Diego Maradona said he felt “proud” after his first match as coach of Argentina ended in a 1-0 friendly international win over Scotland at Hampden Park here Wednesday. But that didn’t stop the football great from having one more go at his old England adversary Terry Butcher, now Scotland’s assistant manager, who has made no […]
Khaleda meets alliance leaders separately to talk seat sharing
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia met with some of the alliance leaders separately late Saturday night and discussed about sharing of seats in the upcoming parliamentary election. No meeting of 4-party alliance held, Shafiul Alam Prodhan gets ticket for Dinajpur-3 BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia met with some of the alliance leaders separately late Saturday night and […]
Pakistan holds crisis talks after Mumbai atrocity
Islamabad pledges action if any Pak group involved Pakistan’s cabinet was holding crisis talks yesterday to discuss a response to the Mumbai attacks after Islamabad reversed a decision to send the head of military intelligence to India. Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a press conference Saturday that Pakistan will take action against any […]
Mumbai attack: A new dimension in urban terrorism
WHILE it is too early to know exactly what happened in Mumbai as the fog of war still blankets the city, multiple press reports from India allow for a general picture to be painted. An estimated 12 to 25 terrorists are believed to have entered Mumbai by sea on November 26 at around 9:30 p.m. […]
The First Book of a New Author
Niranjen Sen, secretary of IPTA (Indian People’s Theatre Association), was in the same jail with me at that time. His brother Sachi Sen was a publisher, who ran an office called the Book World in Hastings. Street in Calcutta. Niranjan Sen told me that if I ever wanted to publish a book, I should certainly […]
Battle for Mumbai ends, death toll rises to 195
Commandos Saturday killed the last remaining gunmen in Mumbai’s Taj hotel to end a devastating attack by terrorists on India’s financial capital that left 195 dead, including 26 foreigners. Shortly after dawn on the third day of the siege, heavy gunfire and loud explosions signalled the final commando offensive against the terrorists, who had held […]