Bangladesh
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Indian women’s kabaddi team sails into Asian Games final
Nagoya: The Indian women’s kabaddi team stayed on course for a fourth consecutive Asian Games gold after marching into the finals with a 48-24 triumph over Nepal here on Friday, September 25.…
- Sports
India opt to bat against Bangladesh in Asian Games semifinal
Nisshin: Defending champions India won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the semifinal of Asian Games women’s T20 cricket competition, here on Sunday, September 20. India have fielded an…
- Hate Crime
SC hears plea against woman’s ‘illegal’ detention, deportation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 17, issued notice to the Centre while hearing a plea filed by Sahin Akhtar, who alleged his mother was illegally deported to Bangladesh despite…
- Hate Crime
Gauhati HC orders repatriation of Mumtaz deported to Bangladesh
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on September 3 ordered the Ministry of External Affairs to initiate efforts to trace and repatriate Mumtaz Begum, a 43-year-old Muslim woman who was deported to Bangladesh…
- India
Two stolen lemurs trafficked to India, whereabouts unknown
Two stolen Bangladesh lemurs allegedly changed hands for around Rs 48 lakh before being sold to an institution linked to Anant Ambani’s Vantara, Bangladeshi daily Ajker Patrika reported on 8 September, citing…
- World
ISI-backed Bangladesh terror groups raise spillover threat to India
New Delhi: The Indian security agencies are keeping a close watch on two terror groups and their splinters that operate out of Bangladesh. The Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)…
- Hate Crime
Deported to Bangladesh, 4 Bengalis return to India after a year
Kolkata: Six West Bengal natives, including three minors and two women, were picked up in June 2025 as suspected illegal migrants in Delhi, taken to Assam, and forcibly deported to Bangladesh. Four…
- World
Bangladesh open to joining Saudi-Pak-Turkiye pact: Ministers
Dhaka: Bangladesh is open to joining the recently formed defence alliance between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye, two junior ministers have said, while stressing that any decision would be guided by the…
- World
BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is Bangladesh’s new President
Dhaka: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a long-time secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia, was on Thursday, August 20, elected as…
- Sports
Bangladesh beat Australia by 9 wickets for historic first win
Darwin: Bangladesh completed a stunning nine-wicket victory over Australia in the first test on Sunday, August 16, securing its first win on Australian soil and only its second victory over the top-ranked…
- Hate Crime
Sahida Fakir sent to Bangladesh without notice or probe
Kolkata: Days after the Mumbai Police detained Sahida Fakir, branding her as a Bangladeshi, her husband, Jumman Fakir, received a call from her, claiming she had been sent to Bangladesh. On the…
- Middle East
Riyadh factory fire claims lives of 16 Bangladeshi workers
Riyadh: A fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Saudi Arabia’s capital has killed 16 Bangladeshi workers, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, August 10. The blaze broke out on…
- World
I will return to Bangladesh in Dec, not afraid: Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday, August 5, declared that she is determined to return home in December, pledging to face the risk of arrest or a death…
- India
Want to return to Bangladesh, says exiled author Taslima Nasreen
Kolkata: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Wednesday, August 5, left Kolkata after a six-day visit, and said she would visit the city “whenever it calls me”. Interacting with reporters at the…
- World
Ban on Bangladesh’s Awami League move against democracy: Taslima
Kolkata: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Sunday, August 2, opposed the ban on Bangladesh’s Awami League, describing the decision as “a move against democracy” and asserting that political parties should not…