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At least 35 people were killed in a suicide attack by terror group Islamic State as balloting in a violence-ravaged election to choose a new government in Pakistan ended on Wednesday.The voting started at 8am Pakistan time at more than 85,000 polling stations and ended at 6pm. The results would be a...
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The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday observed the historic Mujibnagar Day in a befitting manner.On this day in 1971, the first government of independent Bangladesh was sworn in at Baidyanathtala (Mujibnagar) in what is now Meherpur district naming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahma...
World
At least 20 people perished as unseasonal rain and dust storm hit several parts of Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.While ten people were killed in Gujarat, an equal number died in adjacent Rajasthan as rain and dust storm were reported from several area...
The stage is set for polling in the second phase of Indian general elections covering 97 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 12 States and a federally-administered territory today (Thursday).Over 15.79 crore voters are eligible to exercise their rights in the second phase to decide fate of 1,629 ...
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In yet another honour for Rubaiyat Hossain-directed “Made in Bangladesh”, the feature film won the Interfedi Award at Torino Film Festival in Italy on Saturday night for effectively representing the conditions of women textile workers in an economically marginalized area.Commenting on th...
National,Front Page
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s defeat in recent three assembly bypolls in West Bengal is attributed mainly to its strident polarizing campaign on the issue of National Register of Citizens, according to sources in the party.The three assembly seats, which was being considered as a litmus test fo...
World,Front Page
A day after she removed as the party’s member of parliamentary panel on defence, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Pragya Singh Thakur tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha on Friday for her controversial remarks about Nathuram Godse, the assassin of India’s Father of the Nation Maha...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a 400 million dollar line of credit for infrastructure development in Sri Lanka and special 50-million dollar soft loan for the island nation to combat terrorism as he held talks with visiting Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who is here on ...
The Assam government has decided to make public district-wise figures of Bangla-speaking Hindus who were excluded from the final NRC, the state’s senior BJP leader and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He said the figures would be placed in the Assembly during the ongoing session.Sarm...
Sports,Cricket
Sri Lanka have named a 16-member team squad for two Tests in Pakistan in the first instance of Test cricket in Pakistan in a decade. The only change in the Sri Lankan squad from the one that played New Zealand in August is the inclusion of fast bowler Kasun Rajitha in place of spinner Akila Dananjay...
In a boost to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Trinamool Congress party was on Thursday poised to make a clean sweep of the bi-elections to the three seats wresting one each from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress and retaining its hold on another.The bypolls were held on Mon...
Bangladesh’s reserve cricketer Saif Hassan had to cough up a fine of Rs 21,600 before being allowed to fly out of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata airport because the duration of expired visa.Hassan, who travelled with the Bangladesh team as a back-up opener for...
Nuclear plants in India are absolutely safe and steps have been taken to ensure their safety after a "malware infection" was reported in the administrative network of one plant in Tamil Nadu, the government told parliament on Thursday."Let me assure the House that the nuclear plants i...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully launched its advanced earth observation satellite with dual application as also 13 US nanosatellites. The Indian Cartosat-3 satellite and the US nanosatellites were placed into the designated orbits, the ISRO tweeted.The earth ob...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been invited to the swearing-in of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as new chief minister of Maharashtra, who snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, in Mumbai tomorrow. sources in Mamata’s office said in Kolkata on Wednesday that the invita...
Out of the Indian team since the World Cup ODI in England last summer, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s return to the national team for next year’s T20 World Cup competition in Australia hinges on his performance at the IPL tournament in April 2019, according to India’s...
India's Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha underwent a “successful” surgery for a fracture he sustained on his right-hand finger during the Day/Night Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata last week, the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) said on Wednesday.35-year-old Saha underwent the ...
The Akhaura-Agartala rail link may start functioning from next year, a federal Indian Minister has said. This was stated by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh in Delhi on Monday evening after a meeting with Chief Minister of Tripura ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Maharashtra collapsed on Tuesday three days after being installed with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resigning even before facing a trial of strength ordered by the Supreme Court. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also resigned.In dramatic turn ...
After the 2-0 series triumph over Bangladesh, India have consolidated their position at the top of the ICC World Test Championship, reaching 360 points.India are yet to drop a point in the nine-team championship, having won 2-0 in the West Indies and beaten South Africa 3-0 at home before completing...
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