Kolkata, India – Last year, Aditya Manaksia started exporting food products to Bangladesh in an attempt to expand his business. Now, the 43-year-old Kolkata-based exporter of agro products is nervously watching the continuing political turmoil in the neighboring country that broke out in July as a protest against job quotasContinue Reading
Sheikh Hasina’s departure appears to have defused the high tension in Dhaka, where more deadly protests were feared on Monday. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country, the army chief has said, following weeks of deadly demonstrations. In an address to the nation on Monday, GeneralContinue Reading
Saurya Airlines plane carrying two crew members and 17 passengers crashes shortly after takeoff and catches fire. A passenger plane has crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, killing 18 people, aviation officials say. The pilot was the only survivor of Wednesday’s crash and wasContinue Reading
Ten million dollars to fly Justin Bieber to India’s financial capital Mumbai for an evening’s performance. An 800-guest cruise around the Mediterranean costing $150m. A wedding ceremony featuring hundreds of guests and a price tag upwards of $600m. These are just some of the numbers that have been bandied aboutContinue Reading
Delhi, India – Sonakshi Verma, a college student, pushes her way to order a plate of momos from a corner shop on a busy market street in Delhi. The noisy shop, which opens only in the evenings, is crowded with people eagerly anticipating their first bites of one of India’sContinue Reading
