DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — A new commercial hub for the technology sector has opened in the capital, marking another step in Bangladesh’s push to expand its digital economy. The 15-storey Dhaka Computer City, developed on New Eskaton Road, brings together technology businesses, service providers, and innovators under one roof. Unveiled on Sund...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has been named among the world’s most desirable island destinations, earning bronze at the 2025 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards in London, reaffirming its global reputation for natural beauty and sustainable tourism. According to the state-run Public Service Media, the award was received by Ibrahim Shiuree,...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s central bank is preparing the country’s first comprehensive policy on the use of artificial intelligence in finance, as part of efforts to modernize regulation and secure digital systems amid a fast-evolving financial landscape. Bangladesh Bank, the state institution responsible for monetary policy and f...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s weightlifter Marjia Akter Ekra has secured the nation’s first medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games, clinching bronze in the women’s 53kg weightlifting category at the Boulevard SEF Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ekra lifted a total of 163kg — 72kg in snatch and 91kg in clean and jerk — […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Tensions flared this week in northern India after members of a Hindu nationalist group attempted to perform religious rituals at a centuries-old Muslim tomb, drawing comparisons to the Babri Masjid demolition that triggered one of the most violent communal episodes in India’s modern history. The confrontation occurred...
MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has announced a new investor residency program designed to attract high-net-worth individuals seeking long-term residence in the Indian Ocean archipelago, marking a major step toward economic diversification beyond tourism. Unveiled by Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed at the 19th Global Citizenship Conferenc...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has sounded alarm over a deepening humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, warning that shrinking international aid could erase years of progress in protecting children’s lives and education. During a four-day visit to Cox’s Bazar, home to nearly one millio...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — More than half of Bangladesh’s state-run climate fund has been lost to corruption and political interference over the past 15 years, according to a new study that raises serious concerns about transparency in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations. The report by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)...
NEW YORK (MNTV) — Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor has sparked renewed optimism across the South Asian-American community, long under-represented in U.S. politics but increasingly active in local and state races. Mamdani, 34, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, mark...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Hindu extremist mob brutally attacked a Muslim family in Ghaziabad, a city bordering India’s capital New Delhi, after a video of a Muslim teenage girl saying she would eat beef went viral — reigniting debate over rising religious vigilantism under India’s Hindu supremacist government. According to Maktoob Media, the...
