Houston: Arun Majumdar, Indian-American material scientist, engineer and professor, has been named the inaugural dean of Stanford University’s new school that focuses on climate change and sustainability. To be launched on September 1, Stanford...

Dhaka: The Bangladesh government cancelled foreign trips of 17 officials following its decision to stop overseas trips of government officials on May 12, in the wake of the post-Covid economic recovery and the current global crisis.

Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol as it is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in an address to the nation.

Islamabad: Pakistan army denounced comments made by the ruling dispensation against Peshawar’s Corps Commander Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, terming them “very inappropriate”. Addressing a rally last week near Islamabad, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz...

Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have dropped to their lowest level since December 2019, owing to an increase in current account and trade deficits, higher external debt payments and dried dollar inflows, according...

India has contributed over £600,000 to the UN aimed at promoting and enhancing the public outreach of Hindi in the world body. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative R Ravindra handed over a cheque for the UN project launched by India in 2018...

India's biggest retailer Reliance will acquire dozens of small grocery and non-food brands as it targets building its own $6.5-billion consumer goods business to challenge foreign giants like Unilever, sources familiar with the plan said.