Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed the inscription of Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh on the UNESCO World Heritage List, describing it as "a proud moment for every Indian" and saying the recognition celebrates India's rich civilisational and spiritual heritage while bringing global attention to the teachings of Lord Buddha.
Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg says he is open to the possibility of staging an Ashes Test in India if it helps grow interest in Test cricket, although he made it clear there are no such plans at the moment.
In accordance with the Constitution of Bangladesh, the speaker shall perform the duties of the president until the office is occupied by a new president.
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
Police said there was no known connection between the suspect and either victim, while investigators are examining witness accounts that the attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during both assaults.
In a significant engineering and disaster management feat, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully capped a high-risk gas well blowout at its RDS 147A site in Sivasagar district, Assam, bringing an end to a 15-day-long emergency operation that had triggered mass evacuations and widespread public anxiety in the area.
Earlier this month, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick expressed optimism about a potential trade pact, saying a deal could be expected “in the not-too-distant future.”
Nearly 20 people were killed and several others injured in a stampede triggered by a power transformer explosion at Barthelemy Boganda High School in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), on Wednesday, the country's National Assembly said in a statement on Thursday.
In the tortured chronicle of the nuclear age, few regions have exhibited its turbulent paradoxes more deeply than South Asia and the Middle East – two geopolitical fault lines where the existence or quest of nuclear power has become both a talisman of security and a catalyst for instability.
Michael Miller, the European Union's Ambassador to Bangladesh, on Thursday expressed hope that Bangladesh will soon witness the restoration of democratic order through a free, fair, and credible national election.
