How video calls have become the new daily ritual for lonely Nepali parents
As more young Nepalis build lives abroad, ageing parents are relying on daily video calls to stay connected while grappling with the loneliness of an empty home.
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The obstacles in the way of digitising Pakistan’s national heritage
While the digitisation process of the Lahore and Taxila museums is helping preserve thousands of priceless artefacts, it has also revealed the bureaucratic failures, institutional…
Iran war accelerates Filipinos’ shift to solar power and electric vehicles
The country imports about 98 per cent of its total crude oil from the Middle East, while the remaining 2 per cent comes from Malaysia and Brunei. Rooftop solar capacity in the…
Malaysia’s rare earths are prized by Washington – but at what cost to Putrajaya’s Palestine stance?
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Why Nepali migrant workers are being buried in Iraq instead of home
High repatriation costs, legal hurdles and policy gaps leave families with no choice but to bury their loved ones overseas.
Why hit film Dear You struck a chord with Chinese Malaysians over roots and dual identity
The Chinese hit, which was filmed almost entirely in the Teochew dialect, tells the poignant tale of Nanyang migrants torn between working in Southeast Asia and longing for their…
Rohingyas coming through hidden hill routes into Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban, near the Myanmar border. Meanwhile, local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints and…
Bhutan loses 27 glaciers in nine years as warming shrinks ice cover
For communities living downstream, melting ice raises questions beyond environmental concerns – including safety, water security, and livelihoods.
Indigenous people seek accountability over open dump in ancestral domain in Philippines’ Subic
The Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) have ordered the closure of the waste facility, and called for…
Nepal’s homeless children endure repeated displacement and a future in limbo
Nine-year-old Bishwanath Gurung has survived eviction, displacement and floods, but family instability and bureaucratic hurdles threaten his future.