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Police Headquarters issues safety advisory for Eid
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 20, 2025To ensure a safe celebration of the impending Eid-ul-Fitr with loved ones, the Police Headquarters today issued a safety advise for passengers, bus owners and drivers, and watercraft, including launches, speedboats, and trains. “We are requesting... -
Dhaka urges Italy for measures to resolve visa gridlock
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 20, 2025Today, Dhaka reaffirmed its concern and requested the Italian embassy to take the necessary steps to expedite the resolution of the current visa backlog and to dispose of the applications of prospective Bangladeshi workers. According to... -
Govt committed for polls on time, CA tells Crisis Group
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 20, 2025Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus stated today that the Interim Government is determined to hold the elections on time and would not postpone the vote in response to any requests. The Chief Advisor revealed that his... -
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since their return to power in 2021, the Taliban... -
War monitor says Israel strikes central Syria military site
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025A Syria war monitor said Israeli jets struck a military site in central Syria on Tuesday, the latest such attack in recent days. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Israeli air strikes targeted... -
Netanyahu says Gaza strikes ‘only the beginning’
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that massive overnight strikes on Gaza were “only the beginning” and that future negotiations with Hamas “will take place only under fire”. The strikes, by far the largest... -
US releases final trove of secret Kennedy assassination files
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025The last set of documents pertaining to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, which continues to inspire conspiracy theories over 60 years after his passing, was made public by the US National Archives on Tuesday. The action... -
Driving ban puts brakes on young women in Turkmenistan
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025Mekhri feels “a sense of freedom and self-confidence” when she’s behind the wheel of a car — despite being forced to drive illegally because of an unwritten rule in Turkmenistan preventing women getting a licence. In... -
Giant mine machine swallowing up Senegal’s fertile coast
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025Like something from the science fiction film “Dune”, the “world’s biggest mining dredger” has been swallowing acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal’s vegetables are grown. The jagged 23-kilometre-long (14-mile) scar... -
Google says to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 bn
by News Hour Correspondent - Mar 19, 2025Citing the need for increased cybersecurity capabilities as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into technology infrastructure, Google announced on Tuesday that it will pay $32 billion to purchase cloud security platform Wiz. With the all-cash transaction,...