The region's economy will shrink for the first time in 25 years because of the coronavirus, the bank predicts.

Cox's Bazar district hosts camps housing more than a million Rohingya Muslims displaced from Myanmar.

With the world's major medicine producers in lockdown, dangerous counterfeit drugs are on the rise.

Pedro Sánchez is the latest leader to express cautious optimism about the coronavirus outbreak.

NHS staff and other key workers can still book accommodation through a programme called Frontline Stays.

Europe's Easter celebrations are extraordinarily constrained by the pandemic.

The EFL season can be completed in less than two months when it is safe to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic, clubs are told.

Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo, David Beckham and Iker Casillas all got together for a chat

Five Easter-egg sized decorated ostrich eggs in the British Museum are the subject of a new study.

Bournemouth captain Simon Francis gives an insight into how Premier League players came together to support the National Health Service.

The Indian Premier League should be played without fans if it is not safe for them to attend matches, says Australia bowler Pat Cummins.

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte said he might begin to relax some measures by the end of this month.

Taiwan rejects accusations by the UN health body's head that racist slurs against him originated there.

The US TV comedy has clocked up 250 episodes since its debut in 2009.

Traditional fanfare is abandoned as a team head for the International Space Station.

Premier League clubs will receive millions of pounds in advanced payments in an effort to ease their cash flow problems.

Here are five things you might have missed on the BBC Sport website today.

Global economic growth will turn "sharply negative" this year due to the pandemic, the IMF warns.

The staging of England's home Tests against West Indies in June is looking "less and less likely", says director of cricket Ashley Giles.

The Federal Reserve unveils more measures to shore up the economy as weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million.

Andy Murray will swap his racquet for a controller after he signed up to compete in a virtual version of the Madrid Open at the end of the month.