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Is Bangladesh Going to be a Victim of Chinese Debt…

Hussain Shazzad Bangladesh, the second highest recipient of China’s investment in South Asia after Pakistan, imports the highest volume of goods from China making it Bangladesh's largest trading partner. This is the beginning of the story where China offers Bangladesh financial assistance and development experience for its ‘big-ticket megaprojects’ to

Modi U-turns on Indian farm laws after mass protests

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India will scrap three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of huge protests by

Has the World Forgotten the Plight of the Rohingyas?

Kazi Mohammad Jamshed As of July 2021, only $366 million of the total required, around $1 billion, humanitarian assistance fund

New prison riot in Ecuador leaves 68 dead

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP-RSS) – Prison inmates from rival gangs in Ecuador fought each other with guns, explosives and blades in

Japan’s PM Kishida declares victory after ‘very tough’ election

TOKYO (AFP/RSS) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Monday after leading his ruling coalition to a strong

US vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department said Friday that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of

Physics Nobel rewards work on complex systems, like climate

By DAVID KEYTON and SETH BORENSTEIN STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for work that

Ex-Facebook employee says products hurt kids, fuel division

By MARCY GORDON WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant’s

Former Foreign Minister Kishida wins Japan party vote, to become…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set

Japan ex-diplomat Kishida wins party vote, to become new PM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set