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Police fire tear gas at HK protesters, ending lull

Police fire tear gas at HK protesters, ending lull

-- 2019-12-16 15:49:35

Police fired tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong (HK) before meetings Monday between the territory’s leader and Communist Party officials in Beijing, ending a lull in what have become regul...

Protests erupt across India over citizenship law

Protests erupt across India over citizenship law

-- 2019-12-16 15:36:37

Police have clashed with protesters in several Indian cities as demonstrations against new law on illegal migrants entered a fifth day. There are large protests in the capital Delhi as well as in Mumb...

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon’s capital

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon’s capital

-- 2019-12-16 15:21:48

Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters for a second straight day, ending what started as a peaceful rally in defiance of th...

Japan, S Korea hold export talks, seek dispute solution

Japan, S Korea hold export talks, seek dispute solution

-- 2019-12-16 15:12:06

Senior officials from Japan and South Korea were holding talks Monday on high-tech exports for the first time since Tokyo tightened controls on South Korean semiconductor parts earlier this year, repo...

Oil prices fall as investors seek clarity on US-China trade deal

Oil prices fall as investors seek clarity on US-China trade deal

-- 2019-12-16 12:35:03

Oil prices on Monday slid off near three-month highs hit last week as investors searched for clarity beyond the initial impact of a trade deal between the United States and China that’s expected...

10th 10+3 Media Cooperation Forum opens in China

10th 10+3 Media Cooperation Forum opens in China

S M Jahangir From Sichuan, China 2019-12-16 11:49:09

The tenth 10+3 Media Cooperation Forum started here on Sunday with a call for greater cooperation and interaction among media outlets and media people to give an impetus to an inclusive and mutual dev...

Thousands join largest protest in Bangkok

Thousands join largest protest in Bangkok

-- 2019-12-15 17:24:22

Several thousand people took part in Thailand's biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday after authorities moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of former military ru...

Powerful quake drives people out of malls in Philippines

Powerful quake drives people out of malls in Philippines

-- 2019-12-15 16:31:10

A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, causing a three-story building to collapse and prompting people to rush out of shopping malls, houses and other buildings in panic, offic...

14 die in Nepal bus crash

14 die in Nepal bus crash

-- 2019-12-15 12:00:00

At least 14 passengers were killed while around 16 others injured in a bus crash at Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Sunday morning, authorities confirmed. Ganesh Khanal, spokesperson at d...

Singapore invokes fake news law over opposition party posts

Singapore invokes fake news law over opposition party posts

-- 2019-12-14 20:13:36

Singapore’s government invoked a fake news law on Saturday to order an opposition party to publish corrections on two social media posts and an article on its website about local employment, an...

Economic blueprint reassures Chinese public

Economic blueprint reassures Chinese public

Global Times 2019-12-14 18:14:16

The annual Central Economic Work Conference wrapped up on Thursday. Going through a statement released after the meeting, one would be deeply impressed with the central government's objective judgemen...

US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir

US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir

-- 2019-12-14 14:29:29

The American sanctions imposed on Iran violate the United Nations charter and international law, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told a conference in Qatar on Saturday. “Malaysia does...

Hong Kong leader heads for Beijing as pressure mounts at home

Hong Kong leader heads for Beijing as pressure mounts at home

-- 2019-12-14 11:08:11

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam left for Beijing on Saturday for her first visit to the Chinese capital since her government was handed a crushing defeat in local elections last month, prompting speculati...

Capitalism is losing appeal to Chinese

Capitalism is losing appeal to Chinese

Global Times 2019-12-13 17:12:52

As China has stood on a higher level of development, it is having a different way of dealing with, and understanding Western countries. It's fair to say the Chinese people now have the most profound a...

Indian president signs citizenship bill into law

Indian president signs citizenship bill into law

REUTERS 2019-12-13 14:12:28

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), that seeks to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, in Guwahati,...

Answer lies in ‘long-term funds from stock, bond markets’

Answer lies in ‘long-term funds from stock, bond markets’

FE REPORT 2019-12-13 11:03:16

Vibrant bond and stock markets hold the key to meeting the financing need of the country's private sector in attaining the sustainable development goals (SDGs), discussants said on Thursday. They als...

