India will contribute half a million dollars to the United Nations' efforts to counter global terrorism as new and emerging technologies used by terror groups pose fresh threats to governments around the world, the foreign minister said on Saturday. The money will go toward the UN Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism
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Kohli propels India to stunning last-ball win over Pakistan
Dhaka, Delhi port transit deal at final stage of implementation
Bangladesh and India are now at the final stage of operationalization of the agreement to use Chattogram and Mongla ports for transit of goods to and from India. The agreement was signed between Bangladesh and India in 2018. Following completion of trial runs, necessary permanent standing order or notification would now be
India’s Congress gets first non-Gandhi president in 24 yrs
India's main opposition Congress party on Wednesday elected 80-year-old Mallikarjun Kharge as its first non-Gandhi president in over 24 years. Kharge, considered close to the Gandhi family, defeated a relatively young Shashi Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, by a huge margin. "Of the over 9,000 votes cast in the party's internal election
India’s Supreme Court delivers split judgment on hijab ban
India's Supreme Court Thursday delivered a split judgment on a bunch of petitions challenging the ban on hijabs in classrooms in the state of Karnataka. Hijabs are headscarves worn by Muslim women. Muslims are a minority community in India. The government in the southern Indian state banned hijabs in schools and colleges
Bangladesh earns $1.36cr from Hilsa export to India
Bangladesh government has earned 1.36 crore US dollars from exporting 1,352 tonnes of hilsa fish to India this year so far, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said Thursday. Hilsa production has doubled in last 12 years and the rate of production is now 90 percent, he said. The minister revealed
Better management of shared waterways can benefit both Bangladesh and India
Although Bangladesh’s waterways carry tremendous economic and geostrategic significance for both Bangladesh and India, environmental management issues have rendered most of these routes useless. Bangladesh and India signed a protocol for using the waterways to carry goods in 1972. However, only three of the designated 11 routes are in regular use
India to get 3,000 MT hilsha during Durga Puja
Bangladesh will export around 3,000 tonnes of hilsha to India marking the upcoming holy Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, scheduled to be held next month. “We have been exporting hilsha continuously for the last three years to India as a mark of gesture and relief for
India bans Muslim outfit PFI for links with JMB
India has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI), a controversial Muslim outfit, for five years, citing its alleged links with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) among other terror groups. The five-year ban against the PFI, its student wing Campus Front of India, and other frontal organisations comes after a week of intense
How India-Bangladesh relations can be win-win for both
Following its declaration in December 1971, Bangladesh's independence was first acknowledged by India. In South Asia, these two nations have historically had a shared border. Although there have been a few problems, relations between the two nations are still largely good. Despite decades-long border disputes coming to an end with