UNB, DhakaThe Rajya Sabha (upper house) yesterday paid tribute to Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia, alongside erstwhile members of the upper house of the Indian parliament, L Ganesan and Suresh Kalmadi, who also passed away recently.

Emergency landing attempt fails; wreckage scattered across open field

The European Union (EU) and India yesterday announced the “mother of all deals”, a huge trade pact to create a market of two billion people, reached after two decades of negotiations.

Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman has found himself in the centre of controversy after a recent BBC interview in which he suggested he may have lost work in Bollywood due to communal bias.

India has decided to withdraw all family members and dependents of diplomats and other officials from the High Commission of India and other missions in Bangladesh, PTI reported yesterday, citing official sources.

Indian security forces killed 14 Maoist rebel fighters yesterday in two clashes, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to quash the long-running insurgency in the country’s central regions.

Violent tribal protests against illegal non-tribal settlement in a constitutionally protected hill region of Assam left two people dead Tuesday - as Sixth Schedule protections and land rights ignited a volatile fault line.

Indian envoy was summoned by Bangladesh earlier today

Development comes two days after a group held demonstration in front of the mission

Seven elephants were killed and one injured when a Delhi-bound train collided with a herd in northeast India early yesterday, district police chief VV Rakesh Reddy said.

The humble tandoor, used to prepare rotis and roasted delights, has become the latest target of Delhi’s pollution fight. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) issued directions banning tandoors that use coal and firewood across all hotels, restaurants and open eateries in the city.

MEA says India has never allowed its territory to be used for activities against Bangladesh

The rest of the dead were Indian citizens, mainly the nightclub's staff and holidaymakers from New Delhi

Indian authorities ordered an investigation and offered compensation to victims yesterday after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25.

Several tourists were among the dead in the blaze, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in North Goa district

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday agreed to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defence despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its decades-old close ties with Moscow.

Indian PM thanks Russian president for his 'unwavering commitment towards India'

Raft of agreements and deals to be announced

BGB lodges strong protest over Sabuj Mia’s death

Will discuss defence, oil, and nuclear energy