World Japan lifts state of emergency - but not for major cities. Posted . Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency in large parts of the country on Thursday ... ( read original story ...)
First coronavirus case at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
WHO confirms Rohingya man has tested positive, raising fears of rapid spread through camps ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh says coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp – official
The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the camps in southern Bangladesh that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday, as humanitarian groups warned ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh unions urge factories to do more to protect workers from coronavirus
Garment manufacturers in Bangladesh are failing to meet their own safety guidelines set up to protect workers from the coronavirus as factories reopen, union leaders have warned. ( read original story ...)
Ireland: Home games against New Zealand and Pakistan called off because of Covid-19 restrictions
Ireland announce the postponement of home matches against New Zealand and Pakistan because of the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Ertugrul and the lure of Turkish dramas in Pakistan
In Pakistan, the show's popularity reveals reverence for the Ottoman Empire and a hankering for a glorious Muslim past. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Pakistan’s deficit and poverty rate to soar due to coronavirus
Pakistan's fiscal deficit will be significantly worse than projected this fiscal year, with the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic pushing millions into unemployment and poverty, according to ... ( read original story ...)
India’s ‘Maximum City’ Engulfed by Coronavirus
Overflowing hospitals. Exhausted cops. Desperate slums. Here are images from Mumbai as the coronavirus upends the metropolis. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus lockdown: India announces free food for fleeing migrants
India will provide free food to migrants for two months as part of a $266bn (£216bn) economic plan to combat the effect of the Covid-19 lockdown. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said grain ... ( read original story ...)
‘I found the roots of electronic music in a cupboard!’: the tale of India’s lost techno pioneers
In the 1960s, a group of Indian students accidentally invented minimal techno – and hoped their synths could cure disease. A new documentary unearths their story ... ( read original story ...)