The secretary-general says the UN is ready to support Bangladesh in resolving the Rohingya crisis Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has highly applauded Bangladesh’s tremendous ... ( read original story ...)
India find 81 Rohingya adrift at sea, asks Bangladesh to take them
India’s coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh PM’s younger sister gets first shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Rehana, the younger sister of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received her first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Rehana received the shot on4, Dhaka Tribune reported. "Shaikh Rehana, the ... ( read original story ...)
Umar Akmal: Pakistan batsman’s ban reduced to 12 months
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's 18-month ban for failing to report corrupt approaches is reduced to a year by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan passes ‘historic’ bill banning corporal punishment of children
Ban on violence against children will only apply in Islamabad, but campaigners hope rest of the country will follow suit ... ( read original story ...)
Iran says it’s investigating shooting deaths at border with Pakistan
Iran is investigating an incident in which at least two Iranians were shot dead this week at the border with Pakistan, and Islamabad has handed over the body of one of the victims, the Iranian foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia authorises private COVID-19 vaccination scheme
Indonesia has authorised a private vaccination scheme to run alongside its national programme so that companies can buy state-procured vaccines to inoculate their staff, a ministerial regulation ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific Coronavirus News: India’s tally rises to 11,063,491, Indonesia reports 8,232 new cases
Volunteers give flowers to a motorcyclist without helmet under an Awareness Programme on Road Safety and Traffic Rules, on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of ... ( read original story ...)
The first woman MP of India
Muthulakshmi Reddy fought patriarchy and discrimination to become India's first woman lawmaker. Pre-colonial communities’ history of gender fluidity. Priyanka Dewan was born with intellectual ... ( read original story ...)
The pandemic has worsened Africa’s debt crisis. China and other countries are stepping in.
With the covid-19 crisis exacerbating economic crisis in Africa’s low-income countries, economists and other experts argue that debt relief is essential. While the Trump administration and others have ... ( read original story ...)