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SHARED LEGACY OF TEXTILES FROM BENGAL: Kolkata’s ‘land grab’ over Bangladesh’s ‘jamdani’

IMMIGRATION wasn’t easy at Kolkata’s Dum Dum airport. Instead of the multiple visitors expected from Bangladesh, there were only two of us, me and Chandra Shekhar da (a reputed textile expert), who had visas issued before the Indian government’s embargo on entry into the country came into effect in August 2024. The event we planned to attend was ‘Textiles...

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Kohli stars as Bengaluru thrash Kolkata in IPL opener

Virat Kohli opened the Indian Premier League season with an unbeaten 59 as he led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a crushing seven-wicket win over champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the curtain-raiser on Saturday.

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Indian doctors resume strike

Indian doctors in Kolkata said on Tuesday they had resumed a strike to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a colleague because their demands for hospital safety improvements had not been met...

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SC orders CBI to file fresh status report

The India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a fresh status report in connection with the murder and alleged rape of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, reports The Hindu...

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Dhaka Bank MD Emranul dies

Emranul Huq, managing director and CEO of Dhaka Bank, passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Kolkata after fighting against cancer. He was 61...

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A doctor brutally killed

ON AUGUST 8, a 31-year-old doctor at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata (West Bengal, India) finished her 36-hour shift at the hospital, ate dinner with her colleagues and went to the college’s seminar hall to rest before her next shift...

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Indian rape protests spiral into political street clashes

Thousands of protesters clashed in India’s eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals...

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Actress Sunetra dies aged 53

Actress Rani Sunetra Kumar, popularly known as Sunetra, died in Kolkata, India on April 20. She was 53....

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Chopped flesh, crime and punishment

THE recent murder of a Bangladeshi lawmaker in Kolkata and the media attention it has drawn should be a lesson for all pondering politics, crime and the role of various institutions in Bangladesh. It is not just criminals who are taking the heat but the system as well...

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Stellar Starc fires Kolkata to third IPL title

Mitchell Starc bowled a sensational opening spell to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to their third Indian Premier League title with a eight-wicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Sunday final.

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Hyderabad face Kolkata in IPL final

Australia’s World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins will need a spectacular turnaround to secure another major title on Sunday, when his...

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Kolkata police reveal more details over MP Anwarul murder

The Criminal Investigation Department of Kolkata police has revealed more information about the killing of Bangladeshi lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, who was believed to have been killed in a New Town apartment as he went to Kolkata on May 12, by interrogating a butcher named Jihad Howladar....

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Anwar’s death will not impact Bangladesh-India relationship: HM

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that the murder of Anwarul Azim Anar, the lawmaker from Jhenaidah-4 constituency, who went to India for treatment and later was found dead at a flat in New Town, near Kolkata, would not have any impact on the relationship between Bangladesh and India...

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Narine rules out West Indies return for T20 WC

Sunil Narine says the ‘door is closed’ on his West Indies career after his sparkling IPL form prompted calls for him to come out of international retirement for their home T20 World Cup.

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