Monsoon lashes Mumbai as rains arrive early
Lashing rains swamped India鈥檚 financial capital Mumbai on Monday as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters.
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India, Canada move to mend diplomatic ties
India鈥檚 foreign minister said he had spoken to his Canadian counterpart as the two sides seek to ease fraught relations.
India鈥檚 unilateral push-in policy is condemnable
INDIA has unilaterally pushed several hundred people into Bangladesh through several border areas, which is unacceptable because it goes against accepted border management guidelines and diplomatic standards. India has continued pushing people into Bangladesh since May 7, when a war-like situation prevailed between India and Pakistan. Of the fresh push-in incidents...
India pushes 113 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 113 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Jhenaidah, Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Habiganj between Sunday afternoon and Monday.
Mustafiz ends IPL gig on a high
Mustafizur Rahman surpassed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in terms of wickets in the Indian Premier League among the Bangladeshi鈥檚 when he claimed 3-33 in Delhi Capitals鈥� six-wicket win over Punjab Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday night.
Container ship sinks off India鈥檚 south coast
A Liberian-flagged container ship with hazardous cargo has sunk off the coast of Kerala in India鈥檚 south, the navy said on Sunday after rescuing all 24 crew members safely...
India's new Test captain Gill relishes 'exciting' challenge
India's new Test captain Shubman Gill said Sunday that his mantra is 鈥榣eading by example鈥� and that he relishes the challenge of starting the new role in an all-important tour of England.
2 Bangladeshi youths injured in BSF firing
Two Bangladeshi youths were wounded as the Indian Border Security Force opened fire targeting them from 70-80 yards inside India opposite the Shyamnagar border along India under Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria early Sunday...
21 more pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India on Saturday pushed 21 more people into Bangladesh through Kanaighat border in Sylhet without maintaining any legal process.
Indian troops shoot dead Pakistani crossing frontier
Indian border troops shot dead a Pakistani man who they said had crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged, the force said on Saturday...
Kohli-Rohit retirements 'personal call', says India selector
The Test retirements of stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were personal calls that have opened up opportunities in Indian cricket, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said on Saturday.
India name Gill as new Test captain
India named top-order batsman Shubman Gill as the new Test captain, the cricket board said Saturday, as it announced the team for next month's all-important tour of England.
Pakistan extends airspace ban on India
Pakistan鈥檚 aviation authority said on Friday it would extend a ban on Indian airlines using its airspace for another month, after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades.
India continues to push people into Bangladesh
India continued to push people into Bangladesh on Friday as the Border Security Force pushed four more people into Bangladesh through two bordering points in Dinajpur and Thakurgaon districts in the early hours of the day.
US forces鈥� presence in Cox鈥檚 Bazar misleading propaganda: Rumor Scanner
Fact-checking body 鈥楻umor Scanner鈥� in an investigation found that the viral issue of the presence of US forces in Cox鈥檚 Bazar is a misleading propaganda.
India pushes 105 more into Bangladesh聽
Indian Border Security Force on Thursday pushed 105 more people into Bangladesh through different border points of six districts.
Sifting through the rubble of Pakistan-India conflict
Two weeks after Pakistan and India鈥檚 most intense military clashes in decades, clearance teams along the border comb through fields for unexploded shells so residents can safely build back from the rubble of their homes.
Bangladesh in the age of strategic hedging, social media warfare
IN SOUTH Asia, power rarely wears the mask of neutrality. It either comes cloaked in populist nationalism or camouflaged in a strategic alliance. Bangladesh, wedged between two troubling neighbours 鈥� India and Myanmar 鈥� is increasingly a frontline state, not just in terms of geographic vulnerability, but as a theatre for the contest between sovereignty and...
Maoist chief, 27 other rebels killed in India
Indian commandos killed Wednesday the Maoist chief, the country鈥檚 home minister said, in what could be a decisive blow to the decades-long conflict...
Indian top court bails academic arrested for peace posts
India鈥檚 top court granted bail on Wednesday to a professor arrested for commentating online about the military conflict with Pakistan, but did not stop the investigation against him...
We will send back Indian nationals pushed into Bangladesh: Touhid
Interim government foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said Indian nationals pushed into Bangladesh would be sent back...
Ahmedabad to host IPL final in revised schedule
The Indian Premier League final will be played in Ahmedabad, the country's cricket board said Tuesday as it announced the venues for the playoffs of the T20 tournament.
Pakistan, India聽agree to withdraw troops by May
Pakistan and India have agreed to withdraw troop reinforcements deployed during their recent conflict back to their peacetime positions by the end of May, a senior Pakistani security official said on Tuesday.
India鈥檚 push-in strategy
DESPITE deep ties between Bangladesh and India in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, India鈥檚 approach to border management has often been aggressive, escalating tensions with its neighbours. Recently, a complex diplomatic conflict has emerged over 鈥榩ush-in鈥� incidents along the India-Bangladesh border, where Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) have been...
Suspension of transit facility to India demanded
Newly floated Janata Party Bangladesh on Monday urged the interim government to suspend transit facility given to India through Bangladesh as that country had recently imposed restrictions on imports from Bangladesh through land ports...
Pak FM to visit China on heels of conflict with India
Pakistan鈥檚 foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said on Sunday, a little over a week after Islamabad reached a ceasefire with India to end their most serious conflict in decades...
Bangladesh U-19s suffer penalty heartbreak against India
Bangladesh failed to retain the title of the SAFF Under-19 Championship as they lost to India in the final 4-3 on penalties at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday.
Bangladesh exporters worried over India鈥檚 import restrictions thru land ports
Bangladeshi exporters and an economist expressed worries over the imposition of import restrictions by India on a number of Bangladeshi goods, including readymade garments, fruit and fruit-flavoured carbonated drinks, processed food items, cotton and cotton yarn waste, some plastic and PVC finished goods, and wooden furniture, through land ports...
Trade with India to continue: Bashir
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Sunday said that the trade between Bangladesh and India would continue in the interest of consumers and businesses of both the countries...
36 Bangladeshi garments-laden trucks stranded at Benapole port
Thirty-six Bangladeshi trucks loaded with ready-made garment items have remained stranded at Benapole land port following restrictions imposed by India on the import of certain goods through its land ports.