2026-08-20 6ddbccdee87f0be5288d52d86b6970788d7b5a1d 3 2026 Bangladeshi presidential election 1 /wiki/2026%20bangladeshi%20presidential%20election Bangladesh 71 /wiki/bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad 2 /wiki/jatiya%20sangsad Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 14 /wiki/mirza%20fakhrul%20islam%20alamgir President 37 /wiki/president%20of%20bangladesh 2026 Bangladeshi presidential election Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir President 2026 Bangladeshi presidential election /feed/2026/08/20/the-jatiya-sangsad-elects-mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-as-the-president-of-bangladesh-in-the-first-contested-presidential AP 20 c80398208161e1627a9a2abc9e1aa136c02f9bd4 8 https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-president-hasina-tarique-khaleda-9884e60119d1ba29053cb883fd75234b 2026 Dhaka Tribune 20 65323150f2189565a92ea102fafb5e8fb79f355f 8 https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/417930/mirza-fakhrul-islam-alamgir-elected-bangladesh%E2%80%99s 2026 The Jatiya Sangsad elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the President of Bangladesh in the first contested presidential election in 35 years. 2026-08-20 2ca5a144330c474114f579d63968b724db4187fa 2 Chinese 2 /wiki/china Chinese real estate crisis 1 /wiki/chinese%20real%20estate%20crisis Evergrande 37 /wiki/evergrande%20group Hui Ka Yan 71 /wiki/hui%20ka%20yan US$ 506 /wiki/united%20states%20dollar bribery 239 /wiki/bribery court 14 /wiki/judicial%20system%20of%20china embezzlement 317 /wiki/embezzlement financial fraud 172 /wiki/financial%20fraud life imprisonment 116 /wiki/life%20imprisonment%20in%20china ¥ 406 /wiki/renminbi Chinese Chinese real estate crisis Evergrande Hui Ka Yan US$ bribery court embezzlement financial fraud life imprisonment ¥ Chinese real estate crisis /feed/2026/08/20/a-chinese-court-sentences-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-to-life-imprisonment-for-financial-fraud-bribery-and-embezzlem AFP via CNA 20 9aa65701875e443948efb2023e953f424d097e78 8 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-sentenced-life-in-prison-6330256 2026 A Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life imprisonment for financial fraud, bribery, and embezzlement, and fines Evergrande and its real estate arm a combined ¥15.8 billion (US$2.35 billion). 2026-08-20 8787960402a4f1e0b5a9fdce4cce91fdadef1a3d 1 Japan 115 /wiki/japan Kanuma 36 /wiki/kanuma,%20tochigi Limited express 13 /wiki/limited%20express Tochigi Prefecture 70 /wiki/tochigi%20prefecture Tōbu Nikkō Line 1 /wiki/tobu%20nikko%20line Japan Kanuma Limited express Tochigi Prefecture Tōbu Nikkō Line Tōbu Nikkō Line /feed/2026/08/20/four-railway-workers-on-the-tobu-nikko-line-are-killed-after-being-struck-by-a-limited-express-train-in-kanuma-tochigi The Japan Times 20 a63357bf67a35825d5e22d41b64759235a0c66fc 8 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/20/japan/workers-struck-by-train/ 2026 Four railway workers on the Tōbu Nikkō Line are killed after being struck by a Limited express train in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.