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DESPARDES — Bangladesh national cricketers will undertake a three-day practice camp from Sunday (January 19) ahead of their tour to Pakistan. The three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and host Pakistan
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DESPARDES Report — Indian Navy(IN) is scaling back its modernization programs, as financials and economic slump bite the national budget. The report comes as foreign investors show concern on growing
China had asked the UN Military Observer Group posted along the border areas between Pakistan and India to brief the UNSC on the ground realities of the area. DESPARDES —
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Bangladesh exports nearly $1 billion of IT services (53pct of GDP) every year – a figure that the government expects to increase to $5 billion by 2021. The country also
Continue readingBangladesh Growth Pegged at 8 Pct This Year –With IT 53Pct of GDP
DESPARDES (UPDATED) — Kashmir has been experiencing increasing amounts of violence and turmoil since New Delhi stripped it of its autonomy in August, imposing new restrictions on its people and
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RT — A woman in southwestern India succumbed to a high fever, lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment. Doctors tried and failed to save her life…
The European Union declined to take part over lack of access to detained politicians. DESPARDES (Updated) — U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster along with envoys from 15 other
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DESPARDES — Indian officials have recovered a young girl’s headless body from a forest in Odisha state. They say a man who was out on bail after being jailed for
Continue readingMan Kills 12-Year-Old Sister in Sacrifice to Goddess of War, Indian Police Say
DESPARDES — A snowballing of Hindu nationalism is adding to the changing face of one of the biggest democracies of the region: as it rejects inclusivity and supports exclusivity of
DESPARDES — Bangladesh’s Khulna Shipyard has begun construction of a second batch of five Padma-class patrol vessels on order for the Bangladeshi Navy (BN). The keel-laying ceremony for the 50.4
DESPARDES — The world’s largest (secular) democracy — once among the fastest growing large economies — appears to be in a situation. While some members of global jury may be
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IRSHAD SALIM — Bhutto’s battlecry — in the 70s — of ‘Roti, Kapra Aur Makan’ — literal translation for Bread, Clothing and Shelter — is a timeless buzzword (in my