The evolution of BRICS and its challenges today
12 September 2026
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World
Hotel crackdown in Kolkata puts Bangladeshi patients in a fix
6 September 2026
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India
13 glacial lakes in India’s Uttarakhand flagged as highly sensitive
31 August 2026
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India
Anti-tank missile: India signs deal with US to buy Javelin systems
29 August 2026
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India
India’s Bihar seeks opening of all Farakka Barrage gates amid rising Ganges
25 August 2026
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India
Leaseholder arrested after Kolkata hotel fire kills nine
20 August 2026
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India
Kolkata hotel fire: 7-yr-old orphaned as four of Kushtia family perish
20 August 2026
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India
India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026
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India
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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India
Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026
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India
Revoke licences of Indian companies exporting arms to Israel: PIL filed in Indian SC
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in India's Supreme Court seeking a directive to the central government to revoke existing licenses and halt the issuance of new ones to Indian companies exporting arms and military equipment to Israel, which is currently engaged in a conflict in Gaza
4 September 2024
9 Maoists killed in India’s Chhattisgarh encounter
Security forces recover large cache of weapons
3 September 2024
Bangladeshi journalist booked in India for ‘spreading fake news about Sonia, Rahul’
Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore has booked a case against a Bangladeshi journalist and a woman staffer of an Indian news portal for allegedly spreading fake news about the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi
3 September 2024
Algeria joins BRICS Bank
Algeria has been approved for membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), the country’s finance ministry has announced.
1 September 2024
BSF hands over AL leader Panna’s body to family
The body of Panna, former general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, moved from the mortuary of Khliehriat Civil Hospital in Meghalaya to Dawki check post early today for the handover.
31 August 2024
Mitigating flood risk: India appears positive about new mechanism
India yesterday appeared to respond positively to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ suggestion of a new mechanism to share the data on water flow in cross-border rivers and help mitigate the threat of future floods.
30 August 2024
Sending Hasina back: India says it doesn’t answer hypothetical questions
External affairs ministry says dev projects in Bangladesh will resume once turmoil ends
30 August 2024
Adani Power refutes reports of costly power supply to Bangladesh
Adani Power has refuted reports in the Bangladeshi media that say that the company is supplying costly power to India's neighbouring country, CNBC TV 18 reports
30 August 2024
Monsoon floods in India's Gujarat kill at least 28
Intense monsoon rains and floods in India's Gujarat state killed at least 28 people in the past three days, some drowning and others hit by falling trees, government officials said
29 August 2024
India rape protests spiral into political street clashes
Thousands of protesters clashed in India’s eastern city of Kolkata yesterday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals.
28 August 2024
Clashes erupt across West Bengal amid BJP’s 12hr strike
Day-to-day life was partially affected in India's West Bengal today during a 12-hour shutdown called by BJP protesting the police action against demonstrators during a march to the state secretariat yesterday
28 August 2024
India for swift end to Ukraine war
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he supports a swift end to the grinding conflict in Ukraine after visiting the war-hit country.
27 August 2024
Water release from Farakka no cause of concern for Bangladesh: India
Experts here say all barrage gates usually kept open during monsoon
26 August 2024
BJP slams Kangana for linking India's farmers' protest to Bangladesh unrest
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party today pulled up its lawmaker and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut over her remarks linking farmers' protest to the unrest in Bangladesh
26 August 2024
CBI raids RG Kar ex-principal's Kolkata house in graft probe
India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today searched the residences of RG Kar Medical College's former principal Sandip Ghosh and 14 others over alleged financial irregularities.
25 August 2024
Doctors call off strike over Kolkata rape-murder
Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), an umbrella body of doctors, today decided to call off its 11-day-old strike, called to protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, following "positive directions" from the Supreme Court
22 August 2024
India has shown 'inhumanity' by opening dam, says Nahid
Information and Broadcasting Adviser of the interim government Nahid Islam today said India has shown "inhumanity' by opening a dam without prior notice causing foods in Bangladesh
22 August 2024
10 killed, nearly 33,000 displaced as heavy rain causes flood in India’s Tripura
At least 10 people were killed and nearly 33,000 rendered homeless in landslides and "unprecedented" flooding triggered by incessant heavy rains in the India's north eastern state Tripura, where the water level of all major rivers has crossed the danger mark, an official statement said today
22 August 2024
West Bengal govt transfers 3 officials of RG Kar Medical College amid protests
The West Bengal government has transferred the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, along with two senior officials, amid escalating protests over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor on the college premises.
22 August 2024
India refutes claims of causing floods in Bangladesh
Points to heavy rainfall as primary cause, says it is sharing information with Bangladesh
22 August 2024