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New Delhi The World Heritage Committee, hosted by India in its national capital, decided against placing Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, on Unescos list of heritage sites in danger. Instead, Nepal has been granted an extension until February 1, 2025 to address concerns at the site. Buddhist monks offer prayers at the Mayadevi temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, which marks Gautama Buddha s birth anniversary, in Lumbini, Nepal on May 16, 2022. AFP Unesco experts had recommended listing Lumbini as endangered due to alarming state of conservation of its key features. However, delegates decided to give Nepal more stanley becher time after noting the countrys efforts to preserve the site. Nepals delegation assured the group that it was committed to the full implementation of recommendations, stated the Committee. Lebanon and Belgium had expressed concerns about delays since 20 stanley mug 02 in addressing Lumbinis conservation issues. However, India unequivocally supported the Nepal delegatio stanley cup ns pleas opposing immediate listing. Unesco experts reported issues including destruction of remains in the sites buffer zone and continuing water damage to the Mayadevi Temple. They called for the need for immediate conservation efforts at the temple. The Committee clarified that listing a site as endangered aims to rally international support for conservation, with Lumbinis status set to be reviewed at next years meeting. Lumbini is the birthplace of Buddha according to Buddhist traditi Gimf NASA s Voyager 1 sending useable data back to Earth for first time in months
Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant over last years deadly Dhaka cafe siege, officials said on Saturday, as authorities continue to crack down on militant outfits a year after the attack. A securityman reacts near the Holey Artisan restaurant after gunmen attacked the upscale cafe in Dhaka in July, 2016. File Photo The counter-terrorism unit arrested Sohel Mahfuz, who allegedly supplied the weapons used in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack where armed gunmen killed at least 22 people, mostly foreigners, after taking them hostage. He was the supplier of the weapons in the Holey incident. We were hunting him way before the attack, Abdul Mannan, counter-terrorism additional commissioner, said. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the 33-year-old from the northwestern Chapainawabganj district along with three associates, Mannan said. Mahfuz is the chief of the northern command of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB , a homegrown Islamist extremist outfit blamed for the attack. He is also wanted in India for his alleged role in a 20 stanley cup 14 blast in Burdwan, West Bengal, in which two stanley cup usa people were killed and police recovered a huge cache of improvised explosives, the official said. The stanley taza arrest came within days of US-based monitoring group SITE publishing a statement of an Islamic State operative who warned of many more attacks in West Bengal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Islamic State claimed the Holey Artisan Bakery attack but the government has blamed homegr
New Delhi The World Heritage Committee, hosted by India in its national capital, decided against placing Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, on Unescos list of heritage sites in danger. Instead, Nepal has been granted an extension until February 1, 2025 to address concerns at the site. Buddhist monks offer prayers at the Mayadevi temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, which marks Gautama Buddha s birth anniversary, in Lumbini, Nepal on May 16, 2022. AFP Unesco experts had recommended listing Lumbini as endangered due to alarming state of conservation of its key features. However, delegates decided to give Nepal more stanley becher time after noting the countrys efforts to preserve the site. Nepals delegation assured the group that it was committed to the full implementation of recommendations, stated the Committee. Lebanon and Belgium had expressed concerns about delays since 20 stanley mug 02 in addressing Lumbinis conservation issues. However, India unequivocally supported the Nepal delegatio stanley cup ns pleas opposing immediate listing. Unesco experts reported issues including destruction of remains in the sites buffer zone and continuing water damage to the Mayadevi Temple. They called for the need for immediate conservation efforts at the temple. The Committee clarified that listing a site as endangered aims to rally international support for conservation, with Lumbinis status set to be reviewed at next years meeting. Lumbini is the birthplace of Buddha according to Buddhist traditi Gimf NASA s Voyager 1 sending useable data back to Earth for first time in months
Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant over last years deadly Dhaka cafe siege, officials said on Saturday, as authorities continue to crack down on militant outfits a year after the attack. A securityman reacts near the Holey Artisan restaurant after gunmen attacked the upscale cafe in Dhaka in July, 2016. File Photo The counter-terrorism unit arrested Sohel Mahfuz, who allegedly supplied the weapons used in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack where armed gunmen killed at least 22 people, mostly foreigners, after taking them hostage. He was the supplier of the weapons in the Holey incident. We were hunting him way before the attack, Abdul Mannan, counter-terrorism additional commissioner, said. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the 33-year-old from the northwestern Chapainawabganj district along with three associates, Mannan said. Mahfuz is the chief of the northern command of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB , a homegrown Islamist extremist outfit blamed for the attack. He is also wanted in India for his alleged role in a 20 stanley cup 14 blast in Burdwan, West Bengal, in which two stanley cup usa people were killed and police recovered a huge cache of improvised explosives, the official said. The stanley taza arrest came within days of US-based monitoring group SITE publishing a statement of an Islamic State operative who warned of many more attacks in West Bengal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Islamic State claimed the Holey Artisan Bakery attack but the government has blamed homegr