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...
Bangladesh’s Awami League has announced a series of political programs, including a general strike and a nationwide blockade, in protest against what it describes as “false cases” against Sheikh Hasina and the ongoing persecution of religious minorities in the country.
The party issued a statement late on Tuesday outlining its...
Unknown attackers destroyed more than 80 shrines and Sufi centres in Bangladesh in the past six months, coinciding with the period when Muhammad Yunus-led government took charge of the South Asian nation following the collapse of former PM Sheikh Hasina and her regime, media reports said.
The organisation demanded an immediate...
Bangladesh’s economy is grappling with skyrocketing interest payments, which eat up more than half of government revenue expenses during the first four months of the current fiscal year 2024–25, according to data from the Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh.
Economic experts said that Bangladesh’s external debt is over $100 billion...
A senior Taliban minister has criticised the Afghanistan government's policy of prohibiting education for women in the South Asian country, a rare stance by the rulers of the nation which has been facing persistent international pressure for taking such a measure after forcibly coming to power in 2021.
Sher Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban deputy foreign minister,...
Deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana escaped death by just 20-25 minutes on August 5 last year when her Awami League government was toppled in a student-led mass uprising.
In a brief audio note released by her party on its...
Inflation has been identified as the biggest risk to Bangladesh in 2025, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report released on Wednesday.
In its Global Risks Report 2025, the WEF, an independent international organisation, stated that extreme weather events — such as floods and heatwaves — and pollution are...
