Ex-addl secy found dead at resort
The police recovered the body of Salah Uddin Mahmud, a former additional secretary to the Ministry of Industries, from Balishira Resort at Srimangal in Moulvibazar on Thursday...
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Govt urges monks to observe Kathin Chibardan
The local administration on Monday urged the monks to reconsider their decision of not observing Kathin Chibardan, a major Buddhist festival, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts this year.
6 soldiers, as many TTP attackers killed in Pakistan
Six Pakistan soldiers were martyred and as many Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorists killed in North Waziristan as security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation...
Japan PM warns 鈥榯oday鈥檚 Ukraine could be tomorrow鈥檚 East Asia鈥�
Japan鈥檚 new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba warned in his first policy speech Friday that 鈥榯oday鈥檚 Ukraine could be tomorrow鈥檚 East Asia鈥�, saying that the world is becoming ever more...
Govt to cancel safari park project in Lathitila
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended canceling the approval of a safari park project in the Lathitila reserved forest in Moulvibazar...
Afghan media says abuses rising
Afghan journalists have reported hundreds of cases of abuses by government officials, including torture and arbitrary detention, as well as tightening censorship since the Taliban authorities returned to power...
Shigeru Ishiba becomes Japan PM
Japan got a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build an Asian NATO to face down...
Ex-defence minister Ishiba to be Japan鈥檚 PM
Japan鈥檚 next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday outlined his ideas to reshape the nation鈥檚 miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling party鈥檚 leadership race.
Couple electrocuted in Gaibandha
A couple was electrocuted while charging an auto-rickshaw battery at their home in Khola Mondol鈥檚 Bazar area in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha on Thursday morning...
Afghanistan wants to join BRICS, says Taliban govt
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government is keen to join the BRICS economic forum, a spokesman said on Tuesday ahead of the group鈥檚 summit in Russia...
Forest land occupied by former minister Shahid reclaimed
The forest department on Monday managed to recover its land allegedly occupied by former agriculture minister Abdus Shahid....
Tea workers鈥� strike continues
The state-owned National Tea Company Ltd workers in Moulvibazar continued to observe strike and hold demonstrations pressing for payment of wages...
China鈥檚 Ant Group launches AI 鈥榣ife assistant鈥�
The fintech firm backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made a foray into products powered by artificial intelligence after announcing a 鈥榣ife assistant鈥� mobile app...
Tea workers鈥� rights must be protected
TEA workers, the most exploited section of the labour force, in Moulavibazar have taken to the streets, demanding their unpaid wages. About 1,500 workers of the state-owned National Tea Company Ltd on September 6 rallied demanding their wages unpaid for three weeks. Workers at the rally said that their families were starving as the company has...
Saifur Rahman鈥檚 death anniv observed
The 15th anniversary of the death of former finance and planning minister and former senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, M Saifur Rahman, was observed in Moulvibazar on Thursday....
Bangladeshi girl shot dead by BSF at Moulvibazar border
A teenager was killed in gunfire from the Indian Border Security Force in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar.
Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women鈥檚 rights and enshrining an austere vision of...
Taliban, UN say committed to engagement
A Taliban government spokesman has said the Afghan authorities were committed to engagement with the international community after a new morality law sparked tense exchanges over women鈥檚 rights.
Taliban refuse to cooperate with UN Afghan mission
The Taliban government鈥檚 morality ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it 鈥榓n opposing side鈥�.
Germany deports first Afghan nationals since Taliban govt took control
Germany said it carried out Friday the first deportation of Afghans back to their home country since Taliban authorities took power in August 2021, as Berlin faces pressure to crack down...
Coast Guard DG distributes relief among flood-affected in Moulvibazar
The director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Mir Ershad Ali, visited the flood-affected area in Moulvibazar and distributed relief among the people on Wednesday...
Afghanistan's Taliban government bans 'violent' mixed martial arts
Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts, believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday.
Taliban govt says morality law will be 鈥榞ently鈥� enforced
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities said on Monday a recently ratified morality law would be enforced 鈥榞ently鈥�, after the international community and Afghans voiced concern over...
UAE accepts Taliban govt ambassador
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after...
Taliban govt enacts 鈥榲ice and virtue鈥� law
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban authorities have announced the codification of laws detailing rules of behaviour and lifestyle based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Adviser from persons with disability demanded
The Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Samity and the National Alliance of Disabled Peoples鈥� Organisations on Monday demanded the inclusion of an adviser representing the persons with disabilities in the interim government...
Alibaba鈥檚 quarterly profit shrinks
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reported a 29 per cent fall in quarterly profit on Thursday as it battles sluggish consumption during an economic slowdown.
Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces...
Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces.
Taliban say three civilians killed in Pakistan border clash
Taliban authorities accused Pakistani forces on Tuesday of killing three civilians 鈥� a woman and two children 鈥� in clashes along their northern border.
