Dozens of residents of the southern province of Kandahar staged protests on Monday in reaction to recent Pakistani attacks on Afghan territoryClick here to read...
In one of the latest’s, a TV host and presenter Moheb Jalili, has been abducted and tortured by the Taliban members in district 15 of the Kabul city at around 8 Saturday night, according to sources. Click here to read...
Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and Chief Spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Zabiullah Mujahid condemned Pakistan’s recent airstrikes on Khost and Kunar provinces in the strongest terms adding that repetition of such moves will have dire implications. Click here to read...
Dhaka College students clashed with traders in the capital's New Market area last night (April 18, 2022). The clash started around 11:30 pm on Monday in the market area and continued till filing the report at 1:30am, reports our Dhaka University correspondent. Click here to read...
The business centering dried fish, which has a huge demand in the domestic market, has created wide employment opportunities for hundreds of families in haor areas of Kishoreganj. Click here to read...
Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed yesterday left for the US on an official visit at the invitation of US Army. Click here to read...
A US delegation led by US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain yesterday visited the Hindu Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar's Kutupalong. Click here to read...
Over the last two years, the government has been able to utilise only around 15 percent of Tk 8,150 crore allocated for two Covid-19 emergency response projects. Click here to read...
Bangladesh and Singapore have pledged to further deepen and expedite the bilateral relations as they celebrate the 50 years of diplomatic relations this year. Click here to read...
Currently, a fuel tanker charges around Nu 13,000 for a round trip from Phuentsholing to Thimphu with the amount covering the tanker going back empty too. Click here to read...
A former employee of Druk Yangchen Drayang in Phuentsholing, Kencho Wangmo, said she is currently unemployed and has no academic qualification. She had been working in the drayang for five years. Click here to read...
The health ministry will start the second booster dose or the fourth dose for those in the priority group today. Vaccines can be availed from the respective health facilities. Click here to read...
With rising public debt, Bhutan is considered to be in the medium risk category in debt servicing, according to the public debt sustainability analysis (DSA). DSA refers to the ability to pay its debt obligations in the long term without a liquidity problem. Click here to read...
Unlike in the past, transporters involved in boulders export from Gelephu are fueling trucks from Dathgari, Assam, after repeated fuel hikes in the country recently made diesel cheaper in Assam, India. Click here to read...
The lone areca nut (doma) processing unit in Chuzergang, Sarpang is not getting enough supplies from local nut growers as most growers opt to sell their produce to Indian buyers. Click here to read...
As such, statics revealed that between March 14 – April 16, a total of 4,225 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed, including 394 from the congested capital Greater Malé Area. Click here to read...
Navy chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar is on a four-day visit to Maldives and Seychelles. The visit is considered significant as China has been making serious efforts to make friends with the governments in both island states. Click here to read...
The governments of Maldives and India have signed agreements to implement major development projects in Maldives, under the High-Impact Community Development scheme. Click here to read...
A coalition of three major ethnic armed armed groups on Sunday declared its support for the Bamar People’s Liberation Army (BPLA), which was formed a year ago to fight against the junta. Click here to read...
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in a military coup last year. Click here to read...
The national active Covid-19 caseload of Nepal active caseload has reached to 350 on Monday as nine people tested positive for the infection in past 24 hours. Click here to read...
With three weeks left for voting in the local level election, party campaigners have intensified election preparations here. The leaders and cadres have been reaching every doorstep and wooing voters. Click here to read...
The seventh agriculture census is taking place from tomorrow (Tuesday). For the census that takes place every 10 years, 5,200 enumerators and 1,300 supervisors have been deployed. Click here to read...
Four senators and a House member are part of the American team travelling to Kathmandu. Click here to read...
Private sector for hiking duties to curb imports instead of banning foreign goods amid looming economic crisis. Click here to read...
A division bench sends the petition of Prithvi Bahadur Shah for a final hearing. Click here to read...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday penned a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling on him to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in the "interest of mutual peace and prosperity" for India and Pakistan. Click here to read...
Spokesperson of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said ex-prime minister Imran Khan wanted a reference against the chief election commissioner (CEC) as the former was about to face a sentence in the foreign funding case. Click here to read...
The State Department has called the US relationship with Pakistan as a vital one while vowing to continue working with the new government in Islamabad to promote peace and prosperity in the region.
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa became the only member of the family to retain a cabinet position in his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s new cabinet of 17 ministers appointed on Monday, as the island nation was facing the worst economic crisis. Click here to read...
Sri Lanka's embattled leader dropped two of his brothers and a nephew from his cabinet Monday, following public anger over the ruling family's mismanagement of a crippling economic crisis and calls for his resignation. Click here to read...
A court in Pakistan has sentenced six people to death after convicting them for their roles in last year’s vigilante killing of a Sri Lankan factory manager accused by workers of committing blasphemy. Click here to read...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made the admission while speaking to 17 new Cabinet ministers he appointed Monday as he and his powerful family seek to resolve a political crisis resulting from the country’s dire economic state. Click here to read...