Bangladesh risks $1.25b export loss to US over tariffs

Nepal’s interim prime minister, Sushila Karki, has promised that her time in office will be short and focused. Sworn in on Friday, the former chief justice said she would hold the post for no more than six months and step aside once a new government is elected on March 5, 2026.

India is gearing up to challenge Bangladesh and Pakistan in the global shipbreaking business with a hefty $454 million (40 billion rupees) incentive package. 

Bangladesh is paying a steep price for rising temperatures. A new World Bank report released in Dhaka on Monday estimates that heat stress cost the country between $1.33 billion and $1.78 billion in 2024 alone — the equivalent of roughly 0.3 to 0.4 percent of national GDP.

Nepal’s worst political unrest in decades has collided with the country’s peak tourist season, leaving its tourism-dependent economy reeling. 

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is in Doha today (Monday) to attend an emergency Arab-Islamic summit, called in response to Israel’s recent strikes on Qatar that have sent shockwaves across the Middle East. 

A youth-driven protest movement that toppled Nepal’s government is now at the center of the country’s political future, with its organizers moving swiftly to shape a new interim administration.

Nepal’s political crisis deepened this weekend as eight major parties jointly demanded the immediate reinstatement of parliament, which was dissolved a day earlier by President Ram Chandra Poudel. The move, they argued, was unconstitutional and risked undermining the country’s fragile democratic order.

Nepal’s fragile political crisis took another dramatic turn on Thursday when army troops opened fire to prevent a mass jailbreak, injuring more than a dozen inmates. 

Nepal has become the latest South Asian country to descend into turmoil, joining Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in recent years where mass protests have forced leaders from office.

The Nepali Army has announced a strict nationwide curfew, saying it will go into effect from 5 p.m. Wednesday and remain in place until 6 a.m. Thursday. Officials say the move comes after days of violent unrest and growing threats to public safety.

Nepal has been thrown into fresh political chaos after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on Monday, just a day after some of the deadliest protests the country has seen in decades.

Amnesty International has just dropped a chilling report—and it paints a troubling picture of how far Pakistan’s surveillance state has expanded. 

Bangladesh’s apparel exports fell in August but, shipments to India increased. This growth comes at a time when, due to restrictions, apparel exports to India are allowed only through Chittagong port.

Nepal has finally lifted its controversial social media ban, but not before the streets turned violent and left at least 19 people dead. 

At least 14 people have died after police clashed with thousands of protesters in Kathmandu. The demonstrations erupted on Monday after the government blocked access to major social media platforms.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the Taliban to immediately lift restrictions on Afghan women aid workers, warning that the ban is crippling relief operations in areas devastated by last week’s powerful earthquake.