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Bibi Rahimi, from Afghanistan, one of several thousand refugees stranded in Indonesia who will lose their UNHCR funding.

Bibi was given $4 a day to survive. Now that allowance has been cut to zero

As humanitarian crises unfold around the globe, the United Nations is looking at its books.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies

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Groups of Rohingya Muslims cross the Naf River at the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Palong Khali, Bangladesh in 2017.

‘Hundreds’ including women and children killed in drone attacks crossing river to flee war

Horrific stories are emerging of an atrocity in war-ravaged Myanmar, allegedly at the hands of a rebel army, which has denied responsibility.

  • Zach Hope and Saiful Arakani
Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus.

The Nobel Prize winning banker tasked with leading his country out of chaos

Student leaders who organised the protests in Bangladesh have wanted Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government.

  • Sheikh Saaliq and Julhas Alam
Protesters climb a public monument in Dhaka as they celebrate the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.

Protesters who forced PM to flee want Nobel laureate to lead Bangladesh

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence.

  • Julhas Alam and Krutika Pathi
Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka.

Protesters to march on the capital after weekend of violence leaves dozens dead

Renewed anti-government protests have swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign.

  • Julhas Alam
Police fire tear gas shells to disperse students in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Police kill more than 100 students in protests over job handouts

The protests erupted out of Bangladeshi students’ anger at a quota system for government jobs that benefited certain groups.

  • Anupreeta Das
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Pat Cummins celebrates his hattrick against Bangladesh

Pat-trick: Australia’s engine humming after Cummins’ purple patch

How laser focused is Australia’s World Cup campaign? Pat Cummins forgot he was on a hat-trick against Bangladesh

  • Daniel Brettig
Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing on the north coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, in November.

Australia may be next for Rohingya refugees ‘running out of places to go’

Fleeing violence and squalid conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar is desperate.

  • Chris Barrett
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows her ballot paper as she casts her vote.

After arson, deaths and low turnout, Hasina wins fourth consecutive term

Security incidents intensified tensions ahead of the Bangladesh election that was shunned by opposition MPs, who accuse Hasina of muzzling dissent and civil society.

  • Krutika Pathi and Julhas Alam
Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing in Ulee Madon, on the north coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, in November.

Two boats with 400 Rohingya aboard adrift in the Andaman Sea: UN

The captain of one boat said he feared all on board would die if they did not receive help. The whereabouts of the other boat were unclear.

  • Grant Peck

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