Political crisis

Political crisis
Demonstrators hold Sri Lankan national flags and shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 16 April 2022

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka hikes medicine prices

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a 40 percent price hike for dozens of commonly used medicines on Saturday as the island nation labours through its worst economic crisis in decades

Demonstrators hold Sri Lankan national flags and shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 16 April 2022

IMF to consider request for rapid aid for Sri Lanka

IMF will consider providing quick financial assistance to debt-burdened Sri Lanka following representations by India, Sri Lanka's finance ministry said on Tuesday

Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan

Imran Khan to address nation ahead of no-confidence vote

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is to address the nation Friday, on the eve of a controversial no-confidence vote that looks certain to dismiss him

Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Asad Umar (R) and Fawad Chaudhry (L) speak with the media outside the Supreme Court building prior to a hearing in Islamabad on 6 April, 2022.

Pakistan president seeks election date set as political crisis continues

Had the vote taken place Khan was certain to have been booted from office, but the move allowed him to get the loyalist president to dissolve parliament and order an election.

Ali Sabry

Sri Lanka’s new finance minister quits after one day

Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned Tuesday just a day after he was appointed to the post by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) carry signs as they chant slogans accusing the U.S. of plotting to overthrow Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan 2 April, 2022

Imran Khan suggests he might not accept vote to oust him

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan suggested on Saturday that he might not accept a vote to oust him, a move he alleged was being orchestrated by the United States.

In this file photo taken on 2 March 2021, protesters react after tear gas is fired by police during a demonstration against the military coup in the northwestern town of Kale. On 1 February 2022, Myanmar marks one year since Myanmar's military seized power, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's year of turmoil: From coup to jailing of Suu Kyi

Myanmar's military seized power on 1 February last year, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

A photograph taken on 21 January, 2022 shows Nurlan Zhagiparov showing a picture of his killed brother Yerlan Zhagiparov

Torture trail raises questions on Kazakh terror claims

As Kazakhstan witnessed its worst unrest in 30 years of independence this month, Aset Abishev was grabbed off a bus and locked away by police who he said tortured him for a week

A child poses for a picture early in the morning in Kandahar on 21 November, 2021

Afghanistan sanctions behind 'infuriating' suffering: Red Cross

Economic sanctions are causing massive suffering in crisis-wracked Afghanistan, a top Red Cross official said Monday, describing the situations as "infuriating"

US embassy in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

US officials meet Haiti leaders over assassination

US law enforcement and national security officials met with Haiti's leaders and police to offer assistance in the wake of president Jovenel Moise's assassination

Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph addresses the audience on 8 July, 2021

Rival Haitian leaders battle for power after president's assassination

Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who was named prime minister by president Jovenel Moise two days before Moise was killed by a squad of gunmen, said he was now the highest authority in Haiti

Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq

Interview: Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq National sentiment no longer exists in Bangladesh

Educationist and thinker Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq is Ahmad Sharif chair professor of Dhaka University’s Bangla department. He talked to Sohrab Hassan of Prothom Alo about the socioeconomic and cultural ...

Political scientist Talukder Moniruzzaman taken to ICU

Political scientist Talukder Moniruzzaman taken to ICU

Noted political scienist professor Talukder Maniruzzaman was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Apollo Hospitals in the capital on the night of 9 December.The 81-year-old professor of Dhaka ...

Erosion of democracy and political situations

Erosion of democracy and political situations

For the last 12 years, the International Day of Democracy has been being observed on 15 September to make people aware of their rights and ensure their participation in establishing peace and ...

Hong Kong crisis: China faces tough choices between 'play long' or ‘send in troops’

Hong Kong crisis: China faces tough choices between 'play long' or ‘send in troops’

China is facing tough choices over how to tackle months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong: hold dialogue with protesters, play the long game or send in troops.The protesters have shown no sign ...

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