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    Swara Kills, Says Young Pakistani Bride

    Swara, also known as Vani and Budla-i-sulh, is dispute resolution method where women and girls are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved...
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    Accountability

    Ranil Wickremesinghe’s House Burnt Down By Sri Lankan Protesters

    Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe’s private residence in Central Colombo has been set on fire by protesters demanding his government. Angry protesters have set...
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    Accountability

    Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Flees

    Tens of thousands of protestors arriving from the site of the GotaGoGama agitation broke the security fences outside the president’s residence and took over...
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    Agriculture policy

    50,000 Wild Species Feed Billions Worldwide

    One in five people across the planet rely on wild species for income and food. More than 10,000 wild species are harvested for human...
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    Asia Pacific

    New Internet Laws Threaten Free Expression, Privacy Even Beyond India’s Borders, Say Civil Society Groups

    Amendments to the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules 2021 proposed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology set up a...
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    Civil society

    ED Show Cause Notice and 62 Crore Penalty to Amnesty India

    Amnesty India’s CEO Aakar Patel has written extensively about issues of governance and communalism in India and many senior civil society leaders saw this...
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    Accountability

    No Forced Labour in Xinjiang Cotton Fields, Says Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh

    The Bangladesh Garments Buying Association’s had advised its members to exercise caution while importing fabrics from China for making readymade garments in the light...
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    Accountability

    WFP Paints a Gloomy Picture as Sri Lankans Skip Meals

    Three of every 10 Sri Lankan households are unsure where their next meal will come from, the latest Food Insecurity Assessment brought out by...
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    China Sets Ambitious 725 Million Tonne Grain Target by 2030 to Fortify Food Security

    China has placed food security at the centre of its national strategy, setting a binding target to raise annual grain production capacity to 725 million metric tonnes by 2030.
    Bangladesh

    Rivers Swallow Land Five Times the Size of Dhaka in Five Decades

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    Corruption

    Sri Lanka Seeks India’s Backing in War on Indian Ocean Drug Trafficking

    The appeal came during a high-level meeting with visiting Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on 9 September 2026, the first such visit by an Indian defence minister in 38 years.

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    China Sets Ambitious 725 Million Tonne Grain Target by 2030 to Fortify Food Security

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    Bangladesh

    Rivers Swallow Land Five Times the Size of Dhaka in Five Decades

    Gaibandha faces the largest land loss among the Jamuna sites, while Kurigram risks the greatest settlement area.
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