Political Turmoil

Political Turmoil

Political turmoil drives labour export to 35-month low in August

Political turmoil drives labour export to 35-month low in August

Labour export in the month plunges by 63% year-on-year

Protesters shout slogans as they vandalise a mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with paint and mud, demanding her resignation at Teacher Student Center (TSC) area of University of Dhaka in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 3, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

Bangladeshi turmoil risks weaker banks and slower financial reforms, S&P says

Jeevanth Peiris, a Catholic priest who is part of the Aragalaya core group, looks at a book at GotaGoHome village after demonstrators entered into the President's house and Presidential Secretariat building, following the fleeing of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka's government

Sudanese demonstrators march and chant during a protest against the military takeover, in Atbara, Sudan October 27, 2021 in this social media image. Photo :Reuters

Sudan's political turmoil

A view of deserted roads during a lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Explainer: What next in Malaysia's political crisis?