Why Modi claims he has won
FIFTY-SEVEN races are still to be decided on Saturday, but prime minister Narendra Modi says he has already won a thumping majority. Let us see the mind more than the logic at work here...
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Monks, Muslims vote to demand rights for India鈥檚 Ladakh
Buddhist monks and Muslims in the Indian Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned out to vote on Monday, demanding statehood and that their local culture be protected in the overwhelmingly Hindu nation...
Nepal latest to ban Indian spice brands
Nepal has become the latest jurisdiction to ban the import and sale of two popular Indian spice brands after reports that some of their products contained a...
鈥楬indu nation鈥� trumps caste in India vote
Born at the bottom of the Hindu faith鈥檚 rigid caste system, voters like Anil Sonkar will determine whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power next month...
Indian elections
THE Islamophobic rhetoric being employed by Narendra Modi for this election campaign has become shrill. Pakistan has nearly always been an electoral issue in India...
Answers and questions remain
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is in for another round and many Indian commentators are saying that it is because he is turning 鈥業ndia鈥� into a nation and giving people a sense of pride and security that they did not have before...
BSF kills 2 more Bangladesh nationals
Two young men from Bangladesh were reportedly shot to death by the Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday, as they allegedly tried to cross into India near Tetulia upazila in Panchagarh...
Indian citizen held for entering Bangladesh
An Indian citizen, Shafiuddin, 50, has been arrested by the Border Guard Bangladesh for illegally entering Bangladesh through the Patgram border of Lalmonirhat...
Australia tiptoes around Indian spy scandal
A string of senior Australian ministers on Wednesday refused to confirm reports that a 鈥榥est鈥� of Indian spies had been uncovered in the country and expelled, allegations that threaten to damage a burgeoning alliance.
Seven Maoists killed by Indian security forces
At least seven Maoist insurgents were shot dead by Indian security forces on Tuesday, police said, the latest clash in a decades-long conflict waged in the country鈥檚 wild central forests...
Bangladesh joins confce on drug trafficking in Mauritius
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat joined the first ministerial conference on drug trafficking and substance abuse in the Western Indian Ocean in Mauritius...
Cancer causing chemicals found in Indian spices
Bangladesh authorities are yet to take any steps regarding the use of spices from two Indian brands that were recalled by food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore after presence of cancer-causing ingredients were found in them...
Arafat urges Mauritius to invest in SEZ
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, now on a visit to Mauritius, on Wednesday urged the Indian Ocean country to invest in the special economic zone in Bangladesh.....
GBAHR rally in London urges people to boycott Indian products
The Global Bangladeshis鈥� Alliance for Human Rights held a protest rally in front of the Indian High Commission in London on Monday to extend their support for boycotting Indian products.....
Unbecoming comments of ex-Indian high commissioner
PINAK Ranjan Chakravarty, a former Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, said during the launch of his memoirs at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi on March 28 that US ambassador Peter Haas went into hiding after...
Joy, Nachiketa sing 鈥楢rektibar Bacho鈥�
Singer, musician and composer Joy Shahriar has lent his voice to a duet song titled 鈥楢rektibar Bacho鈥� with Indian musician Nachiketa Chakraborty...
SIPG organises seminar on Indian election 2024 at NSU
A seminar titled 鈥業ndian General Election 2024: Voting Patterns and Diplomatic Paths鈥� was held on Sunday at North South University. It was organised by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance of NSU...
Indian foreign secretary鈥檚 visit postponed
The planned official visit of Indian foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra to Bangladesh has been postponed...
Shoriful misses out on IPL due to Zimbabwe series
Bangladesh left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam revealed that he received a proposal to play for Lucknow Super Giants in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League but...
BCB wants Mustafiz fresh for T20 World Cup
The Bangladesh Cricket Board will ensure that left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman returns from the Indian Premier League in the early part of May to get him fresh for the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup, which will start in the West Indies and USA...
29 Maoists killed in clash with Indian security forces
At least 29 Maoist insurgents were killed in a shootout with security forces on Tuesday, police said, one of the deadliest days in the long-running conflict...
Change his name if BJP wins
THERE is a perceptible voter fatigue against divisive planks. That is encouraging news coming in for Indian democracy, which braces for a seven-stage general election starting Friday. The last round of voting is set for...
Impact subs add lower order firepower as IPL smashes scoring records
Better use of the Indian Premier League's impact substitute rule has been the big factor behind this season's run spree in the high-octane Twenty20 competition which has seen multiple scoring records smashed, say experts.
BSF detains Bangladeshi youth
The Indian Border Security Force detained a 23-year-old Bangladeshi national at Dolapara border in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat early Monday....
Rohit ton in vain as Chennai beat Mumbai
India's Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 105 but his Mumbai Indians fell 20 runs short as they tried to chase down a big target set by holders Chennai Super Kings in a battle of IPL heavyweights on Sunday.
Yadav races into India T20 reckoning
Mayank Yadav was hailed as India鈥檚 new pace bowling sensation Wednesday after the tearaway youngster became the first player to win man-of-the-match awards in each of his first two IPL games...
Christians in India fearful as election looms
Church walls crumble in India's Kandhamal district, where brutal attacks on Christians 16 years ago means many survivors still worry about their minority's place in a Hindu-majority nation.