60 pc of primary-school-age girls not receiving education: UNICEF

According to UNICEF, 60 per cent of girls and 46 per cent of boys of primary school age are currently not...

Chinese mining company to invest USD 350mn in Afghanistan: Report

Fan China Afghan Mining Processing and Trading Company (FAMPTC) has said that it would spend USD 350 million in...

Afghanistan: Taliban asks beauty salon owners to close

Following the Taliban order to ban beauty salons run by women in several provinces across Afghanistan, the Director...

Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 jolts Afghanistan

The quake occured at 01:02:12 (IST) at a depth of 100 km. According to NCS, the epicentre of the earthquake was...

Afghan children malnourished due to poverty, says kin

Some of the families in Kabul have complained that their children have become malnourished due to poverty and lack...

"Tomorrow is big chance for us": Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi believes that the second ODI game against Bangladesh on Saturday will be...

Doctors at Kabul's Ibn Sina Hospital report 40 pc rise in illness

As per some doctors, the primary reasons for the rise in seasonal ailments in the capital are the warming of the...

Tamim Iqbal takes U-turn, withdraws retirement

Tamim's change of decision came following an intervention by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Their meeting...

Litton Das to captain Bangladesh after Tamim Iqbal's retirement

Litton could be a temporary captain for this series as Shakib Al Hasan is the frontrunner to become captain of the...

Afghanistan: One killed, three injured in road accident in Parwan

One person was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Parwan province of Afghanistan on Friday,...

BCB president Hassan insists Tamim to reconsider his retirement

Addressing a press conference in Dhaka, Hassan said, "I told his brother Nafees that he should at least captain the...

Afghanistan: Women makeup artists protest ban on beauty salons

More than 60,000 women in Afghanistan are at risk of losing their jobs after the Taliban ordered the closure of...