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Topic: Bangladesh

Wear a Jamdani sari and float like air. A Delhi exhibition recreates weightless magic

The High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, M Riaz Hamidullah, inaugurated the exhibition of Jamdani saris at the National Crafts Museum. It has 150-year-old pieces on display.

Jamaat sweeps Bangladesh students’ polls, wants Pakistan as an ally. India must worry

Banned only a year before when Hasina was still the PM, the student wing secured 14 top ranks at the educational institution.

Indian politicians are reacting to Bangladesh politics like anxious uncles. Be diplomatic

If India wants a long-term, people-centric relationship with Bangladesh, it needs to shift gears — from paternalism to partnership, from anxiety to nuance.

US deep state’s involvement in Nepal, Bangladesh is an absurd conspiracy theory

The neighbourhood is a region of potential risks for any regionally dominant power like India, but regional dominance also carries some advantages.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.

In 1st major election since Hasina’s ouster, Jamaat student wing sweeps Dhaka student union polls

Islami Chhatra Shibir wins 23 of 28 posts in DUCSU polls. Bangladesh Nationalist Party backed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal draws a blank for 3 big posts. Awami League’s BCL banned from polls.

Bangladeshi hilsa is coming to India ahead of Durga Puja, as a ‘mark of enduring friendship’

Demand for hilsa fish grows in India during Durga Puja. Bangladesh is largest exporter of hilsa & India biggest importer. The fish is intrinsically tied to Bengali culture. 

Bangladesh former top cop says Hasina ordered shooting, apologises to nation

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun Mamun is the first International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) defendant to plead guilty and become an approver. He is to be cross-examined Wednesday.

‘I got trapped between ideologies in India.’ SAU expels Bangladeshi PhD scholar

‘I know I am not allowed to speak against the Indian government. But I can express my views about what’s wrong,' said Sudeepto Das.

Hasina took Rs 2,500 cr from ‘business group’ to help cancel next polls in Bangladesh, alleges top BNP leader

Awami League denies allegations, says they are confident of winning polls, which are expected in February 2026. Alleged bribe paid in Delhi by a 'business group'.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.