'Public-private linkup' to help bridge SDG financing gap

'Public-private linkup' to help bridge SDG financing gap

FE REPORT 2019-12-13 09:59:59

Effective partnership with the private sector can help the government lessen the financing gap for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), said Mahbubur Rahman, president of International Cham...

'Financial inclusion to cut poverty, inequality'

'Financial inclusion to cut poverty, inequality'

FE REPORT 2019-12-12 14:48:11

Financial inclusion ensures access to finance for all sections of population, including vulnerable and low-income groups, providing suitable financial products that pave the way for alleviating povert...

‘Anti-Muslim’ citizenship bill challenged in India court

‘Anti-Muslim’ citizenship bill challenged in India court

-- 2019-12-12 13:56:00

A bill that grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The Indian Union Muslim League, a political party, has petitioned the court to declare...

Planning minister addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

Planning minister addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

-- 2019-12-12 13:44:27

Planning Minister M A Mannan speaking at the Ministerial Plenary Session titled 'Inclusive Financing for SDGs in Asia and the Pacific' during the second day Wednesday of 'Asia-Pacific Conference on Fi...

'Tackle climate change, ensure skills development for sustainable growth'

'Tackle climate change, ensure skills development for sustainable growth'

FE REPORT 2019-12-12 13:34:32

Tackling climate change issues and ensuring skills development and employment generation are crucial to attain sustainable growth in the Asia-Pacific countries, including Bangladesh, experts said at a...

Manzur Elahi addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

Manzur Elahi addresses confce on financing for sustainable dev

-- 2019-12-12 13:28:37

Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of Apex Footwear Ltd, addressing a plenary session titled ‘inclusive financing for SDGs in Asia and the Pacific’ in a city hotel on Wednesday.

New Zealand plans to recover bodies from volcanic island on Friday

New Zealand plans to recover bodies from volcanic island on Friday

Reuters 2019-12-12 13:09:38

Police in New Zealand are planning to go to the volcanic White Island on Friday to retrieve bodies of people killed in this week’s eruption, while the known death toll from the disaster climbed...

Rohingya refugees reject Suu Kyi’s genocide denial

Rohingya refugees reject Suu Kyi’s genocide denial

-- 2019-12-12 11:12:15

Rohingya refugees accused former Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of lying to the International Court of Justice in testimony Wednesday in which she denied that her country’s armed fo...

India's citizenship law sparks violent protests

India's citizenship law sparks violent protests

Reuters 2019-12-12 10:28:32

India moved thousands of troops into the northeastern state of Assam on Thursday as violent protests erupted against a new law that would make it easier for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbourin...

Inclusive finance must for attaining SDGs

Inclusive finance must for attaining SDGs

FE Online Report 2019-12-11 19:01:23

Policymakers and experts on Tuesday stressed the effective mechanism to ensure inclusive financing so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could be attained in Asia and the Pacific region. T...

Politics causes human rights frictions

Politics causes human rights frictions

Global Times 2019-12-11 17:24:09

Human Rights Day fell on Tuesday this year, in which the US-led Western world has unprecedentedly attacked China on its human rights record. They have let values dominate their perceptions of China, w...

Challenge lies in bridging SDG financing gap: President

Challenge lies in bridging SDG financing gap: President

FE REPORT 2019-12-11 16:58:42

President Md Abdul Hamid said on Tuesday the main challenge for Bangladesh as well as other developing countries is to fill the financing gap before achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It...

Genocide case against Myanmar is misleading: Suu Kyi

Genocide case against Myanmar is misleading: Suu Kyi

Reuters 2019-12-11 16:32:49

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the case brought against her country at the World Court was “incomplete and misleading” as she began her defence to accusations of genocide against the...

Suu Kyi to lead genocide defence at ICJ today

Suu Kyi to lead genocide defence at ICJ today

-- 2019-12-11 13:04:12

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will lead Myanmar’s defence at the World Court on Wednesday, where her country faces accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority. Gamb...