Asian stocks climb amid hopes for trade deal progress

Bangladesh’s persistent high inflation has certainly been a bane for the country for some time now, and while no country has been a stranger to economic downturns as a result of world events such as the Covid-19 pandemic for a country such as ours even a few percentage points in the inflation rate could spell life or death for entire families.

Seven decades ago, one of South Asia’s greatest fiction writers, Saadat Hasan Manto, published a short story set in a village in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The plot revolved around rumours of an Indian plan to “shut down” water to Pakistan by closing off rivers that irrigated the province’s crops.

A humanitarian corridor is designated as a pathway to the persecuted and affected community in conflict zones during humanitarian crises. It is generally used to transport aid and other necessary support to a blocked region.

The Gaza war entering its second year compels the European Union (EU) to face its contradictory relationship with Israel amid increasing evidence of human rights abuses. The question now is whether the EU can afford not to act.

A preliminary assessment by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) concludes that last weekend’s American air-strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites inflicted only modest, short-term damage, delaying Tehran’s program by mere months rather than destroying it outright, according to three officials familiar with the report.