Bangladesh is awaiting a fresh date to host the SAARC summit postponed due to the devastating tidal wave disaster that hit Asia and said priority would be given to India, Sri Lanka and Maldives in setting the new schedule.
We see several huge banners of welcome strewn across the city. They are not for Dr Singh. The world's greatest footballer is in town, you see. Rediff.com's Sanchari Bhattacharya, who travelled with the prime minister to Dhaka, provides a lively glimpse of the proceedings
I am headed to Dhaka, Bangladesh, as part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's media delegation for his much-anticipated bilateral visit to the neighbouring nation.
This is possibly the first time Hasina's daughter will be by her mother's side during an official visit to close neighbour and ally India, and analysts believe this to be significant in many ways.
After having played non-stop cricket for almost 18 months, Sachin Tendulkar and some of the senior players of India's World Cup squad may skip the forthcoming triangular series in Dhaka
Indian cricket coach, John Wright, has lost his father and would not be accompanying the Indian team to Dhaka.team to the tri-series in Dhaka from April 11 following the demise of his father.
Apart from the police, Rapid Action Battalion, commandos, plain clothes detective department sleuths are also guarding the team hotel.
Defending his claim that Musharraf had met Chetia, Local Government Minister and ruling Awami League's general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said, "We've the evidence. We've not made any statement without evidence. I am aware that no comment should be made about a president without any evidence."
Kolkata Knight Riders' wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das has flown back home to Bangladesh to attend a family emergency.
The World Photography Organisation has revealed the winners for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.
Model Tariq Ahmad Dar, who Bangladesh accused to be an Indian spy, and who India's Research and Analysis Wing accused to be a Kashmiri terrorist, spoke to rediff.com about his experiences.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to travel to India on September 5 on a three-day official visit during which defence cooperation and regional stability are likely to be the focus of her talks with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, an official said on Monday.
Bangladesh Inspector General of Police Abdul Qayum, however, said the information 'seems incorrect'.
The two governments are slated to ink a slew of agreements.
Indian commentators are inclined to view the country's relations with its neighbours almost exclusively through the prism of the ascendancy of China's diplomacy in South Asia, says M K Bhadrakumar.
'My son used to pray five times a day from a young age. But we never imagined this. There was nothing at home, no books or anything to indicate he was leaning that way, So we had no inkling,' he said.
A controversy has erupted over A R Rahman's rendition of a popular patriotic song of legendary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in a new Bollywood film, with the litterateur's family and singers expressing outrage over the 'distortion' in rhythm and tunes.
Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's September 6-7 visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday said it preferred a framework agreement on transit between the two sides instead of a revised Indian proposal for inking a protocol on using this country's two seaports.
India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the second and final Test against Bangladesh with a thumb injury, the BCCI said on Tuesday.
Union Surface Communication Minister B C Khandoori and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar would visit Dhaka for the inauguration of the service.
Bangladesh's elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion troops have raided a craft shop in a posh locality in Dhaka in search of Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion that went missing from Shantiniketan in 2004, officials said on Tuesday.
The Bangladesh government on Sunday claimed the attackers who slaughtered 20 hostages inside a cafe in Dhaka in the country's worst terror attack were members of "homegrown" Islamist terrorist outfits and not Islamic State of Syria and Iraq militants.
South Africa withdrew earlier this week from a triangular series in Sharjah following the outbreak of war in Iraq.
The train service will resume soon after the signing of the necessary agreement between India and Bangladesh.
Police said five terrorists who carried out the attack on Gulshan cafe on July 1 had taken shelter in the flat owned by Ahsan.
The ICC chairman Greg Barclay and CEO Geoff Allardice will be meeting PCB chairman Najam Sethi at board's Lahore headquarters to discuss the issues related to their participation in the ODI World Cup.
The former Test batsman will do the job until John Wright, in New Zealand following his father's death, returns to take over
Prime minister-elect Narendra Modi's first official visit as head of government will likely be to Dhaka, where he is expected to sign the much-awaited Teesta water-sharing agreement with Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina.
'Indira Gandhi, it appears, did not to consult her Cabinet colleagues, or diplomats, or civil servants when she decided to sign the agreement in Shimla.' 'We ruefully recall Bhutto's perfidy and the Indian prime minister's gullibility,' says Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd).
'We had that confidence and the belief came from the last two to three years. Not many have been watching us but we were quietly doing our job'
Zia returned home late last night after a three-day visit to India.
The last time Team India won an ICC World Cup was in 2011 in India. It was a 50-over ODI format that was won under the astute leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Speaking about the issue in India in March 2012 at a media conclave, Kissinger defended his use of unparliamentary language while referring to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Anwar Ali rose to the occasion with a double strike as Mohun Bagan Super Giant overcame their derby debacle with a 3-1 win over Machhindra FC to confirm their South Zone playoff berth in the AFC Cup, in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Stimac, a vastly experienced coach and 1998 World Cup bronze medallist for Croatia, interfered when Pakistan player Abdullah Iqbal was ready to make a throw-in. He tried to pull back the ball from the player, sparking wild reactions from some Pakistani players as well as some coaching staff.
Deepa Gahlot lists some 2023 movies that you need to watch if you haven't already.
Naseem Shah has been ruled out for the remainder of the Asia Cup due to a shoulder injury.
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