Spokesperson of India's Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, has said discussions at the technical level between India and Bangladesh on the Ganges water-sharing treaty are continuing.
Malaysia has begun the process of sending back Myanmar nationals, including Rohingyas, who are asylum seekers. The country began the process of sending back 1,476 people in the first phase on Tuesday, September 29. The process began as part of a programme to send back 5,000 Myanmar nationals in phases.
As deforestation and forest degradation rapidly increase worldwide, opportunities to ensure food security and tackle the impacts of the climate crisis are steadily shrinking. In this situation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called on governments worldwide to make forest conservation and restoration a national priority.
The final withdrawal of US troops from Iraq is set to be completed after more than two decades of military presence. US forces are scheduled to be pulled out of the country's last remaining bases by Wednesday. Iran and Iran-aligned Iraqi armed groups see the end of this long military chapter, which began in 2003, as a strategic success for themselves.
An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a crowded market in Kyauktaw, in the conflict-hit Rakhine State, has killed at least 50 people and injured 58 others, aid workers and local rescuers said Tuesday (September 29).
Bangladesh has been included among 20 countries and jurisdictions eligible for zero ad valorem tariffs on specified specialty pharmaceuticals and related ingredients imported into the United States, providing tariff relief for qualifying drug exports from the country.