DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh is set to restore direct passenger air links with Pakistan after its national carrier received formal clearance from Pakistan’s aviation authorities to resume non-stop services to Karachi, ending years of dependence on indirect routes. Bangladesh’s flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been granted ap...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Najmun Nahar has etched her name into global travel history after becoming the first Bangladeshi to visit 184 countries, a milestone that places her among a rare circle of the world’s most traveled individuals and one of the most widely traveled Muslim women internationally. The landmark was completed in December 202...
KABUL, Afghanistan (MNTV) — Women who spin wool for a living in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province say worsening poverty and unemployment have left them with little choice but to rely on exhausting, poorly paid work to survive, according to amu.tv. Qamar Gul, 70, said wool spinning is her only means of staying alive. Suffering from [&...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan’s air force has successfully flight-tested an indigenously developed air-launched cruise missile capable of striking targets up to 600 kilometers away, the military said Saturday, marking what it described as a milestone in national defense capability. In a statement, the military’s media wing,...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (MNTV) — A mosque was vandalized by a mob of Hindu extremists in southern Nepal over the weekend, triggering protests by Muslim communities, police crackdowns in multiple cities, and the imposition of a curfew in a key border town. The attack occurred on Saturday in the Sakhuwa Maran area of Kamala Municipality in […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — The Asian Development Bank committed $2.57 billion in sovereign financing to Bangladesh in 2025, more than doubling its support from the previous year, as the country navigated political transition and economic pressure amid a challenging global environment. ADB said the expanded funding was designed to support long-...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — A state-appointed inquiry into enforced disappearances during the tenure of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has concluded that hundreds of missing people are likely to have been killed, with evidence pointing to clandestine burials and bodies disposed of in rivers across the country. The commission, established a...
TIANJIN, China (MNTV) — China mediated between India and Pakistan during their four-day military confrontation in May, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, underscoring Beijing’s growing diplomatic role in regional and global conflicts. Speaking at a symposium on international affairs, Wang said China took an “objective and just ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in southeastern Bangladesh have formed a new leadership body through an unprecedented internal vote, seeking to reclaim political voice, improve living conditions, and reassert demands for a safe return to Myanmar, eight years after their mass displacement. The elections ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh Bank has finalized a sweeping consolidation plan to merge five financially stressed Shariah-compliant lenders into a single entity, forming Sammilito Islami Bank PLC, in one of the most significant regulatory interventions in the country’s Islamic banking sector. Under the resolution scheme released on Tue...
