Asia

When King Felipe VI of Spain touched down in Beijing this week, the first Spanish monarch to visit China in 18 years, he did more than exchange pleasantries and attend banquets. His royal visit to China from November 10-13 marks…

At the heart of Dhaka, the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University has become a vibrant hub for peace and non-violence, where the spirit of human unity is flourishing through sports, education, and intercultural exchange. This week, the campus resonates with excitement as…

A newly established Nepali knowledge platform has reached a milestone rarely achieved in the digital information world. Within just six months of its launch, WikiNP has earned recognition from Google as a trusted factual source — a development that signals…

Group calls for simple Christmas celebrations, solidarity with disaster survivors 12 November 2025, Quezon City.  Following the series of tragic disasters during the “ber” months that left a trail of destruction and brought immense suffering to countless families, the environmental…

In a region too often divided by history, politics, and borders, it is easy to forget how much connects us — shared dreams, shared struggles, and a shared love for sport. Among these, football has quietly emerged as a force…

By GM Forhadul Mozumder and Md Delwar Hossain (Dhaka Bureau) A certain quarter is recently engaged in propagating false, anti-military, and anti-state narratives from both inside and outside the country, with the aim of creating a rift between the Bangladesh…

Humanity finds itself in the inherent conflict between rising and declining powers that has often, as in World Wars I and II, culminated in catastrophic wars. The U.S.-Chinese trade war undermines their economies and jeopardizes their peoples’ and world security.…

by George Banez “Biologists seem to care more about eagles than the people living in the forests with them.” The executive director of the Social Development Research Center (SDRC), an anthropologist, told me that in 1989. The young me, a budding…

For over 2,000 years, ginseng has been cultivated, extracted, and has benefited countless people in East Asia and around the world. It’s often called the “root of life,” symbolizing vitality, longevity, and spiritual balance. In recent years, Korean ginseng, locally…

by Shamsul Basunia After the July 2024 uprising, people in Bangladesh expected to have shining days for their lives. But they still don’t have it, even until the writing of this report on November 6th on 2025. The National Consensus Commission…