Two million stranded as worst floods in decades hit Bangladesh
Many parts of Bangladesh are prone to flooding, and experts say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events around the world.
Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage
Sri Lankan authorities on Friday closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that is expected to last days amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades. Sri Lanka is now almost without gasoline and faces an acute shortage of other …
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‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to boost productivity. A decision in April last year by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ban all chemical fertilisers drastically cut yields and although …
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Nepal reports first African swine fever outbreak
Nepal has 1,426 susceptible and 1,364 active cases of the African swine fever as of Thursday evening, said the animal organisation that has a mandate to improve animal health and welfare throughout the world.
Security breach incidents surge in Afghanistan
Residents confirmed the killing. In another incident on the same day, two former soldiers were killed in Balkh’s Marmol district, while none of them had a link to any resistance group since the Taliban took control of Kabul.
Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis: Top developments
Sri Lanka is currently struggling with acute food and electricity shortages and the recession is attributed to foreign exchange shortages caused by a clampdown on tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lankan PM to present 21st Amendment on curbing President’s powers before Cabinet next week: Report
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe plans to present the key 21st Amendment to the Constitution before the Cabinet next week, after holding wide-ranging discussions with the Attorney General and top lawmakers, a media report said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka falls into default for the first time ever
Policy makers had flagged to creditors that the nation wouldn’t be able to make payments until the debt is restructured, and is therefore in pre-emptive default, central bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said at a briefing Thursday. The coupon payments, originally due April 18, were worth $78 million combined on notes maturing 2023 and 2028, with …
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World’s highest weather station installed on Mt. Everest
A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mt. Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena, the Nepalese media reported on Thursday.
Lanka’s ex-strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa makes 1st appearance in Parliament since quitting as PM
Sri Lanka’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday made his first appearance in Parliament since he was forced to resign as prime minister and take shelter in a navy camp under high security amidst violent protests against the economic crisis largely blamed on the Rajapaksas.
New Sri Lanka PM to sell airline, print money to pay salaries
The new administration plans to privatize Sri Lankan Airlines, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a televised address to the nation Monday. The premier pledged to announce a new “relief” budget to replace President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s “development” budget that helped stoke Asia’s fastest inflation rate.