The Indian squad for next month's ICC World T20 Championship and the Asia Cup starting later this month, both to be held in Bangladesh, will be picked during the upcoming Irani Cup clash in Bangalore.
India exported $102 million worth of dehydrated onions in 2018-19.
Bengali sub-nationalism is slowly emerging as a rallying cry ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections due next year.
Three suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants, including a British national who masterminded the recent brutal murders of two prominent secular bloggers, were today remanded to police custody for seven days by a court here for interrogation.
Claiming that the Trinamool Congress is not perturbed over desertions by some leaders, she said politics is a solemn ideology and philosophy and one cannot change these everyday like clothes.
Each year Rabindra Jayanti is celebrated with fervour and festivity across Bangladesh.
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Reaching out to the states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre and states should work together as 'Team India' to solve national problems like they have worked to resolve issues like the Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Agreement.
For the family and supporters of blogger Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death in Dhaka in February, it is a time to reflect on where Bangladesh is heading, says Indrani Roy.
Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal scored a hundred each as Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by 123 runs in a rain-hit third One-Day International to complete a clean sweep in the three-match series, in Sylhet, on Friday.
Over 1.54 crore voters in the eastern states of West Bengal and Assam will exercise their franchise in the 1st phase of polling
Former Bengal pace spearhead Ashoke Dinda, who is fighting from the Moyna constituency in Purba Medinipur district, said the BJP desperately wants BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly to join the party.
Englishmen Ian Gould and Richard Kettleborough were appointed on-field umpires for the World Twenty20 Championship final to be played between India and Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Sunday.
On Wednesday, Bengal's own daughter she firmly pitched herself as, was sworn in as the chief minister of the turbulent state for the third successive term amid raging fires of political violence and a rampaging pandemic.
Chasing a modest 131 for victory, Sri Lanka won with 13 balls to spare. A look at key statistics from the World T20 final.
It was a fitting farewell for Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara who pulled the curtains on their T20 careers with a memorable triumph at the ICC World T20 and their teammates today dedicated it to the two retiring legends of Sri Lankan cricket.
Images from the World T20 final between India and Sri Lanka in Mirpur on Sunday.
In sublime form throughout the tournament, India will be aiming to become the first team to win the World Twenty20 Championship title for a second time but they will have to fight a gutsy Sri Lanka in what promises to be an exciting summit clash between the sub-continental rivals in Mirpur, Dhaka on Sunday.
Defending champions the West Indies take on Sri Lanka in the first semi-final of the World T20 at the Shere Bangla National stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. Check out how the teams measure up going into the penultimate round.
He said the militant was killed in a pre-dawn encounter in Dhaka and was named in a police list as Shariful or Sharif, but he previously used several other names like Sakib alias Saleh alias Arif alias Hadi-1.
Alleging that there had been politicisation and criminalisation of government officers in the state, the BJP leader, who was on a two-day visit, said the TMC government had stopped sending crime statistics to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) after 2018.
With relaxations in the COVID-19 lockdown, temples across the country are all set to reopen from Monday in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by Union home ministry to prevent coronavirus spread.
In-charges and managements of temples, mosques and gurudwaras in the city said preparations are underway to ensure all safety measures are in place as they throw open their doors for the devotees amid the pandemic.
He said designs for special range of saris will be launched before Durga Puja.
Bangladesh on Monday banned an Islamist militant outfit that is believed to be behind the gruesome hacking deaths of three secular bloggers.
At a time when China is trying to make its foray into South Asia, India should use its shared history to strengthen its ties in the region, says Dr Rup Narayan Das.
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Dinesh Karthik knows where he stands in the Indian cricket team. After having played 67 ODIs with a strike rate of 73.64 (he was not part of the tours to South Africa and New Zealand) he still considers himself an 'outsider'.
During his two-day visit to Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid made some promises to address Dhaka's concerns on a number of long-standing issues. Khurshid, who had arrived on Saturday to attend the second meeting of the Indo-Bangla Joint Consultative Commission, also assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that his government wants to see zero casualties at the border, which often witnesses skirmishes between and random shootings.
Some people are shining through India's gravest health emergency by offering to run errands and home kitchens delivering meals to organisations and individuals stepping in to supply oxygen cylinders, oximeters
Suhasini Kejriwal's art is born of the streets of working class Kolkata and Mumbai.
Sheikh Hasina should draw a veil over the nation's blood-soaked past, moderate her quest for justice and resolve the dilemma of the Bengali and Muslim identities, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza's preparations for the one-day international series against India have been disrupted by hand injuries sustained while riding to training in a cycle rickshaw.
'They have a voracious appetite.' 'But there are many places where they go and they lose.'
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Facing difficulty in guarding riverine sections of Indo-Pak border, the Border Security Force has started installing laser walls to fill the gaps which saw several breach by militants from across the border.
Mukesh Ambani, the new media mogul of country, has his strategy cut out. For the ETV bouquet of channels, the focus would be the general entertainment channels (GEC).
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