Yangon delivery riders struggle as temps hit 48C; Bangladesh closes schools again

Yangon (AFP) April 29, 2024

Delivery rider Than Toe Aung pedals his bicycle through a punishing heatwave in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, where scooters and motorbikes are banned. He can't afford a car, and a previous junta outlawed two-wheeled motorised vehicles for "security reasons", so the employee of the delivery...