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    Sri Lanka’s Crisis of Legitimacy

    In this period of national trauma, all is not lost to Sri Lanka. The political and economic upheavals may yet usher a renewed commitment...
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    A new study has documented the extent of plastic ingestion as an emerging threat to endangered Asian Elephants in Uttarakhand. The researchers say that...
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    Building a Heatwave-Resistant India

    Heat waves may have warmed the environment — but India’s response to them remains lukewarm, if not cold. A more sustained and aggressive policy...
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    Bangladesh Gets US$ 500 Million World Bank Financing for Flood Risk Management

    The credit will provide a leg up for the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 that aims to attain a safe, climate resilient and prosperous delta...
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    Gang Wars Cripple Haiti

    A year after Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was assassinated by armed gangsters, armed gangs are back on the streets and control most of the...
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    Pakistan: Ten Baby Steps by Lawmakers Promise Working Women a Giant Leap

    Pakistan’s home-based women workers face some of the most challenging working conditions and remain highly vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination, says a recent World...
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    Women’s Justice in India ‘Enhanced By Female Police’

    The increase in domestic incident reports in India was found to be linked to help desks run by female police officers. Help desks found...
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    ILO-WHO Global Study on Gender Pay Gap in Health and Care Sector Silent on India

    Lower wages and discrimination come out as important features of the challenges women employed in the health and care face, according to an ILO...
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    Russia Offers Rupee Route to Unlock Bangladesh Payments and Trade

    The ERD preparatory work now under way will determine how forcefully Bangladesh presses its own priorities when the two sides sit down later this year.
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    US Unveils $500M Push for Domestic Fertiliser Independence Amid Hormuz Disruptions

    Analysts project that without such investments, ongoing global risks – geopolitical, climatic, and logistical – could keep prices elevated and margins tight for farmers into 2026 and beyond.
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    Sri Lanka’s Care Sector in Crisis: Calls Grow for Urgent Regulation and Reform

    Rising cases of dementia and chronic conditions among the elderly demand specialised approaches currently lacking in most facilities.

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    Russia Offers Rupee Route to Unlock Bangladesh Payments and Trade

    The ERD preparatory work now under way will determine how forcefully Bangladesh presses its own priorities when the two sides sit down later this year.
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    US Unveils $500M Push for Domestic Fertiliser Independence Amid Hormuz Disruptions

    Analysts project that without such investments, ongoing global risks – geopolitical, climatic, and logistical – could keep prices elevated and margins tight for farmers into 2026 and beyond.
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