Bangladesh’s top diplomat elected UN General Assembly leader in tight race
Khalilur Rahman elected as the president of the UNGA’s 81st session, garnering 99 votes in secret ballot.
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Is Bangladesh killing reforms introduced after student-led protests?
A new parliament has cancelled several reforms that were brought in after Hasina’s ouster to improve accountability.
Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea last year, UNHCR says
The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia
Hundreds missing after Rohingya refugee boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN
The UN and International Organization for Migration said about 250 people, including children, are feared missing.
Bangladesh appoints Tamim Iqbal as country’s youngest cricket chief
Former Bangladesh captain takes charge after previous board dissolved.
Suspected measles outbreak kills nearly 100 children in Bangladesh
Health ministry data show children aged six months to five years with suspected measles symptoms soared to 6,476.
‘It all depends on the crop’: Gulf crisis hits South Asia farmers
As sowing season approaches across the region, farmers face scarcity and rising cost of fertiliser.
Bus plunges into Bangladesh river, several killed while ‘trapped inside’
Children among dead after bus carrying 40 passengers, which was attempting to board a ferry, topples into river.
Deaths and debts: Missiles in Gulf shake millions of South Asian families
Most people killed in Iran’s Gulf attacks have been from South Asia. And entire economies back home are on edge.
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Not just energy: How the Iran war could trigger a global food crisis
A critical fertiliser shortage threatens global food security amid Iran war.
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War on Iran: Can fuel rationing, remote work, short sleeves ease oil woes?
Rising oil prices amid the US-Israel war on Iran are pushing nations to readjust their energy policies.
