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Women's rights groups demand state recognition of domestic work

Dhaka, May 8 -- Women's rights activists have called on the government to officially recognise the economic value of domestic work and ensure necessary budget allocations for women's health, safety, a... Read More


Women's rights groups demand state recognition of household work

Dhaka, May 8 -- Women's rights activists have called on the government to officially recognise the economic value of household work and ensure necessary budget allocations for women's health, safety, ... Read More


Monkey attacks drive Udayapur farmers out of villages

Udayapur, May 8 -- Chakra Bahadur Magrati of Bhadaure, Tapli Rural Municipality-5, in the remote hilly region of Udayapur, has been forced to abandon the fields he spent a lifetime tilling, along with... Read More


Vietnamese leader hopes for stronger ties with Sri Lanka's Hayleys PLC

Colombo, May 8 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam received Mohan Pandithage, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka's t... Read More


Why Chure's preservation is a matter of emergency

Nepal, May 8 -- The Chure range, a string of low hills stretching from Mechi in the east to Mahakali in the west, once supplied enough groundwater to Nepal's southern plains, which were vital for sust... Read More


DMP plans four new police stations in Dhaka

Dhaka, May 8 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is planning to establish four new police stations in different parts of the capital to strengthen policing and improve public services. One proposa... Read More


In Kathmandu's squatter eviction drive, animals are collateral damage

Kathmandu, May 8 -- The rain had been falling on and off all afternoon over the Balkhu riverbank. What remained of the settlement-broken walls, scattered debris, patches of open ground where homes had... Read More


Cyberabad SHE Teams apprehend 32 in week-long decoy operations

Hyderabad, May 8 -- Cyberabad SHE Teams between Saturday, May 2 and Thursday, May 7, conducted 99 decoy operations and caught 32 persons red-handed indulging in indecent acts in public places. The SH... Read More


Bangladesh, Pakistan sign MoU to prevent drug trafficking

Dhaka, May 8 -- Bangladesh and Pakistan on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation to prevent illegal trafficking and abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotro... Read More


US adds 115,000 jobs in April, unemployment rate at 4.3% amid Iran-linked energy disruption

New Delhi, May 8 -- The US economy created 115,000 jobs in April, highlighting that the labour market remained relatively resilient despite the global energy disruption caused by the US-Iran war. Mean... Read More