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Monday, 5 August, 2024

Bangladesh
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as protests escalate
Army chief says long-serving leader has quit after thousands of demonstrators descend on the capital
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Monday, 5 August, 2024

Bangladesh
Scores killed in Bangladesh as pressure mounts on Sheikh Hasina
Army deployed to enforce ‘indefinite’ curfew after garment factories and government buildings set on fire
Thursday, 25 July, 2024

Bangladesh
Bangladesh garment sector rocked by protest crackdown
Curfew and communications blackout raises shipping costs and shakes confidence in major global exporter
Tuesday, 23 July, 2024

Indian politics & policy
India unveils spending binge to boost Modi allies
BJP’s budget seeks to tackle joblessness and cut fiscal deficit after shock loss of majority
Monday, 22 July, 2024

News in-depthIndian politics & policy
India’s Modi faces budget demands from ‘kingmaker’ allies
Humbled prime minister must compromise with coalition allies while addressing gloom that led to loss of his party’s majority
Sunday, 21 July, 2024

Bangladesh
Bangladesh top court scales back job quotas that sparked violent unrest
Quota system had triggered deadly protests that resulted in clashes with security forces
Friday, 19 July, 2024

Bangladesh
Dozens killed in Bangladesh unrest as protests spread
Anger over job quotas highlights deep economic distress in the world’s second-largest garment exporter
Thursday, 18 July, 2024

The Big Read
The young investors gambling on Indian stocks
Millions of India’s citizens have piled into shares and options, egged on by online ‘finfluencers’, but regulators are sounding the alarm
Tuesday, 16 July, 2024

Inside BusinessIndian business & finance
India shifts its strategy on tech
Rather than encouraging social media copy cats, it is seeking more control of big foreign companies
Saturday, 13 July, 2024

Pakistan's economy
Pakistan reaches $7bn loan deal with IMF
PM Shehbaz Sharif has pushed tax reforms to secure debt-stricken country’s 24th funding programme
Thursday, 11 July, 2024

InterviewUK trade
India warns UK not to impose deadline on trade talks
Two sides are ‘on board’ on important details, says commerce minister
Tuesday, 9 July, 2024

War in Ukraine
Modi and Putin to boost trade despite Ukraine war
Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Indian PM’s trip to Russia a ‘devastating blow to peace efforts’
Tuesday, 2 July, 2024

India
Stampede at Indian religious event kills more than 100
Local media suggest devotees at Hindu gathering in Uttar Pradesh far exceeded permitted amount
Wednesday, 26 June, 2024

Visual investigation
The Taliban mining boom
Islamist regime has issued hundreds of contracts to tap gold, gemstones and minerals
Monday, 24 June, 2024

Artificial intelligence
AI industry races to adapt chatbots to India’s many languages
Microsoft, Google and local start-ups aim to open up lucrative new markets in world’s most populous country
Friday, 21 June, 2024

Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
EU’s carbon border tax plans trigger alarm in India
Fast-growing heavy industry fears big hit from Brussels’ plans to put levies on emission-intensive imports
Thursday, 20 June, 2024

#techAsia
Can TSMC bring a new shape to AI? Premium content
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
Thursday, 20 June, 2024

The Big Read
How Russia is using nuclear power to win global influence
Despite sanctions, Russian companies are building more than a third of the new reactors around the world, which is gaining Moscow new friends
Monday, 17 June, 2024

Artificial intelligence
India pulls in tech giants for its AI ambitions
Microsoft and Amazon among those splashing out to scale up infrastructure in world’s most populous country
Friday, 7 June, 2024

The Big Read
The humbling of Narendra Modi
The Indian prime minister won a third term but he now has to rely on a delicate coalition and faces a newly empowered opposition
Thursday, 6 June, 2024

News in-depthIndian election
Indian election revives Rahul Gandhi’s fortunes
Opposition leader and Congress allies invigorated after stripping Narendra Modi’s BJP of its outright majority
Tuesday, 4 June, 2024

News in-depthIndian election
India election strips Modi of his ‘aura of invincibility’
Loss of ruling party’s parliamentary majority deals stunning blow to prime minister ahead of third term
Tuesday, 4 June, 2024

Indian election
Modi set to lose majority in shock Indian election result
Stock market tumbles as vote counts point to ruling BJP relying on allies to secure historic third term in power
Friday, 31 May, 2024

Climate change
Delhi suffers record heatwave as temperatures soar near 50C
Scientists warn climate change is increasingly becoming a public health hazard in India
Tuesday, 28 May, 2024

Adani Group
Adani plans push into Indian ecommerce and payments
Group set to leverage new public infrastructure in order to compete with rival Reliance and Big Tech