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Rahmatullah Ezati plays back a film reel in the projection room of the historic Ariana Cinema in Kabul, Afghanistan on 8 November 2021 before it was demolished in December 2025 by Taliban authorities to make way for a new shopping centre. Photo: Bram Janssen/AP via UNB

Historic Ariana Cinema in Kabul demolished for shopping complex

The Ariana Cinema was closed after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, when authorities banned most forms of entertainment, including films and music

Screengrab from viral video of miscreants purportedly vandalising Christmas decoration at Magneto Mall in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Photo: Hindustan Times/X/@PKM_Mary_Church

Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Assam: How pre-Christmas vandalism rocked parts of India

Myanmar soldiers from the 77th light infantry division walk along a street during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 28, 2021. Picture taken February 28, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Myanmar to hold third phase of election voting on January 25: State media

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman gestures with his hand before addressing the reception rally held, marking his homecoming from London after more than 17 years of exile, 300 feet road, Dhaka on 25 December 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Tarique Rahman's homecoming: A view from India

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivers a speech during a ceremony for the delivery of the first Rafale fighter to the Indian Air Force at the factory of French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Merignac near Bordeaux, France, October 8, 2019. File Photo: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

India ready to induct next-generation missile system in the armed forces

India and Bangladesh flags side by side/Collected

Crisis Group urges Indian, Bangladeshi political parties to exercise restraint

Hindutva outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal hold a protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on 23 December 2025. Photo: Collected

Police, protesters face off outside Bangladesh missions in Delhi, Kolkata

Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir holds a microphone during his visit at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) to witness the Exercise Hammer Strike, a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army's Mangla Strike Corps, in Mangla, Pakistan on 1 May 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Pakistan strikes $4 billion deal to sell weapons to Libyan force, officials say

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on 12 May 2025. Photo: Collected

India and New Zealand announce successful FTA agreement

Shashi Tharoor. Photo: Collected

Unruly elements running amok in Bangladesh… Yunus can't just wring his hands: Shashi Tharoor

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File photo: Hindustan Times

Modi flags 'infiltration' from Bangladesh for the second consecutive day

FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

Imran Khan calls for nationwide protests in Pakistan after 17-year sentence in graft case

File Photo: ICC

Tripura politician Debbarma criticises Rs 9.20cr IPL signing of Bangladeshi bowler Mustafiz