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Pallab Bhattacharya

Pallab Bhattacharya is a special correspondent for The Daily Star.

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Trinamool, BJP clash over West Bengal voter roll purge

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its main rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are set for a collision course as the Election Commission of India (ECI) undertakes a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral roll ahead of assembly polls slated for March-April next year
9 November 2025, 18:34 PM
9 November 2025, 18:34 PM
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India moves to boost textile competitiveness against Bangladesh, Vietnam and China

Faced with a 50 percent tariff imposed by the United States, the Indian government has drawn up a four-point action plan with three separate timeframes to regain cost competitiveness in the global textile market, with a particular focus on competing with Bangladesh, Vietnam, and China.
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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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
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
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
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
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
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
30 June 2025, 08:36 AM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

IPL prize money set to slash by 50%

In an austerity measure, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to halve the prize money for the champions and runners up of this year’s Indian Premier League competition beginning on March 29.
4 March 2020, 18:00 PM
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India finally lifts onion export ban

India finally issued a notification yesterday announcing the lifting of a five-month-old ban on onion export with effect from March 15.
2 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Normalcy returns to Delhi

Signs of normalcy returned to riot-hit areas of northeast Delhi yesterday with people venturing out of their homes to buy groceries and medicines from a few shops that were opened amid intensified patrolling by security personnel.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM

India yet to formally lift ban on onion exports

India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has not yet issued any notification on lifting of the ban on general export of onion.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM
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Mosharraf Karim and Nusrat Jahan to star in Bratya Basu’s ‘Dictionary’

Popular actor Mosharraf Karim is set to play the role of the protagonist opposite actor and Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jahan in the Kolkata-based film, Dictionary. West Bengal Science and Technology Minister Bratya Basu is the director of the film.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Warner back as Sunrisers captain

Australian batsman David Warner was reinstated as captain of the of IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad yesterday for the upcoming season starting March 29, two years after he had to quit in the wake of ball-tampering row.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM

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