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FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 | An improbable relationship that has overcome many obstacles

July 17, 2026 admin

By the time Argentina’s players emerged from the tunnel on Wednesday evening, familiar songs had already begun rolling around the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The crowd came from Buenos Aires and Cordoba, from Rosario and Mendoza. But they also came with unmistakably different accents from Kolkata and Dhaka, from Kochi and Varanasi, from South Asian immigrant neighbourhoods…

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Sheikh Hasina Vows To Return To Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus Responds

February 19, 2025 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in exile in India, called the South Asian nation’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus a “mobster” and accused him of unleashing “terrorists” and fostering “lawlessness” in the country. In response, Dhaka reaffirmed its commitment to bringing her back from India and stressed securing Ms Hasina’s…

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Thrashed For Being Indian, Kolkata Resident Narrates Bangladesh Ordeal

December 1, 2024 admin

Bangladesh Army guards Bangla newspaper Prothom Alo’s office in Dhaka Kolkata: Amid attacks on Hindus and other minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh, a youth from Kolkata said he was thrashed in Dhaka by unidentified people after they learnt he was a Hindu from India. Sayan Ghosh, 22, from Belgharia in the northern fringes of Kolkata, had…

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Janmashtami festival celebrated in crisis-hit Bangladesh

August 26, 2024 admin

Followers of the minority Hindu faith held prayers and took out processions in Bangladesh on Monday (August 26, 2024). This is the biggest Hindu festival since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government earlier this month. Temples in Dhaka and in other cities held Kirtan and Geeta Yagya as thousands of Hindus were seen visiting…

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Several Injured After Fresh Clashes Erupt In Dhaka Amid Political Turmoil

August 26, 2024 admin

During the turmoil, police intervened in an attempt to restore order (representational). Dhaka: Violent clashes erupted between students and Ansar members near the Secretariat in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Sunday night. The confrontation left several people from both sides injured, the Dhaka Tribune reported. The clash broke out after 9 pm, with both sides engaging…

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The Complex Emotions Bangladesh And Its Crisis Evoke In Me, An Indian

August 7, 2024 admin

The visuals from Bangladesh are disturbing, and the anger on the streets is palpable. They are reminiscent of scenes from Colombo just two years ago when the Presidential Palace was ransacked following then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s flight from Sri Lanka. According to an NDTV report, “On Monday, protesters set fire to a temporary shed at the…

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Non-Essential Staff Of High Commission In Dhaka Returning To India

August 7, 2024 admin

Burnt Awami League party office as anti-government protestors set fire in Dhaka New Delhi: Non-essential staff and their families at the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are returning to India via commercial flights, sources said today. They are returning voluntarily, sources said. All diplomats including the High Commissioner have stayed back and are…

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Sheikh Hasina’s Fall Leads To Slump In India-Bangladesh Border Trade

August 7, 2024 admin

Sheikh Hasina’s shocking exit has impacted the trade between India and Bangladesh New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit this week and fled the country after violent protests demanding her resignation. Ms Hasina, who started her fifth term as Prime Minister earlier this year, left the capital Dhaka in a military aircraft and landed…

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Watch | Bangladesh protests: The trouble ahead for Hasina government

July 26, 2024 admin

Nearly 200 are dead from violent student protests and firing by forces in Bangladesh – is PM Sheikh Hasina, who won elections just a few months ago, losing her grip on gen-next, and will the unrest India’s closest neighbour is grappling with, spill over? But first, Bangladesh is taking a pause from days of brutal…

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visory Issued For Indians In Bangladesh Amid Unrest: Avoid Travel

July 18, 2024 admin

The protests have been driven by demands for reform of the country’s quota system for civil service jobs. Dhaka: Indian High Commission in Dhaka has issued an urgent advisory for Indian citizens and students in Bangladesh to avoid non-essential travel and minimise movement outside their residences due to the escalating unrest in the country. The…

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