cricket stars Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy take potshots at the WICB after their exclusions
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM

My wife wouldn't let me skip CPL: Shakib

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, in an interview with the tournament's media, reveals that while he is very excited to join the Jamica Tallawahs for his stint in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Shoaib advises Mustafizur Rahman

Shoaib Akhtar offers some words of encouragement to Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman during the pre-match show for the game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils.
20 May 2016, 12:45 PM

Record 51C heat hits India

A city in India's Rajasthan state breaks the country's temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says.
20 May 2016, 10:37 AM

Lack of educated players hurting Pakistan cricket: PCB chairman

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan says the lack of educated players in the national team was one of the reasons for its recent poor performance.
20 May 2016, 08:14 AM

New BJP wave sinks Congress

The win of BJP in Assam may have an impact on Bangladesh as Sarbananda Sonowal, who is set to be the chief minister there, announced that sealing the border to stop infiltration will be one of his biggest challenges.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Cyclone Roanu heads towards Bangladesh

After battering the Indian coast for last two days, the first cyclone of the monsoon is heading north to Bangladesh.
19 May 2016, 12:57 PM

AB de Villiers the best I've bowled to: Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Johnson, the former Australia pacer rates South Africa's AB de Villiers as the best batsman he ever bowled to.
19 May 2016, 09:14 AM

Indian Assembly Elections 2016: Mamata, Jayalalithaa set to retain power, BJP takes Assam

For the first time in India, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears all set to form government in the northern state of Assam.
19 May 2016, 05:56 AM

Kohli 113 flattens Punjab

Virat Kohli scores his fourth century of the season as Royal Challengers Bangalore thrash bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab by 82 runs in Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-truncated IPL clash.
18 May 2016, 19:38 PM

Relieved Bailey thanks new helmet after bouncer scare

Australia's George Bailey feels like he was "hit on the face with a truck" when a Nathan Coulter-Nile bouncer knocked his helmet off in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
18 May 2016, 10:24 AM

Bangladesh to invest in Bhutan's hydropower sector

A trilateral cooperation among Bhutan, Bangladesh and India that will enable Bangladesh to invest in the Bhutanese power sector to re-import the electricity could soon be a reality.
18 May 2016, 04:54 AM

Why Tamil Nadu may soon ban alcohol

Tamil Nadu may soon become the latest Indian state to impose a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol.
18 May 2016, 03:33 AM

Maxwell out of IPL

Glenn Maxwell becomes the fifth Australian to pull out of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but his injury is unlikely to keep him out of an upcoming West Indies tour.
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Modi to lay foundation stone of India-Bangladesh rail project

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to lay the foundation stone of a new India-Bangladesh railway project on May 27, reports NDTV quoting a top railway official.
17 May 2016, 12:47 PM