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BSF kills Bangladeshi on Naogaon border

Indian Border Security Force shoot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader near Sapahar border in Naogaon.
27 July 2015, 07:39 AM

Gurdaspur attack: 10 killed in Indian police station siege

Gunmen in army uniform kill five people including a policeman in what is suspected to be a terror attack in Indian state of Punjab bordering Pakistan.
27 July 2015, 05:24 AM

80 people die in Delhi everyday from air pollution, Parliament is told

Air pollution in Delhi is killing around 80 people every day, according to an international study
24 July 2015, 06:58 AM

Salahuddin to be repatriated for trial: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed will be repatriated for trial in several arson and vandalism cases soon after completion of his legal procedures in Indian court.
23 July 2015, 12:59 PM

Charge framed against Salahuddin

A court in Meghalaya frames charges against Salahuddin Ahmed for trespassing into Indian territory, a charge the BNP leader denied. Salahuddin, who went missing in Dhaka in March and was found in Shillong two months later, maintains that he was taken there forcibly.
22 July 2015, 11:58 AM

China's Brittle Development Model

After gaining independence from Britain in 1947, India was something of a poster child for the virtues of democracy – in stark contrast with China, which became a Communist dictatorship in 1949.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Enclave exchange body dissolves Aug 1

The India-Bangladesh Joint Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee will be dissolved after July 31 midnight.
21 July 2015, 07:10 AM

979 enclave people opt to go to India

Total 979 people living in Indian enclaves inside Bangladeshi territory will move into mainland India with the implementation of land boundary treaty between the neighbouring countries.
20 July 2015, 13:24 PM

Nasir Hossain of Bangladesh chipping in consistently

Bangladesh’s lively allrounder Nasir Hossain has been a busy cricketer off late, chipping in with wickets and runs lower down the order during most of the ODI matches played this year.
20 July 2015, 08:54 AM

Meeting on enclave-dwellers’ nationality begins

Delegations of Bangladesh and India will hold a meeting to finalise a list of the nationality choice of enclave people between two countries at Changrabandha frontier of Cooch Behar district Monday afternoon.
20 July 2015, 07:30 AM

FIR over cat ‘murder’ in Kolkata

Alleging murder, a man files a complaint with police in Kolkata over his dead cat.
20 July 2015, 07:15 AM

Zimbabwe beat India in second T20 match

A measured half century from opener Chamu Chibhabha propelled Zimbabwe to their first ever Twenty20 victory over former world champions India by 10 runs.
20 July 2015, 04:26 AM

Shakib Al Hasan has most ODI wickets at Bangladesh

With Shakib Al Hasan contributing with the bat and ball consistently in recent times, Bangladesh recorded the fourth-most ODI wins with ten victories in 2015, and the third best win/loss ratio behind Australia and New Zealand.
19 July 2015, 07:40 AM

Tigers' win over Proteas silences skeptics: Gavaskar

Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar has said that Bangladesh’s “splendid win” over South Africa in the three-match One-day series “should silence all the skeptics who were calling their earlier performances against Pakistan and India a flash in the pan.”
19 July 2015, 06:50 AM

Kolkata villagers’ Eid prayers at Red Fort replica

Residents of a village in West Bengal have performed Eid prayers before a “life size” replica of the historic Red Fort of New Delhi.
18 July 2015, 05:34 AM

Pakistan summons Indian envoy after 'spy drone' shot down

Pakistan summon Indian ambassador after a "spy drone" was shot down in disputed Kashmir.
16 July 2015, 12:27 PM

Shakib still number 1, Bangladesh safe at 7

Bangladesh continues its recent fine run of form in ODI cricket with an inaugural home series victory over South Africa on July 15 to make it four successive home series wins.
16 July 2015, 09:23 AM

Charge framing hearing against Salahuddin July 22

A Shillong court in the Meghalaya state of India fix July 22 for hearing on charge framing against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespass.
15 July 2015, 13:48 PM

Excerpts from the Lodha panel's verdict

The findings by the Honourable Supreme Court of the acts of betting have affected the image of the BCCI, IPL and the game of cricket and brought each one of them to disrepute.
14 July 2015, 14:42 PM

Assam, Bengal Bihar rivers to be linked

The central government in India announces that it will run a project of connecting Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga rivers in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar and will approach the three states for their consent, moving forward with its grand plan of connecting rivers across the country.
14 July 2015, 11:29 AM