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May 24, 2024 11:39 AM
China's military carried out a second day of war games around Taiwan on Friday, with drills to test its ability to "seize power" and control key areas in exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te. The two...
May 24, 2024 10:06 AM
The rain did not dampen the mood for celebrating Sri Lanka's most important religious festival, Vesak Day, on Thursday (May 23) night. The week-long festival of lights to celebrate Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death is centered in and around th...
May 24, 2024 9:53 AM
On the occasion of the 2568th Buddha Jayanti, devotees visit the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, a world heritage site and a sacred place for Buddhist faithful to offer their prayers. Monks from India, Nepal and China performed rituals, sang hymns and o...
May 24, 2024 9:27 AM
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Tom Andrews on Thursday appealed to the Bangladesh Government to "reverse its closed border policy' and demonstrate their humanitarian support for the Rohingya once again. Thousands of i...
May 23, 2024 2:41 PM
Dubai, UAE - The Buddhist community in the United Arab Emirates is celebrating Buddha Purnima, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha, with great enthusiasm and devotion.The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery in Dubai, t...
May 22, 2024 11:00 PM
To celebrate the auspicious occasion of Buddha Jayanti, the Embassy of India in Nepal organised several events in Lumbini on 22 May 2024 in collaboration with the Lumbini Development Trust and the Lumbini Buddhist University. The events commenced in ...
May 22, 2024 9:13 PM
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated on Wednesday across Bangladesh with due religious fervor. Buddha Purnima falls on Baisakhi Purnima marks Gautama Buddha's birth, enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana on the ...
May 22, 2024 6:34 PM
Some Bangladeshis killed ruling Awami League(AL) member of Parliament Anwarul Azim Anar at a flat in New Town, near Kolkata, said Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday. “The information we have so far is that the people of our cou...
May 22, 2024 5:25 PM
India's diplomatic missions in the UAE were recognized for their outstanding work at the 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs Excellence Awards ceremony held under the patronage of Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of th...
May 22, 2024 4:13 PM
The two-day 'International Dialogue on Mountains, People and Climate Change' is taking place in Kathmandu today (May 22) to draw the international community's attention to the negative effects of climate change in the mountains. Experts from 25 coun...
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