According to the annual UN-sponsored World Happiness Report published on Wednesday, Pakistan ranks relatively higher in happiness compared to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. The report highlighted that Finland…
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In 2023, Pakistan maintained its position as one of the world’s top three smoggiest nations, alongside Bangladesh and India, which replaced Chad and Iran, according to data released on Tuesday.…
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Approximately 340 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police and soldiers have crossed into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic minority army, according to Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister, Hasan Mahmud. Mahmud mentioned…
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Photos: Iranian Teen Quran Memorizer Participates in Bangladesh International Quran Contest
Seyed Abolfazl Aqdadsi, a teenage Quran memorizer from Iran, is representing the country at the international Quran competition of Bangladesh. Aqdasi went on stage at the competition to showcase…
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Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to “eliminate competition” ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday. As well…
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Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha and Sri Lanka’s head coach Chris Silverwood were not at all happy with the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) decision to have a reserve day for…
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The devastating monsoon rains and subsequent flooding in southeast Bangladesh have now claimed the lives of 48 people, with several individuals still reported as missing. Officials announced on Friday that…
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Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country. At least…
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Dengue is spreading rapidly through densely populated Bangladesh this rainy season, raising fears that the mosquito-borne disease could result in a record number of deaths and infections for the second…
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Cyclone Mocha began to crash ashore at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday, Bangladesh’s weather office said, uprooting trees and bringing driving rain to a region home to hundreds of thousands…
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IT is a tragedy that South Asia carries the highest burden of child marriage in the world, an indication of how unsuccessful rights activists and policymakers have been in protecting…
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority.…
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At least six people were killed and several injured on Saturday when a fire broke out following an explosion at an oxygen plant in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said. The death…
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Thousands of people attended Akheri Munajat (final prayers) during ‘Biswa Ijtema’, an annual congregation of Muslims in Tongi, near Dhaka, on Januaray 13, 2023. The Ijtema is a prayer meeting…
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A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, landed on Indonesia’s western coast on Sunday, police said. The ship is the fifth boat…
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About 180 Rohingya Muslims fleeing desperate conditions in Bangladesh camps are presumed to have drowned at sea in recent weeks, possibly after their rickety boats broke apart, in what could…
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party descended on Dhaka Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections. “Sheikh Hasina…
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Nurul Hasan has alleged that the on-field umpires overlooked an instance of Virat Kohli s “fake fielding” that may have led in five potentially significant penalty runs for Bangladesh following…
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Pakistan has dropped seven places in the Human Development Index, ranking 161 out of 192 countries in the 2021-2022 HDI, according to the UNDP report released on Thursday. In the…
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Bangladesh has asked the International Monetary Fund for support in riding out a financial shock triggered by volatile energy prices after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, officials said Tuesday. The…