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    Bangladesh

    Shrine Attacks Surge Across Bangladesh Amid Impunity Concerns

    Civil society groups and Sufi organisations have urged the government to treat shrine attacks as a national security issue rather than isolated law-and-order problems.
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    Employment

    The Silent Epidemic: Psychosocial Workplace Risks Claim Over 840,000 Lives Annually Worldwide

    The path forward requires governments, corporate employers, and workers’ rights organizations to engage in robust social dialogue. Integrating rigorous psychosocial risk management directly into standard occupational safety and health systems is no longer optional.
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    Corporate governance

    Militants Storm Mining Site in Balochistan; 10 Dead in Coordinated Attack

    The federal and provincial governments have swiftly condemned the massacre, vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice. High-ranking officials have reiterated their commitment to eradicating terrorism and ensuring the safety of industrial workers in Balochistan.
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    Afghanistan

    UN Experts Urge Taliban to Revoke Sweeping Court Decree Amid Growing Human Rights Concerns

    The UN experts have urged the Taliban to reconsider the decree and align their legal framework with international standards, warning that failure to do so could deepen the country’s crisis and further erode public trust in state institutions.
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    Democracy

    Pakistan Rated ‘Repressed’ for Civic Space as Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Dissent

    The rating places Pakistan among nations where freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression are systematically curtailed, despite constitutional guarantees and the country’s ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 2010.
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    Accountability

    Women in Afghanistan Nearly Four Times Less Likely Than Men to Access Formal Justice, UN Report Reveals

    The consultations underscore that the crisis is not merely statistical. It reflects lived realities in which women are increasingly isolated within their homes.
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    Forced disappearances

    The Siege of Arakan: Report Accuses Arakan Army of Genocide Tactics Against Rohingya Civilians

    As fighting continues in Rakhine State, the report serves as a stark reminder that Rohingya civilians remain trapped between warring factions, their safety and dignity under relentless assault.
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    Child Rights

    Pakistan’s Prisons at Breaking Point: Overcrowding, Under-Trial Delays and Neglect Expose Deep Crisis

    As the NCHR report concludes, comprehensive judicial reform and a shift from punishment to rehabilitation are essential.
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    Climate change

    Climate Off the Charts: UN Warns ‘Supersized’ El Niño Will Propel Record Global Heating and Disasters Into 2027

    The complete and peer-reviewed State of the Global Climate 2026 report will be officially presented in March 2027, incorporating verified input from dozens of national meteorological and hydrological agencies worldwide.
    Artificial Intelligence

    Sri Lanka Moves to Speed Up Police Clearances for ICT Talent Seeking Global Contracts

    Sri Lanka’s technology professionals operate in a global marketplace where speed and reliability of supporting documentation can decide outcomes.
    Climate change

    Global South Communities Demand Fossil Fuel Giants Pay for Climate Damage Ahead of COP31

    The statement crystallises a simple principle: climate justice is not charity. It is accountability. Communities in Sri Lanka still recovering from Ditwah, Pacific Island nations facing existential sea-level rise, African farmers confronting prolonged droughts and South Asian workers enduring extreme heat are not asking for handouts.

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    Climate Off the Charts: UN Warns ‘Supersized’ El Niño Will Propel Record Global Heating and Disasters Into 2027

    The complete and peer-reviewed State of the Global Climate 2026 report will be officially presented in March 2027, incorporating verified input from dozens of national meteorological and hydrological agencies worldwide.
    Artificial Intelligence

    Sri Lanka Moves to Speed Up Police Clearances for ICT Talent Seeking Global Contracts

    Sri Lanka’s technology professionals operate in a global marketplace where speed and reliability of supporting documentation can decide outcomes.
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    Global Governance

    Global Leaders Pledge $170 Million to WHO at 2025 World Health Assembly, Marking Leap Towards Sustainable Financing

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    Agri-business

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    Farmers across the continent face another difficult and expensive harvest after consecutive years of drought, floods and heat.
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    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Surges 325% in 2026 Despite Taliban Ban, UN Reports

    Sustained monitoring will be essential to determine whether 2026 marks a temporary adjustment or the start of a broader recovery of Afghanistan’s opium economy.
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    Accountability

    Sri Lanka Under FATF Scrutiny as NGO Oversight Measures Draw Global Attention

    The balance struck in Colombo will be watched as a test case for risk-based implementation of FATF Recommendation 8 across the region.

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