Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Concerned over the steep rise in coronavirus cases in India, the government mulls imposing more Covid-19 restrictions in Bangladesh in the coming days.

Muslim voters are set to be a key factor as incumbent government of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lock horns in the seventh phase of West Bengal assembly polls today.

Matua voters are expected to play the pivotal role in today’s sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly polls for both India ruler Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

The government is going to extend the current restrictions on travelling and outdoor activities for another week and the authorities will be even stricter in enforcing the restrictions, sources in the cabinet division said.

As the fifth phase of the West Bengal assembly polls takes place today, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will try to more than make up for firing blanks five years ago in its attempt to dethrone Trinamool Congress in the state.

From slogans to smear campaigns, election pledges to blame games, Bangladesh has featured heavily in the discourse of rival parties in India’s ongoing West Bengal assembly polls.

All public, private and autonomous offices will remain closed for a week from April 14, says a Cabinet Division proposal aimed at curbing the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Today’s fourth-phase voting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is expected to be balanced on a knife edge between Trinamool Congress and India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, considering the voting ratio of the last Lok Sabha polls.

As voting for the third phase of the West Bengal election takes place today, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will focus on keeping its traditional bastion intact while India ruler Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will try to end its duck in the battle for 31 Assembly seats.

West Bengal goes to assembly polls today to determine whether the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress will score a hat-trick or if the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party’s lotus will blossom in Bengal.

Rabindra Mohan Das spent the entire evening yesterday watching live on television the programmes celebrating 50 years of the country’s independence.

A little-known temple in a remote village in the country’s southern district of Satkhira suddenly came under the spotlight when the itinerary of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi included the sacred place for the Hindus.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Bangladesh will not just be confined to attending the 'Mujib Borsho' celebration, he will tie up some loose ends of his script for the high-octane West Bengal polls.

Several members of the Awami League Parliamentary Board have questioned its decision nominating Nuruddin Chowdhury Nayan, general secretary of Laxmipur district AL, for contesting the Laxmipur-2 by-election.

Left-leaning Workers Party of Bangladesh, a major part of the ruling alliance, yesterday expressed disappointment at the country’s current election system, including the use of EVM, and over AL’s “softer stance” towards religious political parties, at the party’s central committee meeting held virtually yesterday.

January 24 is observed as the Mass Uprising Day. On this day in 1969, young school student Matiur Rahman and a rickshaw puller were shot down by police on the streets of Dhaka, giving further momentum to the movement to remove the Ayub Khan regime from power.

It was a dream of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with her steely resolve, is about to fulfill.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed disappointment after seeing several names of “wrongdoers and infiltrators” were proposed for inclusion in the district, city and upazila committees of the party.

After a lull of organisational activities for about five months amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the ruling Awami League has decided to revive the activities on a limited scale following health safety guidelines.

“All people must die. The human body must come to an end in one way or another; if mine ends following its natural course, where’s the harm in it? What’s the point of tearing it to shreds? It is better to return this body intact to Him.”