カテゴリー: Global development
Rights groups warn that children across the world are being pushed into abusive situations, from early marriage to child labour Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, Unicef is warning, with many at risk of never retu…
Decades of persecution has left the Shia minority with little space left in its graveyards but prime minister Imran Khan is in no hurry to listenAhmed Shah had always dreamed of bigger things. Though just 17, the high school pupil had taken a job in th…
Campaigners say widespread homophobia in the conservative Islamic country is being inflamed by calls to decriminalise same-sex unionsUzbekistan’s LGBTQ+ community says it is facing increasing threats and repression after anti-LGBTQ+ protests turned vio…
The waste caught by fishing boats used to be thrown back into the sea but in Kerala it is now turned into black goldFor years, plastic caught by fishing communities on the Kollam coast in India’s southern state of Kerala was thrown back into the water,…
Murders of two volunteers and a nurse come one day after relaunch of national vaccination campaignTwo female volunteers and a nurse working door to door to vaccinate children against polio were shot dead by gunmen in two separate incidents in the Afgha…
About 3,000 estimated to have crossed over after junta attacks areas mostly populated by Karen people A series of airstrikes by Myanmar’s military has driven thousands of people across the country’s border with Thailand, adding a new dimension to an al…
Bloody crackdowns and massacres initiate anger and stronger desire for a future without the TatmadawFrom soldiers randomly shooting passersby in the street to imminent economic collapse, anxieties have been plentiful in Myanmar since its military seize…
A rickshaw rider, a domestic worker, a student and a photographer on how their lives have changedThe making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of BangladeshHabibur Rahman, 48, rickshaw rider Continue reading…
In the half century since independence, the capital has grown from peaceful town to economic hub. But does it live up to the dreams of those still flocking to work there?‘Bangladesh has come a long way’: people of Dhaka on half a century of independenc…
UK-led action ramps up scrutiny of the regime against a backdrop of worsening human rights abusesCivil rights groups have welcomed a UK-led UN resolution on Sri Lanka as a “crucial turning point for justice” for victims of the country’s nearly 30-year-…
Refugees caught up in the deadly blaze describe panic and despair after fire tore through the Balukhali area on Monday Marium Khatun, 40, was feeding her 10-month-old son at home when she first saw the fire and smoke nearby. Realising a huge blaze was …
At least 15 people killed as blaze spread across Bangladesh camp of about 124,000 refugees from MyanmarHundreds of people are missing with at least 15 confirmed dead, including three children, after a fire tore through a camp for Rohingya refugees in B…
On the barricades and in border hideouts there is a growing mood to take the fight to the military after the coup that has left more than 200 deadAs an adolescent, Aung, 27, wanted to enlist in the Myanmar military until his family spelt out the horror…
The 13 new constables have overcome society’s prejudice to win a place at Chhattisgarh’s training academyThe top police officer in Chhattisgarh state, Durgesh Awasthi, has nothing but praise for his new recruits. He suspects, he says, some of them will…