Alibaba posts 8pc quarterly sales growth
Chinese technology and e-commerce giant Alibaba on Thursday reported robust sales growth in its latest quarter, beating analyst expectations as Beijing looks to revive faith in the private sector...
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Japan urges Taliban govt to respect human rights
Japan urged the Taliban government to respect human rights during a rare diplomatic meeting with a senior member of the visiting Afghan delegation, Tokyo said on Wednesday...
Taliban team visits Japan in rare trip outside region
A Taliban government delegation was visiting Japan for the first time on Monday, in a rare diplomatic visit outside of the region.
Jibanananda Das鈥檚 birth anniv today
Today is the 126th anniversary of birth of one of the greatest poets of Bangla literature Jibanananda Das.
Pakistan Taliban kill cop guarding polio team
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases...
Afghan women cricketers reunite in first game after fleeing Taliban
Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan hoped would spark 鈥榓 movement for change鈥�.
Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College organises Co-curricular Activities Week 2025
Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College organised Co-curricular Activities Week-2025 and held the closing ceremony and prize distribution ceremony of the event on January 27, said a press release.
HC removes state-appointed receiver from Beximco鈥檚 Teesta Solar operations
The High Court on Tuesday removed the state-appointed receiver from Teesta Solar Limited, a 200MW solar power plant operated by Beximco Group and the largest solar-based power station in Bangladesh, located along the Teesta River in Gaibandha.
India鈥檚 diplomatic gamble with Taliban
DIPLOMACY often walks the fine line between principle and pragmatism, revealing how nations adapt to shifting power structures. India鈥檚 recent high-level meeting with the Taliban is one...
Taliban reject ICC arrest warrant as 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government said on Friday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court for its leaders was 鈥榩olitically motivated鈥�.
PERSECUTION OF WOMEN: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders
The International Criminal Court鈥檚 chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity...
Punishment for those involved in Santal land grabbing demanded
Seventeen land and human rights organisations on Tuesday demanded punishment for those involved in land grabbing from the Santal community and the arson attack on a Santal house in Gobindganj of Gaibandha...
Taliban govt announces prisoner swap with US
The Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released two American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
Warehouses, factories at Hazaribagh gutted in fire
A fire that broke out at warehouses in the capital鈥檚 Hazaribagh area on Friday was doused after about five hours of effort by 11 firefighting units.
Three arrested over ex-KCC councillor murder in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
Three people, including a woman, have been arrested at a location in Moulvibazar in connection with the murder of Golam Rabbani Tipu, a former councillor of the Khulna City Corporation...
PROCLAMATION WEEK:聽Student platforms hold mass聽contact progs
The Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Friday distributed leaflets and conducted nationwide mass contact programmes as part of their weeklong campaign...
Bibartan Sangskritik Kendra brings 鈥楰ritadas Katha鈥� to stage聽
Cultural troupe Bibartan Sangskritik Kendra premiered its production titled Kritadas Katha at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Santals鈥� security and rights to land must be protected
YET another attack on a Santal family shows that the authorities have failed to protect and ensure the rights of the community. A union council chair and his associates reportedly attacked members of a Santal family, including a woman, over a land dispute at Gobindaganj in Gaibandha on January 3. The Rajahar union council chair and his associates...
UP chairman held over torture of Santal woman
A Union Parishad chairman has been arrested in a case involving the torture of a Santal woman and her house set on fire in Gobindaganj of Gaibandha...
JBC鈥檚 premium collection thru Sonali Bank launched
Jiban Bima Corporation managing director Md Muhibuzzaman on Tuesday launched an initiative to collect insurance premium through Sonali Bank PLC, said a press release...
Five killed as train hits microbus in Faridpur
At least five people were killed and four more were injured as a microbus fell into a rail trackside pond after it was hit by a passenger train in the Munshibazar area under the sadar upazila in Faridpur on Tuesday.
Rajshahi people protest at attack on Santal woman
Rajshahi people on Monday formed a human chain in the city protesting against the physical assault on a Santal woman and setting her house on fire at Rajabirat village of Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha....
Santal houses set on fire by UP chairman in Gaibandha
Two Santal families鈥� houses were attacked and set on fire by a local Union Parishad chairman on Friday night, at a Santal village in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha. Senior police officers visited the area on Saturday...
UN condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working at NGOs
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan鈥檚 governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs...
Thousands of riverine areas children unable to attend school: study聽
A recent study revealed that children in riverine areas were disproportionately unable to attend school due to natural disasters.
Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women鈥檚 areas
The Taliban鈥檚 supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked.
Pakistan Taliban claim raid killing 16 soldiers
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more.
52 killed in Afghanistan bus accidents
Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52 people and injured 65, the Taliban government spokesmen said on Thursday...
Russia paves way to remove Taliban from 鈥榯error鈥� list
Russia鈥檚 parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that could pave the way for Moscow to lift its designation of the Taliban as a banned 鈥榯errorist鈥� organisation.
Tax, trade licence fees in Gaibandha can now be paid thru Nagad
Residents of all unions in Gaibandha district can now digitally pay their holding tax and trade licence fees exclusively through Nagad, the digital financial service of the Bangladesh Postal Department, said a press release...
