Ali Asif Shawon

Chief Reporter at Dhaka Tribune

Reporting on politics, defence, policy, climate, migration, global health, digital rights, and major national developments.

WHO: Heart disease remains world’s biggest killer

World03 Oct 2026

UICC World Cancer Congress concludes with call for greater investment and equity in cancer care

Bangladesh27 Sep 2026
World Lung Day Friday

Global evidence demonstrates lung cancer screening saves lives

World25 Sep 2026
UICC president-elect Zainab to Dhaka Tribune

Cancer tripling in Global South: ‘I want to bridge North-South gap’

World25 Sep 2026

‘We need to look beyond simply killing cancer cells’

Interviews and Dialogue25 Sep 2026

Speakers: Global cancer burden rising rapidly

Asia24 Sep 2026

Rooppur races to join global nuclear power boom

Power & Energy20 Sep 2026

Are brighter nights extending Aedes biting hours?

Health17 Sep 2026

1,000 children lost to a preventable disease

Bangladesh09 Sep 2026

Heat stress costs informal workers Tk50,630 crore annually

Bangladesh05 Sep 2026

‘For climate-vulnerable communities, this is not an inconvenience - it is life and death’

Interviews and Dialogue03 Sep 2026

Battery Rickshaws: Can the govt finally keep them off Dhaka's main roads?

Dhaka30 Aug 2026

MSF president: Rohingya crisis deepening into a health emergency

Interviews and Dialogue25 Aug 2026

907 aid workers killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025, UN says

World19 Aug 2026

First electric rail project to launch on Dhaka-N’ganj-Joydebpur route

Bangladesh18 Aug 2026

Thailand eyes FTA, shipping link to cut transit to 3-5 days

Bangladesh16 Aug 2026

Biscuits, chanachur and noodles: Bangladesh’s ultra-processed food problem

Bangladesh16 Aug 2026

Power tariff hike puts Bangladesh’s heat protection at risk

Bangladesh09 Aug 2026

AIDS 2026 Conference ends with scientific hope, funding uncertainty

Health01 Aug 2026

Why Fiji’s HIV surge matters for Bangladesh

Health30 Jul 2026

HIV prevention medicines offer hope as access remains biggest hurdle

Health29 Jul 2026

Funding cut threatens HIV gains as 1.2m contract virus

Health & Wellness29 Jul 2026

Science wins, funding fails in global HIV fight

Health27 Jul 2026

Over 800 children dead: How Bangladesh lost ground against measles

Health22 Jul 2026

Jamaat MP Nazrul’s expulsion raises constitutional questions over his seat

Bangladesh22 Jul 2026

AIDS 2026: Funding crisis threaten global HIV progress despite treatment breakthroughs

Health21 Jul 2026

Maldives looks beyond labour, eyes skilled Bangladeshis

Bangladesh21 Jul 2026

WHO links air pollution to dementia risk raising fresh concerns for Bangladesh

Environment18 Jul 2026
The online scam trap

How Bangladeshi jobseekers are trafficked into Cambodia's cybercrime compounds

Bangladesh16 Jul 2026

Is Bangladesh facing an era of cascading climate crises?

Weather11 Jul 2026
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