The decision was approved by the interim government at the end of a meeting chaired by Yunus. Vapes will be added to the list of items whose importation is prohibited. Fears over the possible development of a clandestine market. 67% of deaths are attributed to non-communicable diseases, with smoking and tobacco use being the main causes.
The comment was made at an event organised by the ultranationalist Hindu far right. Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav made similar anti-Muslim comments in the past and recently reiterated his support for a uniform civil code. Opposition parties filed a complaint with the Supreme Court.
A group of women working in the brickyards, unable to afford the expenses for a wedding, entrusted their daughters to the Pentecostal Church. A collective event was celebrated at the beginning of the month. The hope is that the girls will thus have the chance to avoid the spiral of poverty of their families.
The government of Colombo announces a plan to make the management of representative properties economically advantageous. A symbolic gesture in a country that has just renegotiated its debt with the International Monetary Fund.
Rebeca Gomes, 56, vice president of the Bangladesh Christian Lawyers Association, has handled thousands of cases involving abuse against women and children over the past 19 years. She spoke to AsiaNews about her battle against violence in the home, in the workplace, in public places. More than 150 women were killed in the country in 2024 because of, among other things, a deeply rooted patriarchal culture.
Lay people and men and women of the cloth from 13 Asian countries and many indigenous communities met in Nepal last month at the initiative of the FABC. On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the forum’s final statement was released. “There remains an urgent need for the Church to amplify Indigenous voices”, it reads, for Indigenous wisdom offers sociocultural resources and ways for a relationship with creation that combine “faith, creation, and human responsibility.”
