Filipino singer Carmelle has won the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia, held in Bangkok on Saturday. She performed the dance-pop song Sobra-Sobra and took 211 points, combining 93 from national juries with 118 from viewers. She beat ten other competitors. Thai duo Mang x Daou placed second with 170 points, and Vietnam's Tóc Tiên finished third with 164 points.
Bangladesh
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On Monday, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina filed a request for a renewed passport and national identity card, aiming to return to Bangladesh in December to surrender to the war‑crimes court. Bangladesh’s foreign and law ministries are reviewing the legal basis of her application, while the acting foreign minister says the government will not issue a passport and will consider a prisoner‑exchange process. Hasina was sentenced to death in November last year for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student uprising that ended her rule in August 2024.
3 November 2026
Garment workers in Bangladesh have kept protesting for a fifth day around Dhaka, with clashes reported in Fatullah and a highway in Gazipur blocked. Police say 58 officers have been injured since the demonstrations began, and about 100 factories remain shut in Ashulia, Savar. Protesters want the minimum monthly wage raised from 12,500 taka to 30,000 taka, a 140 % rise. A six-member government wage board has held its first meeting. The garment sector accounts for roughly 80 % of export earnings, worth up to $38 billion.