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Chittagong University clash: From provost to nightguard, different faces, same disregard for women

Whether it is outright violence, or a threat of rape or simply shaming them with an official notice, the blatant disregard for women's dignity is obvious, the writer laments.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:49 am
  • Author Tanim Ahmed
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Ethics probe recommends charges in death of Indonesian motorcycle taxi driver

Seven Mobile Brigade (Brimob) police officers could face criminal investigation after an ethics probe found probable cause that they not only broke ethics but also the Criminal…

  • Published: September 4, 20259:38 am
  • Author Maretha Uli
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Singapore fashion designer Bobby Chng, household name in the 1980s, dies at 69

Unknown to many, even some of his closest friends, the veteran had been diagnosed with bladder cancer when he was 26. Over four decades, he kept it under control with medication…

  • Published: September 4, 20259:37 am
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5G goes live in Bangladesh, but with few phones to connect

industry insiders warn that the benefits of 5G will be constrained by the country's severe shortage of devices able to use it.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:25 am
  • Author Mahmudul Hasan
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Four arrested for live-streaming lewd acts from Tokyo studio for stripchat pornographic website

On the website, which is based in Cyprus, viewers pay viewing fees and can also give gift money to support performers.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:23 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Will South Korea legalise abortion pills?

Without follow-up legislation to regulate procedures and guarantee safe access, women seeking abortions are left in a blind spot.

  • Published: September 4, 20259:12 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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750 hospitalised with cholera, gastroenteritis in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan

Water tanks and supply lines were inspected between August 30 and 31, with supplies suspended overnight “as a precaution”. Tanks were cleaned and disinfected on August 31,…

  • Published: September 4, 20259:11 am
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Precious artifacts looted from East Java museum during Indonesia unrest

In addition to the fragment of a Ganesha statue, rioters also stole four pieces of batik cloth featuring motifs unique to Kediri and destroyed a miniature model of a traditional…

  • Published: September 4, 20258:34 am
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South Korea sees marriages fall by half, births down two-thirds, more foreign spouses

The findings further point to fewer marriages for people in their 20s, later childbirths, a rise in international marital unions, and the lowest fertility rate among advanced…

  • Published: September 4, 20258:25 am
  • Author Moon Joon-hyun
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Nepal to track movement of all foreign visitors

Foreign nationals visiting the country must register on a new digital platform from September 17.

  • Published: September 4, 20258:10 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post

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