15 killed in Kolkata hotel fire: police
A fierce fire ripped through a hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata killing at least 15 people, police said on Wednesday, with some clambering out of windows and onto the rooftop to escape...
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SHARED LEGACY OF TEXTILES FROM BENGAL: Kolkata鈥檚 鈥榣and grab鈥� over Bangladesh鈥檚 鈥榡amdani鈥�
IMMIGRATION wasn鈥檛 easy at Kolkata鈥檚 Dum Dum airport. Instead of the multiple visitors expected from Bangladesh, there were only two of us, me and Chandra Shekhar da (a reputed textile expert), who had visas issued before the Indian government鈥檚 embargo on entry into the country came into effect in August 2024. The event we planned to attend was 鈥楾extiles...
Kohli stars as Bengaluru thrash Kolkata in IPL opener
Virat Kohli opened the Indian Premier League season with an unbeaten 59 as he led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a crushing seven-wicket win over champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the curtain-raiser on Saturday.
Six int鈥檒 flights diverted to Sylhet, Kolkata due to dense Fog in Dhaka
Six international flights had been diverted to Sylhet and Kolkata airports due to heavy fog at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka...
Bangladesh mission heads from Kolkata, Agartala asked to return home
Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata鈥檚 acting mission chief Sikder Mohammad Ashrafur Rahman has returned home and met foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday as part of 鈥榗onsultations.鈥�
Indian doctors resume strike
Indian doctors in Kolkata said on Tuesday they had resumed a strike to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a colleague because their demands for hospital safety improvements had not been met...
Asia鈥檚 oldest operating trams see slow death in India
The dinging bell of a tram rattling through the streets of the Indian city of Kolkata is all it takes for Deep Das to have the 鈥榟appiest moment鈥� of his day...
Police chief in Kolkata sacked after protests over doctor鈥檚 murder
Indian authorities in Kolkata have sacked the city鈥檚 police chief and top health ministry officials after furious protests at the brutal rape and murder of a doctor...
SC orders CBI to file fresh status report
The India鈥檚 Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a fresh status report in connection with the murder and alleged rape of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, reports The Hindu...
Dhaka Bank MD Emranul dies
Emranul Huq, managing director and CEO of Dhaka Bank, passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Kolkata after fighting against cancer. He was 61...
A doctor brutally killed
ON AUGUST 8, a 31-year-old doctor at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata (West Bengal, India) finished her 36-hour shift at the hospital, ate dinner with her colleagues and went to the college鈥檚 seminar hall to rest before her next shift...
Indian rape protests spiral into political street clashes
Thousands of protesters clashed in India鈥檚 eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals...
India police fire tear gas, water cannon at protesters
Police in India fired tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday as they clashed with thousands of protesters seeking justice for a doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata this month...
Indian doctors mourn rape and murder聽of colleague
Crowds of Indian doctors dressed in white coats came as if ready for work on Saturday but instead stood outside hospitals demanding justice after the rape and murder of...
Thousands march in India鈥檚 Kolkata protesting at doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of Indians marched through the streets of Kolkata on Friday demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, channelling nationwide outrage at the chronic issue of...
Lost iPhone in Kolkata, recovered from Keraniganj
The police recovered an iPhone 13 from Dhaka鈥檚 Keraniganj area, nearly a year after it was lost in the Beniyapukur area of Kolkata, India...
Rajshahi-Kolkata train service set to resume
The train service between Rajshahi and Kolkata is set to resume after a 77-year hiatus...
West Bengal CID calls Anar鈥檚 daughter for DNA test
The Criminal Investigation Department in West Bengal, India has called murdered Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar鈥檚 youngest daughter...
Actress Sunetra dies aged 53
Actress Rani Sunetra Kumar, popularly known as Sunetra, died in Kolkata, India on April 20. She was 53....
Ranjan Sen gets 2yr extension as first secy (press) to Kolkata Mission
The government has extended the contractual appointment of journalist Ranjan Sen for two more years as first secretary (Press) at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in India's Kolkata....
Kolkata CID brings back another accused in AL MP murder case from Nepal: DMP
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman on Friday said that one of the suspects in the case of killing ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar in West Bengal India, was brought to Kolkata in India from Nepal.....
Chopped flesh, crime and punishment
THE recent murder of a Bangladeshi lawmaker in Kolkata and the media attention it has drawn should be a lesson for all pondering politics, crime and the role of various institutions in Bangladesh. It is not just criminals who are taking the heat but the system as well...
Motive behind lawmaker Anwar murder not clear yet: DMP commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman said on Wednesday that the cause of the murder of Jhenaidah-4 constituency lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar was yet to be known...
Stellar Starc fires Kolkata to third IPL title
Mitchell Starc bowled a sensational opening spell to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to their third Indian Premier League title with a eight-wicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Sunday final.
DB to seek Interpol鈥檚 assistance to bring Shaheen back to Bangladesh
The detective branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said on Sunday that it would seek Interpol鈥檚 assistance to bring Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Jhenaidah-4 Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, back to Bangladesh...
Hyderabad face Kolkata in IPL final
Australia鈥檚 World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins will need a spectacular turnaround to secure another major title on Sunday, when his...
Kolkata police reveal more details over MP Anwarul murder
The Criminal Investigation Department of Kolkata police has revealed more information about the killing of Bangladeshi lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, who was believed to have been killed in a New Town apartment as he went to Kolkata on May 12, by interrogating a butcher named Jihad Howladar....
Body of Lawmaker Anwar not recovered yet: home minister
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said that the body of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, who was murdered in Kolkata, India, had not yet been recovered...
Killers of lawmaker Anwar are Bangladeshi: DB chief
The killers of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar were Bangladeshis, according to the chief of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mohammad Harun or Rashid...
Anwar鈥檚 death will not impact Bangladesh-India relationship: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that the murder of Anwarul Azim Anar, the lawmaker from Jhenaidah-4 constituency, who went to India for treatment and later was found dead at a flat in New Town, near Kolkata, would not have any impact on the relationship between Bangladesh and India...