NAVEED NAUSHAD We at Lifestyle were delighted to have the opportunity to speak to the inspirational fashion guru! Over sips of tea, Bibi talked about her life, her dream for this country and the fashion scene of Bangladesh. EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNOWS YOU, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF. I am Bibi and I…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK Abhijit Dasgupta’s Candid Canvas is a must read for all who are keen on an insider’s view of the Indian media. A thick volume of 502 pages, it pinches the pocket at 24 US dollars or its rupee equivalent. But it will interest anyone interested in the evolution of the Indian television media. Not merely…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK Chetan Bhagat‘s lessons for Kashmiri youth (16th April, Times of India) misses a few major points on the issue. Clarity on these issues are not just crucial to understanding the Kashmir question but also to evolve a future for this beautiful South Asian province at the heart of the unending India-Pakistan conflict. Bhagat’s analysis that…
Read moreMARTIN BROEK The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda. Prompting scandals and high profile resignations, the 11.5 million documents from the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca unveiled some of the tricks and strategies that countless politicians, businessmen and…
Read moreSAMIR KAR PURKAYASTHA The BJP victory in Assam has made the party’s government in Centre happy and that is showing in its decision to shower investments in the state’s oil sector. The Centre will also support the state’s bid for a higher royalty to augment state finances. Public sector oil firms will invest Rs 6,000…
Read moreCOLIN HINSHELWOOD “The governments of Thailand and Myanmar reaffirmed that the Dawei mega project will create thousands of jobs and improve the livelihoods of people along the border,” according to Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. Prayuth was speaking at a joint press conference in Bangkok recently. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi also…
Read moreROSHAN SEDHAI A pall of gloom descended on Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday, as families and friends of those killed in Kabul suicide attack anxiously waited for the bodies to arrive. Recent suicide attack that killed 13 Nepalis working as security guards at the Canadian Embassy in the Afghan capital is a grim reminder of…
Read moreSYED BASHIR On a day Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj promised to stand by Bangladesh’s beleaguered but determined government, the Dhaka police made a major breakthrough in the recent spate of killings rocking the country. Dhaka Police claimed that they had killed in a ‘shootout’ a radical activist of the Ansarullah Bangla Team who was…
Read moreDIPLOMATIC DESK Speaking at an event organized by the Asian Institute of International Affairs (AIDIA), the Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae drew attention to the immense economic opportunities that lie ahead for countries in the region. The Second Himalayas Forum was held at Yak and Yeti Hotel in Kathmandu with the central theme being…
Read moreDIPLOMATIC DESK Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said India’s misunderstanding surfaced with Nepal last year had already ended with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to New Delhi. Swaraj was responding to a query during a press conference organised to brief journalists about achievements of Narendra Modi-led government in last two years in…
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Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
