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Bangladesh Bank. File Photo: Collected

What challenges face Bangladesh Bank in sustaining stability, reviving growth

Tight monetary policy, a flexible exchange rate regime, and bank restructuring helped secure economic stability after last year’s political changeover

Men visit an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles and weapons in front of the St. Michael's Cathedral on a foggy morning, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

How does the EU want to use Russia's frozen assets for Ukraine?

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Is a bigger quake coming? What Japan's experts are actually saying

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Why judicial officials will be assigned for election duty

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Why Bangladesh’s pharma exporters are struggling to reach global markets

A Thailand's mobile artillery unit operates after Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery on Friday as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, in Surin, Thailand, July 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting along their border?

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Skin diseases rising: Experts explain what patients must do

A woman carries a dog and a mat as she evacuates to a shelter, following fresh military clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along parts of their disputed border, in Buriram province, Thailand, December 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Prajoub Sukprom

How Thailand-Cambodia conflict went from Trump-backed ceasefire to airstrikes

The protesters in front of the BTRC office in Agargaon on 7 Dec. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Why are mobile phone traders protesting?

Estimates of the Syrians still missing after the civil war range from 140,000 to as many as 300,000Image: Yamam Al Shaar/REUTERS

One year after Assad's toppling: What has Syria achieved?

A Cambodian Army member stands near barricades in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 6, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File Photo

How do Cambodia and Thailand's militaries compare?

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a press conference, days after he said Venezuela would deploy military, police and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across the country, amid heightened tensions with the U.S., in Caracas, Venezuela, September 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

How Nicolás Maduro has maintained power in Venezuela

Green card holders from 19 countries must now undergo security screening again. Photo: Mehaniq/Panthermedia/IMAGO

What Trump's immigration freeze means