Voting under way in first Sri Lanka election since economic collapse | Elections News

Voting under way in first Sri Lanka election since economic collapse | Elections News

While the economy has stabilised many people are suffering as a result of austerity measures backed by the IMF. Sri Lankans have begun voting in their first election since the collapse of the economy triggered mass protests that prompted then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Polling stations opened…

Afghanistan seal historic cricket series win against South Africa | Sport News

Afghanistan seal historic cricket series win against South Africa | Sport News

Afghanistan’s cricketers seal their three-match ODI series against South Africa with a 177-run victory in Sharjah. Afghanistan’s cricketers have sealed a historic one-day international series win against South Africa with a 117-run victory in the second match in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on Friday. Rahmanullah Gurbaz chalked up a superb…

How a Bangladesh minister spent more than 0m on luxury property | Investigation News

How a Bangladesh minister spent more than $500m on luxury property | Investigation News

EXCLUSIVE Undercover sting reveals how the politician bought hundreds of overseas homes on a $13,000-a-year salary. Bangladesh’s former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury spent more than $500m on luxury real estate in London, Dubai, and New York but did not declare his overseas assets on his Bangladesh tax returns, Al Jazeera’s…

From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi | Politics

From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi | Politics

New Delhi, India – It was the middle of April 2022, and spring was still giving way to summer. But India’s capital was on edge. Jahangirpuri, a neighbourhood in the northern peripheries of Delhi, was tense after an altercation between groups of Hindu and Muslim men over a Hindu religious…

Sri Lanka’s tea estate workers courted by presidential candidates | Elections News

Sri Lanka’s tea estate workers courted by presidential candidates | Elections News

Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea estate. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to give land to…

Afghanistan stroll to historic first ODI win against South Africa | Cricket News

Afghanistan stroll to historic first ODI win against South Africa | Cricket News

Afghanistan bowl South Africa out for 106 to seal first ODI win in cricket victory. Afghanistan’s cricketers have earned a historic first one-day international (ODI) victory over South Africa, romping to a comfortable six-wicket triumph in the first of a three-match series on Wednesday in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates….

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

Astana, Kazakhstan – Clouds of dust rise from the sandy ground of a playing field as a dozen horses converge, their riders standing in their stirrups as they direct their mounts towards an odd target: the headless and disembowelled carcass of a goat laying in the dust. From what appears…

Kashmir elections 2024: Who’s in the fray and what’s at stake? | Politics News

Kashmir elections 2024: Who’s in the fray and what’s at stake? | Politics News

Indian-administered Kashmir – Kashmiris are set to vote to elect a local government for the first time in a decade, five years after India’s Hindu nationalist government suspended the state legislature and brought the Muslim-majority region under New Delhi’s direct rule. The elections come weeks after New Delhi expanded the…

Kashmir election: Are separatist candidates change agents or Trojan horses? | Politics

Kashmir election: Are separatist candidates change agents or Trojan horses? | Politics

Kulgam, Indian-administered Kashmir — Every day, Kaleemullah Lone leaves his home early in the morning to go door-to-door canvassing for votes in his constituency, Langate, 70km (43 miles) from Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. His campaign promises an end to pre-trial detentions and bureaucratic overreach, and…