Asia Pacific

Growing Pressure on Dr. Yunus for Early Elections

Sunday, February 9, 2025
When Sheikh Hasina came to power, the new generation (Gen Z) had not seen free, fair, and inclusive elections since 2008. Election observers described the parliament elections under her 15-year autocratic regime as fraud, and the poll results were cropped. The international media had widely reported ...

Bangladesh President Dissolves Parliament

Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Bangladesh President, Mohammed Shahabuddin, has on Tuesday dissolved the country rsquo;s parliament, a key demand of student protesters who led demonstrations that ousted longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina. ldquo;The president has dissolved parliament, rdquo; Shiplu Zaman, press secretary of President ...

FGM: Ebonyi Collaborating With UNICEF, NGWF To Criminalize Practice - Nwifuru's

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
The wife of Ebonyi state Governor, Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru said the state government is collaborating with UNICEF and the Nigeria Governor 39;s Wives forum to enact and enforce laws to criminalize Female Genital cutting and Mutilation. Mrs Nwifuru disclosed this Tuesday, in Abakaliki, Ebo ...

‘our Kids Miss Their Mom’: Husband Of Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva Speaks Out Abou

Saturday, November 11, 2023
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the Tatar-Bashkir service of U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, has been in Russian detention since October 18, when authorities in the western city of Kazan charged her with failure to register herself as a ...

CPJ Urges India To Review ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Threatens Press Freedom

Friday, August 25, 2023
New York, August 25, 2023 mdash;Indian lawmakers must thoroughly review three bills that threaten the independence of the press, and the government should withdraw and significantly amend its new data protection law, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. ldquo;We are gravely concerne ...

The Philippines Rejects The Un’s Radical Leftist Agenda

Friday, January 13, 2023
The Asian country of the Philippines last year November showed the world that despite their material poverty, they are extremely rich in values with their cultural heritage still being largely intact. They roundly rejected the pro-divorce, pro-abortion and pro-same-sex marriage agenda of the Unit ...

Finally! Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa Tenders Resignation

Thursday, July 14, 2022
Sri Lanka rsquo;s President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has formally resigned from office after months of protests by citizens due to the country rsquo;s economic collapse and widespread hardship. According to New York Times, Mr Rajapaksa submitted his resignation by email from Singapore where he fled t ...

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's 'Mango Diplomacy' With Pakistan

Thursday, July 7, 2022
In a show of goodwill, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave 1000 kg of the renowned Amrapali mango< ...

Cambodia, Bangladesh Mark Fifty Years Of Friendly Ties

Sunday, June 12, 2022
June 06, 2022 marked the fifty years of bilateral ties between Cambodia and Bangladesh. Cambodia established friendly relations with Bangladesh on June 06, 1972. The bilateral relations were established in 1972 through the late King Sihanouk of Cambodia and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangl ...

Why Cambodia Now Lavishes Praise On Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina?

Sunday, May 22, 2022
The Cambodian media has published excellent article praising Bangladesh rsquo;s economic model. Cambodian media has lavished praise on Bangladesh and its economic success. At age 51, Bangladesh is going to be a South Asian economic miracle. Although Bangladesh is also a South Asian country , an i ...
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