2020

A man walks through a dried-up Sarkhej lake on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, India, April 21, 2016. Photo :Reuters
Environment

Asia suffered hottest year on record in 2020: UN

The report comes days before COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference being held in Glasgow from Sunday to November 12

The evacuation of Dhal Char village in Bangladesh as Cyclone Amphan approached in 2020.Credit...District Administration of Bhola/Agence France-Presse
World+Biz

More than 40 million people fled their homes in 2020: Report

PHOTO: BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES; TIK TOK SOURCE: KORTNEY WASCHUK AND TENEAL DUTRISAC via Bloomberg
Analysis

The 1920s roared after a pandemic, and the 2020s will try

Audi ends 2020 with the most successful quarter in the company’s history
Wheels

Audi ends 2020 with the most successful quarter in the company’s history

Photo:Collected
Tech

2020 was the biggest year for PC demand in a decade

BGB seizes drugs worth Tk737.93 cr in 2020
Bangladesh

BGB seizes drugs worth Tk737.93 cr in 2020

Adieu, poisonous 20!
Videos

Adieu, poisonous 20!

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a ceremony for the start of construction of a new submarine fleet in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
World+Biz

In New Year's speech, Taiwan president again reaches out to China

A woman sells a 2021 decoration at a popular entertainment street on New Year's Eve during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
World+Biz

'I will survive': 2020 slinks into history as fireworks light deserted streets

The brutal governance lessons of 2020
Analysis

The brutal governance lessons of 2020

10 most discussed articles of 2020
Bangladesh

10 most discussed articles of 2020

New epidemic waves are bearing down even on countries that thought they had the virus beat. But it is clear that some governments have deployed their resources, skills, and institutions much more effectively than others. Photo: Project Syndicate/Getty Images
Thoughts

The brutal governance lessons of 2020

A woman walks past a painting outside an art school in Mumbai, India, December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
World+Biz

After a harrowing 2020, Asia tiptoes into the New Year