All the preparations for the International Women’s Football Tournament have been completed in Kathmandu. According to the All Nepal Football Association, the tournament would run from February 17 to 24. Four countries, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, and Lebanon, are participating in the tournament. The tournament will be organised in the...
Bangladesh has slipped two positions in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024, ranking 151st out of 180 countries. Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman revealed the findings on Tuesday at a press conference marking the release of TI’s annual corruption index. The country recorded its lowest...
Bangladesh authorities have arrested over 1300 people during a joint forces operation launched to tackle the latest wave of violence across the country which saw attackers vandalising the family residence of Founding Father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka and other properties belonging to Awami League. According to reports, the operation...
Foundation stone laid for construction of Birthing Centre in Nepal with Indian aid The foundation stone was laid jointly by Dilman Pakhrin, Constituent Assembly Member, Ran Bahadur Tamang, Chairman, Khaniyabas Rural Municipality, Dhading and Gitanjali Brandon, Counsellor, Embassy of India, Kathmandu. Foundation stone for the construction of Kuri Health Post-Birthing Centre...
Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on Friday called for peace and urged citizens to immediately restore law and order, putting an end to the three-day mayhem of attacks on properties belonging to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s family and leaders of her party Awami League. Violence has erupted...
The detective branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday detained Bangladeshi actress Sohana Saba, hours after her colleague Meher Afroz Shaon was arrested on charges of conspiring against the state. Saba grabbed headlines last year after she supported the former Awami League-led government over the crackdown launched against anti-discrimination...
In Bangladesh, the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital Dhaka was demolished with bulldozers by a raging crowd last night amid the presence of law enforcers. The museum, Dhanmondi 32, was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh and father of former Prime Minister...
The Nepal government has formally ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other mountain peaks above 8,000 metres by making one mountain guide mandatory for two climbers, according to revised mountaineering regulations. The sixth amendment to the Mountaineering Regulation came into force on Tuesday after it was published in the...
The interim Government of Bangladesh has requested Interpol to issue a Red Notice on Sheikh Hasina who fled India during the mass uprising. Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Baharul Alam disclosed the information at a high-level meeting with security chiefs, presided over by interim government head Muhammad Yunus, in...
Students of Dhaka's Government Titumir College have blocked roads again, demanding the institution's upgrade to a university. The protest caused significant traffic congestion throughout the capital, particularly impacting commuters from morning to night. Thursday’s protest, centered in Mohakhali, paralyzed key routes and disrupted traffic flow, especially affecting preparations for the Ijtema...