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Indian girl among 20 hostages killed by ISIS in Dhaka terror attack
World | Jul 02, 2016, 04:39 PM ISTUnidentified gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in high-security Gulshan diplomatic area of Dhaka. Several people, including foreigners, are believed to be trapped.
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Four Mumbai donors come to rescue of Dhaka man with rare blood group
India | Jun 20, 2016, 11:06 AM ISTMumbai: Four units of the rare Bombay blood group was sent to Bangladeshi accident victim who was waiting to undergo a life-saving surgery in Dhaka on Saturday. Four Mumbaikars’ donation helped save the life
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Security beefed up at Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka after ISIS death threat to Hindu priest
India | Jun 17, 2016, 05:06 PM ISTBangladesh government has assured full support and protection to the Ramakrishna Mission in Dhakha following a death threat to a Hindu priest by suspected ISIS militants, MEA spokesperson Viksa Swarup said today.
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2-day shutdown in Bangladesh against Jammat chief's death sentence
World | May 08, 2016, 05:28 PM ISTDhaka: A two-day nationwide shutdown called by the Jamaat-e-Islami began today in Bangladesh against a Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty for its chief for the 1971 war crimes. Hours after the court on
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Bangladesh Cricketer Shahadat Hossain faces trial for assaulting 11-year-old maid
Cricket | Feb 23, 2016, 09:16 AM ISTDhaka: Bangladeshi cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife face trial on charges of torturing their underage house help following their indictment by a Dhaka court here on Monday.The Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 framed
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Bangladesh to hand over Dawood aide Abdul Rauf to India: Bangladesh minister
World | Jan 18, 2016, 08:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: International mafia don and a prominent aide of Dawood Ibrahim, Abdul Rauf alias Daud Merchant is set to be extradited to India from Bangladesh once he completes the prison term he has been
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Publisher of secular books killed, 3 wounded in Bangladesh
World | Oct 31, 2015, 08:53 PM ISTDhaka: A publisher of secular books was hacked to death and three other people were wounded in two separate attacks Saturday at publishing houses in Bangladesh's capital, police said.The attacks in Dhaka come amid fears
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Tripura minister flags off Agartala-Kolkata bus service
India | Oct 16, 2015, 09:14 PM ISTAgartala: Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey today flagged off the Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka, with passengers from Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) bus depot here.The Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus services and the Dhaka-Shillong -Guwahati bus services
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Islamic State kills Italian man in Dhaka's diplomatic zone, claims presence in Bangladesh
World | Sep 29, 2015, 08:18 PM ISTDhaka: An Italian aid worker has been shot dead in a high security diplomatic area here, the first attack in Bangladesh claimed by the dreaded Islamic State terror group that has prompted many western embassies
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Two suspects arrested in Bangladesh blogger murder case
World | Aug 14, 2015, 12:53 PM ISTDhaka: Police in Bangladesh's capital on Friday arrested two suspected Muslim militants in the killing of a secular blogger last week in the fourth such deadly attack this year.Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Muntasirul Islam identified
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Bangladesh-South Africa rained out, test ends in draw
Cricket | Jul 26, 2015, 04:03 AM ISTChittagong, Bangladesh (AP): Bangladesh clinched its first ever test draw against South Africa on Saturday after rain washed out the final two days of the first test.South Africa was 61-0 in its second innings on
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Tripura to get high-speed internet connectivity from Bangladesh
India | Jul 04, 2015, 08:11 PM ISTAgartala: Tripura will be gateway for reliable and super-fast Internet facility as Bangladesh government has agreed to allow India to use unspent bandwidth in the neighbouring country's Cox Bazar, a BSNL official said today."An agreement
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Bangladesh nabs two top Al Qaeda-affiliate's leaders
World | Jul 02, 2015, 01:33 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has nabbed the country's chief of an Al Qaeda affiliate and his top advisor and 10 other Islamist radicals, an RAB spokesperson said on Thursday.But spokesperson Maqsudul Alam did
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Bangladeshi family of 12 feared on way to Syria
World | Jul 01, 2015, 10:43 PM ISTLondon: A UK-based Bangladeshi family of 12, including three children and two grandparents, who were on holiday in Dhaka are feared to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State terrorists.The 12 family members have not
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Shakib ranked as world's best Test, ODI, T20I all-rounder
Cricket | Jun 26, 2015, 02:48 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hassan has been ranked the best all-rounder in One-Day Internationals (ODI) once again.The latest ranking means he is now on top of the pack in all three formats of the
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Bangladesh win toss and make India bat first in 3rd ODI
Cricket | Jun 24, 2015, 02:39 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and sent India in to bat first in the third and final one-day international on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.The hosts, aiming for their first
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Dhoni offers to quit Team India captaincy after Bangladesh debacle
Cricket | Jun 22, 2015, 01:15 PM ISTMirpur: Under-fire India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a sarcastic tone said that if his removal from captaincy can help Indian cricket move in right direction then he is game for it.“I am always the
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India vs Bangladesh Test: Rain delays start of play on Day 2
Cricket | Jun 11, 2015, 11:52 AM ISTFatullah (Bangladesh): Rain delayed the start of the second day's play of the lone Test between India and Bangladesh at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium here on Thursday.Play was supposed to start half an
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Bangladesh vs India 1st Test: Kohli-led Team India start favourites against Bangladesh
Cricket | Jun 09, 2015, 12:40 PM ISTFatullah: Virat Kohli's proactive and aggressive style of leadership will be tested when India take on sprightly underdogs Bangladesh in the one-off cricket Test starting here tomorrow.Kohli was anointed with full-time Test captaincy after Mahendra
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PM Modi impresses Bangladeshis by his Bengali language
World | Jun 08, 2015, 12:07 AM ISTDhaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today drew rapturous applause from the crowd at Dhaka University by beginning his address to the varsity in Bengali language."Bhai bonera kemon achen (My brothers and sisters, how are you?),"