Yangon delivery riders struggle as temps hit 48C; Bangladesh closes schools again
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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 app FoodPanda has no choice but to sweat his way through the streets under his own power. A