JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (MNTV) — Lost Land, the first feature film made entirely in the Rohingya language, has won the Best Film Award at this year’s Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, marking a groundbreaking moment for one of the world’s most persecuted and voiceless communities. The film, directed by Japanese filmmaker Akio Fujimot...
MALÉ, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives will host next year’s SAFF U20 Championship, securing the return of a major international football tournament to the island nation after a four-year pause in regional trust and cooperation. The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), which confirmed the decision, had previously withheld hosting rights from ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Nearly five million people across Bangladesh are now living as internally displaced persons due to recurring climate-driven disasters, according to a new nationwide assessment that underscores the scale and permanence of the country’s displacement crisis. The findings, published by the International Organization for ...
DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) — The Bollywood film Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh, has been banned from release across six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, following reports of concerns over its perceived anti-Pakistan messaging. According to industry sources...
By Safeer Raza GILGIT-BALTISTAN, Pakistan (MNTV) — As winter advances across northern Pakistan, life in the high mountain valleys is reshaped by severe cold, heavy snowfall and cascading impacts on infrastructure, energy supply and local economies. From Gilgit and Skardu to remote settlements across Hunza, Nagar, Ghizer and Diamer, residents ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh and India on Tuesday completed a coordinated repatriation of detained fishermen, exchanging 32 Bangladeshis and 47 Indians held for maritime boundary violations in the Bay of Bengal — a recurring flashpoint that often traps impoverished coastal communities in cross-border legal disputes. According to a sta...
BANGKOK, Thailand (MNTV) — Civil society leaders and humanitarian experts from across the Asia-Pacific have warned that the Rohingya refugee crisis is approaching a breaking point, urging governments and international agencies to match humanitarian aid with real political pressure on Myanmar’s military authorities. Speaking at a seminar on the...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has passed sweeping legal reforms introducing the death penalty for drug trafficking for the first time in the country’s history, after President Dr Mohamed Muizzu ratified major amendments to the Drugs Act, transforming the country’s criminal justice framework around narcotics offenses. The amendments, whi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh is preparing to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest flag-bearing parachute display as part of nationwide commemorations marking Victory Day on December 16, which marks the country’s independence following the 1971 Liberation War. According to a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has recorded a remarkable achievement on the global academic stage, after its student delegation won nine silver medals and 22 bronze medals at the World Mathematics Team Championship (WMTC) 2025 held in Bangkok, Thailand, marking one of the country’s strongest performances in an international STEM competi...
