Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was convicted on Monday of breaking Bangladesh’s labour rules in a case denounced as politically motivated by his supporters. Yunus,...
Malaysia has initiated an inquiry to find out how hundreds of migrant workers came from South Asia without jobs, despite paying high fees to acquire them....
Gbenga Ezekiel, a senior secondary school student from Ijapo High School in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, has entered his record for the most skips...
On the most recent list of the top 10 borrowers from the International Development Association (IDA), Nigeria has climbed one rank. The World Bank’s IDA division...
Fuel prices Bangladesh have increased by more than 51 percent on Saturday, the highest increase in the nation’s history, despite the government’s claims that it is...
In India and Bangladesh, at least 59 people have perished as a result of lightning strikes and landslides caused by strong monsoon rains. Millions of people...
Scores of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread. They...
At least 17 members of a wedding party have died in Bangladesh after being struck by lightning, officials said. Fourteen other people, including the groom, were...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says investments in top medical care and the overall healthcare sector in Nigeria is set to birth one of “the fastest growth...
Poor diets for school-age children may contribute to an average height gap of 20cm (7.9in) between the tallest and shortest nations, an analysis suggests. It reports...