Bangladesh protesters issue demands amid shaky calm | Protests News
Demonstrators insist they won’t be placated by change in the government job quota system; want curfew lifted, detainees released.Protesters in Bangladesh have issued demands amid…
What’s behind the recurring unrest in Bangladesh? | Protests News
Student protesters won’t stand down despite the top court reducing quotas for government jobs.After weeks of widespread unrest in Bangladesh, the Supreme Court has changed…
How peaceful Bangladesh quota protests morphed into nationwide unrest | Protests News
Dhaka, Bangladesh – For three days, Ahsan Habib, a private university student, was on the streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka protesting against what he believes…
Tajikistan’s glacial crisis: Central Asia’s melting heart | Agriculture
Will we be able to win this race against time, or must we brace ourselves for an impending disaster?As global warming escalates, Tajikistan’s melting glaciers…
Bangladesh court scraps most job quotas that caused deadly unrest: Reports | News
BREAKINGBREAKING, The top court scales back – but did not abolish – a contentious quota system that sparked deadly protests.Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scrapped most…
Why Indians are mad for momos | Food News
Delhi, India – Sonakshi Verma, a college student, pushes her way to order a plate of momos from a corner shop on a busy market…
Slow recovery after CrowdStrike update sparks global IT outage | Technology News
Businesses and services around the world were slowly recovering after a massive technology outage wreaked havoc across the world and raised questions about the vulnerability…
India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher? | Health News
New Delhi, India – India’s actual death toll during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world’s most populous country could be eight…
Bangladesh imposes curfew, deploys army as job quota protests continue | Protests News
The curfew comes amid a telecommunications blackout that has left the country of 170 million cut off from the world.Bangladesh has announced the imposition of…
Bangladesh protest met with violence, communications cut off | Protests
NewsFeedStudent-led protests over a job quota system in Bangladesh are met with police violence and a communications shut-down.Published On 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 Source…
Air India plane bound for US makes emergency landing in Russia | Aviation News
Krasnoyarsk airport says plane carrying 244 passengers and crew was forced to land due to an activated smoke detector.An Air India passenger plane flying from…
Bangladesh student protests over jobs escalate, telecoms disrupted | Protests News
Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted.Dozens of people have been killed in Bangladesh as nationwide…
Video: Bangladesh police detain imam leading funeral prayers | Government
NewsFeedVideo shared by an opposition party in Bangladesh is said to show police detaining an imam as he led funeral prayers for students killed during…
Violent and fatal anti-quota protests rock Bangladesh | Protests
NewsFeedProtests in Bangladesh against the reimposition of a quota system for government jobs have turned deadly. Dozens of people were killed in demonstrations calling for…
What’s behind Pakistan’s move to ban Imran Khan’s PTI? | Politics News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Just last month, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended an olive branch to the leadership of the country’s main opposition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),…
Passenger train derails in India, killing at least two people | News
Rescue and relief services on ‘war footing’ after several carriages jumped tracks, leaving at least four overturned.A passenger train jumped the tracks in India’s northern…
In Kyrgyzstan, an ‘unprecedented crackdown’ on free press raises alarm | Freedom of the Press
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Warsaw, Poland – Last year, Aidai Irgebai had a serious talk with her two sons, aged nine and seven. The boys would…
Who are the protesters demanding an end to job quotas in Bangladesh? | Business and Economy News
Bangladesh has been rocked by student protests for nearly three weeks. Since July 1, university students have been protesting across the country to demand the…
How to stay cool and treat heatstroke during record-breaking temperatures | Climate News
Heatstroke is a severe medical condition that occurs when a human body’s internal temperature exceeds 40C (104F). Here are some tips to help minimise its…
Bangladesh shuts schools and universities after six killed in protests | Protests News
Bangladesh has ordered schools and universities across the country to close indefinitely after six people were killed in protests over quotas in government jobs. Every…