Sheikh hasina

With yet another minister calling off his visit to India, Bangladesh’s unease is clear read more

On the first day of 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to seven leaders in five neighbouring countries - Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives - to convey New Year greetings. read more

Videos of Afsana Shejuty and Tutul Chowdhury’s stunt - a remake of a landmark 1968 feminist performance - were shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media and drew thousands of negative comments. read more

Earlier in the day, Hasina and Banerjee watched the first Pink Ball Test Match between India and Bangladesh in which the visiting team fared badly. read more

Liton was looking good on 15 when a quick Shami delivery thudded on to his helmet. He took off his helmet immediately and took a look as Shami walked up to apologise. read more

Ind vs Ban: After Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first, Indian bowlers tore the backbone of their batting line-up by picking up crucial early wickets. read more

BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly had earlier invited the Bangladeshi premier to watch the first pink ball, day-night Test match to be played on Indian soil, and Modi made the request in view of the historic nature of the game, external affairs ministry spokesperson... read more

A four-member team led by Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commissioner Toufique Hasan did a recce of the Eden Gardens on Tuesday and checked the seating arrangements for the Prime Minister and her 80-odd delegates who will grace the historic occasion. read more

According to the UN, as of May 24, 2018, more than 9,00,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State since 2017 after large-scale violence following a military crackdown. The exodus of refugees in large numbers has resulted in a major crisis... read more

Both will be seen at the bell ringing ceremony to start off the first day’s proceedings, Cricket Association of Bengal secretary Avishek Dalmiya told reporters here at Eden Gardens. read more

Ind vs Ban: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given her consent to the BCCI and will be attending the first day’s proceedings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also been sent an invite. read more

Shakib, Bangladesh’s Test and T20 captain and the world’s No.1 all-rounder in ODIs, was on Tuesday handed a two-year suspension by the ICC for failing to report three corrupt approaches. read more

The upcoming tour was on Monday thrown into jeopardy after their national team players refused to participate in any cricketing activity until their demands, including a hike in salary, are met. read more

The Congress, in a statement, said the meeting took place owing to a “special bond of friendship” between the party and the Awami League, the party Hasina leads. read more

Delhi must allay Dhaka’s apprehensions on the NRC process read more