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Topic: Dhaka

Another Hindu temple in Bangladesh attacked, idols burned as religious tensions continue to rise

Supervisor of Mahabhagya Lakshminarayan Mandir said a complaint has been filed against unidentified miscreants for burning down his ancestral temple.

SAARC Secretary General visits organisation’s agriculture center (SAC) in Dhaka

Ambassador Md. Golam Sarwar receives briefing on SAC's activities from Director Dr. Md. Harunur Rashid and his team.

Bangladesh summons Indian envoy, suspends visa & consular services at Agartala after attack on mission

Protests by Hindu Sangharsh Samity Monday, demanding release of ex-ISKCON monk Chinmoy Das, turned violent with protesters breaching the premises & bringing down flag of Bangladesh.

Karnataka: IAS Rohini Sindhuri, IPS Roopa Moudgil’s 3-yr public spat to culminate in court face-off

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Anti-India Dhaka welcomed me with open arms—and some suspicion that I was an R&AW agent

For a Bangla-speaking Indian, Dhaka can’t help but be a warm city. People extend impromptu dinner invites and their faces light up when asked about local eateries instead of Indian ones.

Elite Dhaka students march with black ISIS flags—it reeks of Hizb ut-Tahrir

The banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir is allegedly behind Dhaka’s student-led ISIS flag marches. Its true aim is to use the Bangladesh Army to seize power; it even planned a coup in 2011.

Indian High Commission in Dhaka, facing protests & threats, returns 20,000 visa applicants’ passports

India suspended visa services in Bangladesh last month. Only few hundred urgent requests including those for medical or student visas are being considered for now, it is learnt.

Delhi to Dhaka: Witnessing the birth of post-Hasina Bangladesh

Ananya Bhardwaj's first person account of the birth of post-Hasina Bangladesh. iWitness is the story behind the story of ThePrint journalists’ experiences on assignment.

23 Bangladeshis awarded the Chevening scholarship

Out of the 23 selected for a fully funded masters course In the UK, 17 are women.

On Camera

Satyajit Ray to Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound — how Martin Scorsese plays patron saint at Oscars

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.