Women鈥檚 rights an internal issue: Taliban
Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women鈥檚 rights were 鈥楢fghanistan鈥檚 issues鈥� to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of...
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Outrage as Afghan women excluded from UN-led talks with Taliban
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities will meet international envoys on Sunday in Qatar for talks presented by the United Nations as a key step in an engagement process, but...
Police recover bodies of two missing gamblers in Gaibandha
The bodies of two gamblers who dived into a river to escape from the villagers in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha District, have been recovered....
Nicaragua names ambassador to Afghanistan
Nicaragua has appointed an ambassador to Afghanistan, local media reported, in a rare move increasing ties with the diplomatically isolated Taliban regime...
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban govt says to attend next round of UN talks in Doha
Taliban authorities will attend the third round of United Nations-hosted talks on Afghanistan in the Qatari capital, a government spokesman said on Sunday, after snubbing an invitation to the previous round....
Mentally challenged woman held for stabbing four schoolgirls in Gaibandha
Police arrested a 鈥榤entally challenged鈥� woman for stabbing four schoolgirls in a classroom in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday...
Putin calls for Russia to 鈥榖uild up鈥� ties with Taliban govt
Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for Moscow to 鈥榖uild up鈥� relations with the Taliban government, as a delegation visited...
Ruknuzzaman becomes Bay Leasing MD
Mohammad Ruknuzzaman has been appointed as managing director of Bay Leasing and Investment Limited, said a press release...
Courtois misses out on Belgium Euro 2024 squad
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was not included in Belgium's Euro 2024 squad named on Tuesday as he recovers full fitness following a season marred by injury.
Russia to remove Taliban from 鈥榯error鈥� list
Russia will remove the Taliban from a list of banned terrorist organisations, three years after they returned to power in Afghanistan, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said on Monday....
Couple sent to jail for killing daughter with disabilities
A couple was sent to jail on charges of poisoning their two-year-old daughter with disabilities to death in Moulvibazar鈥檚 Srimangal on Friday...
Job scam ring mastermind arrested
The members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Shaharul, an alleged mastermind behind a job scam ring, from Palashbari in Gaibandha...
Cos pay record amount as dividend: report
Companies paid out a record amount of money in dividends to shareholders in the first quarter of 2024 as Alibaba and Meta made the their first-ever payments, a report said Thursday...
Presiding officer among four sued, 2 arrested
A case has been filed against four people, including the presiding officer, for negligence in Rajnagar upazila parishad elections of Moulvibazar...
Afghans and Tajiks mix in rare but vital border market
For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance to cross the border into neighbouring Tajikistan and pick up food and household goods...
Toshiba to cut up to 4,000 jobs in Japan
Troubled Japanese industrial giant Toshiba said Thursday that it plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs domestically as part of a restructuring programme.....
Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules
Since the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings...
Heat, insect attack threaten tea yields
Amid the ongoing heatwave and insufficient rainfall, various diseases and pests have spread in tea gardens of Moulvibazar, fearing less production this year...
Juri upazila chairman candidate comes under attack, 2 arrested
A group of unidentified assailants attacked Ali Hossain, a chairman candidate with horse symbol in the forthcoming upazila elections at Juri upazila in Moulvibazar....
Courtois can return next week: Ancelotti
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Thursday that injured goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois could return from injury as soon as next week.
Joy, Nachiketa sing 鈥楢rektibar Bacho鈥�
Singer, musician and composer Joy Shahriar has lent his voice to a duet song titled 鈥楢rektibar Bacho鈥� with Indian musician Nachiketa Chakraborty...
Dilkhusha tea garden in Moulvibazar announces closure
The authorities of Dilkhusha Tea Garden under Goalbari union of Juri Upazila in Moulvibazar announced sudden closure of the garden on Friday and the manager of the...
Taliban pull two TV channels for 鈥榲iolating Islamic values鈥�
Two Afghan television channels have been taken off the airwaves for 鈥榲iolations against Islamic and national values鈥�, a Taliban government spokesman said on...
Girl dies after father hits her head against wall
A five-year-old girl died after her father allegedly hit her head against a wall in the Hazaribagh area of 鈥嬧�媡he capital...
Taliban supreme leader hits back at global critics in rare address
The Taliban鈥檚 hyper-reclusive supreme leader made a rare public appearance on Wednesday, an Afghan government spokesman said, berating the international community in a speech for criticising his rule....