How to draw the line between the recent and still unsettled EU/EURO crisis and Asia’s success story? Well, it might be easier than it seems: Neither Europe nor Asia has any alternative. The...
An energy efficiency expert said on Saturday that 1.2 billion people in the world are living without access to electricity, in Africa, South Asia, Latin America and other parts of the world. Mr Bill...
Bangladesh's largest opposition party Sunday announced a countrywide demonstration on Monday in protest against denial of permission by the law enforcers to hold public rally in a park. Ex-Prime...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been collaborating since 1986. Thirty years signifies maturity in China, and ADB is eager to develop further, our...
Expert Views: What will be the impact of Trump presidency on immigration, refugees? The election of Republican Donald Trump to be the next U. S. president raises questions about the impact his...
Thirteen workers have died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of Delhi in India. The workers were sleeping when the blaze started in the early hours of Friday on the...
Five pictures that show how social media can be a minefield play videoBBC Arabic staff give their views on some social media photos Social media can be fraught with risks for women in conservative...
Gunmen on motorcycles killed at least four people at a religious gathering of Shi'ite Muslims in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, on Saturday, police said, in the latest attack claimed by the Sunni...
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture,...
1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid - Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing hunger, it is among 50 countries where levels of hunger remain serious or alarming,...
Kenya is ranks third in Sub Saharan Africa for access to credit, a survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales shows. Kenya trails Rwanda and Zambia for ease of credit...
A new World Bank study on poverty and shared prosperity says that extreme poverty worldwide continues to fall despite the lethargic state of the global economy. But it warns that given projected...
A new World Bank study on "Poverty and Shared Prosperity" indicates that extreme poverty worldwide continues to fall despite the lethargic state of the global economy. But it warned that given...
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). The...
Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials...
At least 23 people have been killed in a huge fire that broke out at a packaging factory in Bangladesh. A further 70 people are reported to have been injured in the blaze at an industrial complex in...
Kopila Wosti was just 14 when her father married her off to a stranger who was five years older. A year later, she gave birth to a baby girl. By the time she was 20, she had three children. "The...
There could be more than 100 million additional people living in extreme poverty by 2030 if the international community does not undertake rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, a World Bank...
