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China FM blasts Middle East war, urges US to manage ties

China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a

Tension near Shahbagh police station over March 7 speech

The area in front of Shahbagh Police Station turned tense on Saturday night over the playing of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech. The tension followed the

Rape of children, women goes unabated

Violence against women and children, especially rapes, is continuing unabated across the country in the absence of strict observance of rule of law and due to the existing culture of

Women’s affairs reforms still on paper

The post-July uprising Bangladesh has witnessed hardly any progress in eliminating discrimination against women and ensuring their rights to property and political participation as the recommendations of the women’s affairs

BNP aims to end negative culture in parliament, says Salahuddin Ahmed

Home Minister and BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on 7 March said that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) intends to break away from the “toxic culture” previously witnessed in

Civil society calls for vigilance to prevent artificial fuel shortage

Bangladesh Shadharon Nagorik Shamaj, a civil society platform, on Saturday urged all stakeholders not to create any artificial fuel shortage in the country taking advantage of the ongoing situation in

Centrist party takes early lead in Nepal polls

Nepal’s centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah took an early lead in the high-stakes parliamentary election on Friday, as slow counting continued after the first polls since last year’s deadly

PM reaffirms commitment to democracy, human rights, accountability

Prime minister Tarique Rahman on Friday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to strengthening democratic institutions, upholding the rule of law and protecting fundamental freedoms while ensuring accountability at all levels. ‘We