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Who is Khalilur Rahman, Bangladesh FM who beat Cyprus to UNGA presidency?
Rahman, a career diplomat who held several portfolios at the global body, beats Cyprus’s Ambassador Andreas Kakouris.
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US-Israeli war on Iran will push 30 million back into poverty, UN warns
Disruption to fuel and fertiliser supplies due to the Strait of Hormuz closure will hit crop yields, UNDP chief warns.
Is Bangladesh killing reforms introduced after student-led protests?
A new parliament has cancelled several reforms that were brought in after Hasina’s ouster to improve accountability.
Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea last year, UNHCR says
The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia
Hundreds missing after Rohingya refugee boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN
The UN and International Organization for Migration said about 250 people, including children, are feared missing.
Bangladesh appoints Tamim Iqbal as country’s youngest cricket chief
Former Bangladesh captain takes charge after previous board dissolved.
Suspected measles outbreak kills nearly 100 children in Bangladesh
Health ministry data show children aged six months to five years with suspected measles symptoms soared to 6,476.
‘It all depends on the crop’: Gulf crisis hits South Asia farmers
As sowing season approaches across the region, farmers face scarcity and rising cost of fertiliser.
Bus plunges into Bangladesh river, several killed while ‘trapped inside’
Children among dead after bus carrying 40 passengers, which was attempting to board a ferry, topples into river.
Deaths and debts: Missiles in Gulf shake millions of South Asian families
Most people killed in Iran’s Gulf attacks have been from South Asia. And entire economies back home are on edge.
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Not just energy: How the Iran war could trigger a global food crisis
A critical fertiliser shortage threatens global food security amid Iran war.
