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Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladeshi police have arrested a journalist of a leading daily under a controversial media law following the publishing of a story that criticized rising food prices in the country. Shamsuzzaman Shams, a correspondent for Prothom Alo, was detained in the early hours of Wednesday at his home in the industrial town of … Read more
Among the bleakest findings in the latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released last week, is the conclusion that climate resilient development will be increasingly out of reach in some regions if global temperatures increase above 2C. And this challenge will be even harder to overcome with every subsequent … Read more
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran produce half of the world’s dates. As the sun goes down during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, many Muslims will reach for a date, a sweet brown fruit, to break their fasts. During these 29 or 30 daysable-bodied, observant Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations during … Read more
For the past year and a half, the Taliban has taken the international community and the Afghan population on a ride – a ride so wild that it has left its own high-ranking officials dizzy as well. The Taliban government has consistently backtracked on promises and stripped citizens of more and more rights. The policies … Read more
New Delhi, India – Tasmida Johar, India’s first woman graduate from the displaced Rohingya community, says she is going through a “conflicting feeling” these days. “I feel happy about these headlines, ‘first this, first that’, but at the same time, it also makes me sad. I am happy because this is my achievement, of making … Read more
At least six people were killed and several others wounded in the second attack near the foreign ministry since January. At least six people have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry in Kabul, the second attack near the ministry this year, according to officials. The attacker was targeted by … Read more
Leader of India’s Congress party Gandhi was stripped of his seat after he was convicted of defamation over a remark on PM Modi. India’s leading opposition figure Rahul Gandhi has promised to keep fighting for democracy after blaming his expulsion from parliament on his demands for a probe into a key business ally of Prime … Read more
Afghanistan edge out an inexperienced Pakistan side in Sharjah series opener. Afghanistan beat Pakistan by six wickets in the series opener on Friday, the Afghan side’s first T20 win over its neighbours. Pakistan, without five rested front-line players, including captain Babar Azam, struggled on a slow and low pitch at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan – Afghanistan and Pakistan are set to resume their cricket rivalry, facing off in the first bilateral series in years. The game on Friday starting at 7pm (16:00 GMT) will be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It will be the first of three T20 International (T20I) matches … Read more
Nashik, India – Aarti Ambore, 17, says she saw her childhood slipping away when her father suddenly died of a heart attack in September 2021. Gajanan, her father, was a laborer and the only earning member of their family of five. He was only 47. Living in a slum in India’s western state of Maharashtra, … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan Muhammed Zubair Khan was buying groceries at a shop in Abbottabad city in northwest Pakistan when he felt the ground shaking. “The shopkeeper suddenly started shouting ‘earthquake’ as I was buying things and all of us in the shop ran towards the open road,” the 46-year-old writer told Al Jazeera over the telephone. … Read more
We know poetry is subjective, but why don’t you take the quiz below to rate ChatGPT’s poetic prowess? Every year on March 21, Unesco celebrates World Poetry Day. Adopted in 1999, the occasion honors poets and pays tribute to expanding linguistic variety and sharing oral traditions through poetic forms. Poetry is believed to have originated … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the police action against him and his supporters as a sign of “fascism” in the country. “Fascism at unprecedented levels with police in Islamabad raiding homes without warrants to abduct PTI workers. Where the worker is not present, children as young as 10 yrs … Read more
Doha, Qatar – Karachi United’s footballer Sanjar Qadir receives a pass from his captain and races towards the goal with the ball. It is the dying moments of the match. The score is tied 0-0. If Qadir scores, it would not only win his team the match but also round off a memorable trip to … Read more
In a separate case, the Islamabad High Court suspends an arrest warrant issued against the PTI chief. The Lahore High Court has granted protective bail to former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in multiple legal cases filed against him earlier this week. The development on Friday came after days of a tense standoff between Khan’s … Read more
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