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Kolkata: While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, returned to Bangladesh after 17 years amid a massive show of BNP's strength in Dhaka on Thursday, Awami leaders in exile felt that Rahman's return would only give "political legitimacy" to the foreign powers trying to control the country's polity. They also hoped that Rahman, who is enjoying a "vibe and hype" now, would...

KOLKATA: Shiraz Ali Khan, a Kolkata-based sarod player with family roots in Bangladesh, was to perform in a concert at Chhayanaut in Dhaka on Dec 19. But just hours before the programme, the culture hub was vandalised amid a nationwide spiral of unrest triggered by the death of radical activist Sharif Osman Hadi.Shiraz managed to “flee” to Kolkata on Saturday evening, suppressing his Indian...

MUMBAI: A man who assisted arrested drug racketeer Lalit Patil (37) to go into hiding has been arrested. The accused — identified as Sachin Wagh (30), a resident of Nashik’s Pimpalgaon in Wakhari — was a chauffeur who drove Patil from Nashik to Surat after he escaped from Pune’s Sassoon Hospital on October 2. Wagh too was brought from Bengaluru along with the seized SUV. Wagh is the 16t arrest...

NEW DELHI: As Nasa's Psyche spacecraft makes its way to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that may contain ore worth an astonishing $10 quintillion, there is renewed interest among scientists to study space objects that may be hiding never-before-seen heavy elements.One such object of interest is 33 Polyhymnia, an asteroid which appears to be denser than even the heaviest known elements...