At least 1,017 die and nearly 209,000 infected, making 2023 the deadliest year since first recorded epidemic in 2000.#Health #WorldHealthOrganization #Asia #Bangladesh
Bangladesh dengue deaths cross 1,000 in worst outbreak on record
Instead of legitimate jobs, 107 men from Bangladesh became slaves in Vanuatu working under the threat of harm, death.#Features #Crime #HumanRights #HumanTrafficking #Slavery #Asia #AsiaPacific #Bangladesh #Vanuatu
Paradise prison: How 107 Bangladeshis became enslaved on a Pacific island
HRW says firms are ditching old ships for scrap in dangerous conditions, killing workers who pull them apart.#Environment #Shipping #Asia #Bangladesh
European companies dumping toxic ships on Bangladesh beaches, HRW says
Bangladesh's top batter will miss the World Cup due to persistent back injury; Shakib al-Hasan will lead the team.
Bangladesh’s top batter will miss the World Cup due to persistent back injury; Shakib al-Hasan will lead the team.#Sports #Cricket #ICCCricketWorldCup #Asia #Bangladesh #India
Bangladesh omit injured Tamim Iqbal from ICC Cricket World Cup squad
Bangladesh is facing a growing political crisis ahead of its general election in January.Opposition parties have been holding large protests calling for the ...#2024Bangladeshigeneralelection #AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AwamiLeagueparty #BNP #Bangladesh #BangladeshNationalistParty #BangladeshPM #Bangladeshantigovernmentprotests #Bangladeshjatiotabadiainjibiforum #Bangladeshopposition #Dhaka #KhaledaZia #Protests #SheikhHasina #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #bangladeshprotests #bangladeshrally
Bangladesh opposition demands an interim gov't oversee elections
Indian women's team beat in-form Sri Lanka by 19 runs, while Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets for bronze.#Sports #Cricket #Asia #AsiaPacific #Bangladesh #China #India #Pakistan #SriLanka
India beat Sri Lanka to win maiden women’s cricket gold at Asian Games
Abdul Momen tells Al Jazeera that Bangladesh is capable of conducting free and fair polls in the wake of US visa curbs.#Asia #Bangladesh #UnitedStates #US&Canada
Bangladesh FM says not bothered by US visa curbs, promises free elections
Several Western governments express concern over political climate as Bangladesh is set to hold elections in January.#Elections #EuropeanUnion #Asia #Bangladesh #Europe
No EU election team for Bangladesh amid concerns over free and fair vote
Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan of Odhikar group documented extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.#HumanRights #Asia #Bangladesh
Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years
It took six hours for military forces and firefighters to contain the blaze, likely caused by an electric short circuit.#Gallery #Asia #Bangladesh
Photos: Hundreds of shops gutted in market fire in Bangladesh
As Yunus faces corruption and labour law charges, global figures say country's only Nobel winner is being 'persecuted.#Government #Asia #Bangladesh
Why world figures urged Bangladesh to stop ‘harassment’ of a Nobel laureate
French president says visit offers a 'third way' in a region 'facing new imperialism' as China's influence grows.#EmmanuelMacron #Asia #Bangladesh #Europe #France
Macron visits Bangladesh to ‘consolidate’ France’s Indo-Pacific push
Nearly 2,000 people die by suicide every day. Yet, many nations punish those who need help. Finally, that's changing.#Opinions #MentalHealth #Africa #Asia #AsiaPacific #Bangladesh #Ghana #Guyana #LatinAmerica #Malaysia #Pakistan
From Ghana to Guyana, hope mounts in fight against suicide criminalisation
Six nations will become full-fledged members of the #BRICS group of nations starting January 2024, after their candidacies were approved by leaders of the current member states, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. The expansion topped the agenda of the summit in #Johannesburg this week.
#Argentina, #Egypt, #Ethiopia, #Iran, #SaudiArabia, and the #UnitedArabEmirates were welcomed as new members on Thursday. The bloc currently consists of #Brazil, #Russia, #India, #China, and #SouthAfrica.
Ethiopia really stands out as a rather bizarre choice, until one takes into account that it is the 14th most populous state on Earth, ahead of both #Vietnam and #Turkey, two states that I was expecting to join BRICS. Argentina is also a little odd, as I would have expected #Venezuela, with its #oil riches, to join first, but it’s possible that its problems with #foreign #interference into its elections and its government might have prevented it from applying to the new organization.
Anyhow, what this indicates is that BRICS is as interested in raw numbers as it is in oil or technological advancement. So #Pakistan, #Indonesia, #Nigeria, and perhaps even #Bangladesh would appear to be on the short list, although conflict with India might keep Pakistan out and Nigeria appears to be among the #African nations most firmly attached to the #G7 states.
As the #BRICS' share of global GDP surpasses that of the G7, many Global South states are clamoring to join the alliance.
🦺 Die Crew der #LifeSupport hat am frühen Abend 35 Menschen in internationalen Gewässern im zentralen #Med 35 Menschen aus Seenot gerettet. Sie flohen aus #Palästina, #Syrien und #Bangladesh.
Grazie @emergency_ong / @emergency_ngo per queste 35 vite! ❤️
https://twitter.com/emergency_ong/status/1652384073078439936
It was assumed that the evacuation of employees of the diplomatic missions of the United States , Great Britain , #France and China from Sudan would pass through the #Khartoum airport. However, the United States embassy said that it was unsafe to conduct a coordinated evacuation at the moment due to the ongoing fighting and the active work of air defense and aviation.
The evacuation of citizens and embassies of $Jordan , #Libya , #Saudi
Arabia and the #UAE passes through Port Sudan , which is already beginning to receive warships from other countries. According to the Saudi Foreign Ministry, more than 150 people have already been successfully evacuated, including citizens of Saudi Arabia, #Kuwait, #Qatar, UAE, #Egypt, #Tunisia, #Pakistan, #India, #Bulgaria, #Bangladesh, the #Philippines, #Canada and #BurkinaFaso.
The Chinese state calls the Saudi embassy to discuss the possibility of saving Chinese citizens in Sudan through Saudi army ships.
#Sudan #africa #civilwar #politics
With U.S. and European sanctions barring #Russia from much of the international banking system, Dhaka has been scrambling for ways to settle repayments worth $110 million for the still under construction Rooppur power plant. But last week, a high-level delegation from Russia and #Bangladesh's Ministry of Finance agreed that the bills could be paid in #yuan.
#Politics #Economy #NuclearPower #China
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Bangladesh-finds-way-to-pay-Russia-for-nuclear-plant-with-yuan
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#India made at least 84 internet blocks in 2022, according to the analysis. It thus holds the top spot for the fifth year in a row. #Ukraine suffered 22 blockages caused by the Russian #military as part of its war of aggression. #Iran follows in third place with 18 shutdowns - a new national annual record due to massive demonstrations in the country. Other countries affected included #Afghanistan, #Algeria, #Armenia, #Azerbaijan, #Bangladesh, #Brazil, #China, #Cuba, #Ethiopia, #Iraq, #Jordan, #Kazakhstan, #Libya, #Myanmar, #Nigeria, #Oman, #Pakistan, #Russia, #SriLanka, #Sudan, #Syria, #Turkey, #Tunisia, #Uganda, #Yemen and #Zimbabwe.
#politics #censorship #humanrights #problem #news #blocking #www #web #shutdown
