In Bangladesh, the interim government has extended the ongoing curfew in Sheikh Hasina’s home district, Gopalganj, until further notice with a three-hour pause from 11 am to 2 pm today following Wednesday’s violent clashes that left four people dead and over 50 injured.
The curfew will be in effect until...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has accused the interim government of failing to control escalating lawlessness, alleging a deliberate attempt to destabilise the country ahead of February’s parliamentary election. In a statement issued after a standing committee meeting, the BNP cited rising murders, muggings, and extortion as evidence of...
Nepal has received a foreign aid commitment of Rs. 273.04 billion for the Fiscal Year 2024/25, which is above the annual estimates announced in the budget of the same year. Statistics from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) showed that the country received the commitments of Rs. 215.54 billion for...
In Bangladesh, the interim government has once again extended the magistracy power of commissioned officers in the Army, Navy and Air Force by another 60 days with effect from Monday. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification to this effect on Sunday.
According to the notification, commissioned officers holding...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha have jointly inaugurated 90 newly built houses in Elapathgama village, Anuradhapura. The houses were built under the India-assisted Sri Shobhita Nahimigama Project. At the event, the Indian High Commissioner spoke about the shared vision of India...
Bangladesh witnessed 2,442 incidents of communal violence over a span of 330 days from August 4 last year, when political unrest peaked, leading to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government
“Most of these violent incidents happened between August 4 and August 20 last year,” the Bangladesh...
In Bangladesh, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday directed the law-enforcing agencies to complete all preparations by December for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Chief Adviser made the directive in a meeting that lasted for around two hours at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital. Home Adviser...
Over 2,600 Afghan refugee families, the majority of whom were from Iran, with a significant chunk from Pakistan, returned home safely in a single day yesterday
Taking to X, the media outfit said “2,604 Afghan migrant families, comprising 16,264 individuals, have returned to Afghanistan after being forcibly repatriated from Pakistan...
At least nine people were killed and 19 others were missing after heavy rains on Tuesday, flooding the Lhende river and the Bhotkosi river in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. A flood swept away the Miterepul Bridge that links the Himalayan nation with China.
Bodies were recovered downstream, miles away from Dhading...
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali, a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad, is being observed today across Bangladesh with due religious solemnity.
On this day in the Hijri year of 61, Hazrat Imam, along with his family members and 72 followers, embraced the martyrdom...
