Story Archive
2021-08-16
Indonesia, Bangladesh monitoring Afghanistan security situation; Philippines mandates repatriation of about 130 citizens.
2021-08-15
A survivor told BenarNews that his wife and four children were missing at sea.
2021-08-13
The nation cut eyesight loss by 35 percent over two decades among people aged 30 and above, health officials say.
2021-08-11
The alleged militants sought to attach explosives to drones and target government installations, officials say. Kamran Reza
2021-08-10
Ninety-five organizations ask Secretary of State Blinken to take action.
2021-08-09
As Bangladesh resumes mass inoculations, some patrons report chaos at jammed vaccination venues.
2021-08-05
Refugee says he needs to find work as humanitarian food aid is not enough.
2021-08-04
Lack of land, wind hamper efforts to move away from coal, traditional power sources, officials say.
2021-07-27
Rickety shelters for displaced refugees prove dangerous because they are built on hills, experts say.
2021-07-22
Joblessness in Bangladesh amid the pandemic has spurred an increase in irregular migration to Europe.
2021-07-16
Tokyo-bound competitors from South, Southeast Asia mix coronavirus tests and quarantine with training.
2021-07-13
In Southeast Asia, Thai official defends vaccine-mixing, while in Malaysia, inoculation center shuts after 200 staff test positive.
2021-07-12
Many of them working at the juice manufacturing plant were underage, police and the missing children’s families said.
2021-07-09
Six-story building had only two exits, one of which was locked, fire service officials say.
2021-07-09
Dhaka hosted the first summit of finance ministers from Vulnerable 20 group to discuss “planetary emergency.”
