BNP for UN peacekeepers for Bangladesh missions in India

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday urged the interim government to seek assistance from the UN peacekeeping force to ensure the security for the staff of Bangladesh's diplomatic missions in India as they failed to provide security for them. "The officials and employees of the Bangladesh missions

India crush Australia by 295-runs in Perth Test

India stormed to victory in the opening Test in Perth with a commanding 295-run win on Monday, leaving Australia reeling and searching for answers. Set a daunting target of 534 for victory, the world's top-ranked Test side collapsed to 238 all out in the final session of day four. A gritty Travis

India warns social media after airline bomb threats

India has warned social media platforms of “consequential action” after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security. Some threats led to planes being diverted to Canada and Germany, and fighter jets scrambled to escort aircraft in the skies

India, China agree on border patrol pact

India and China have reached a deal on patrolling their disputed Himalayan frontier to resolve a four-year military stand-off, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday, paving the way to normalise political and business ties. The news comes on the eve of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia for

India bans Hizb ut Tahrir

The Indian government has officially declared Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), a global pan-Islamic organisation founded in Jerusalem in 1953, as a terrorist group. The Union home ministry issued a notification saying that HuT aims to establish an Islamic state and caliphate worldwide, including in India, through jihad and terrorist activities. The ministry accused HuT

46 people drown during Hindu festival: India

The incidents of drowning were reported from East and West Champaran, Aurangabad, Kaimur, Buxar, Siwan, Rohtas, Saran, Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Gopalganj and Arwal districts. “So far, 43 bodies have been fished out. The kin of the victims will be given ₹4 lakh ex-gratia. Eight of them have already been disbursed,”

India wants to keep its relations with Bangladesh stable: Jaishankar

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said the political churn in Bangladesh is the country's "internal matter" but India is keen to continue what was a stable relationship. In an interview with NDTV, Jaishankar underlined the maxim that neighbouring nations are "dependent on each other". He touched on Russia's war