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Texas recovery cost could be $180b

Reuters 2017-09-04 12:27:32

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said the bill for reconstruction after Hurricane Harvey could be as high as $180bn (£138bn).   He said the damage was worse than that caused by Hurricane Ka...

90,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh

Reuters 2017-09-04 12:00:00

    Nearly 90,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of tho...

San Suu Kyi 'must step in': UN official on human rights

-- 2017-09-04 08:18:02

The UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has criticised the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, for failing to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority.   Yanghee Lee said th...

Seoul responds to N Korea's nuclear test with drills

-- 2017-09-04 05:15:09

The crisis on the Korean peninsula intensified on Monday as South Korea said it appeared the North was preparing to launch more missiles after the test of a hydrogen bomb at the weekend.   Seou...

Taiwan premier Lin resigns

Reuters 2017-09-04 02:03:24

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has accepted the resignation of Premier Lin Chuan, the ruling party said on Monday, a departure that had been widely expected because of declining public support...

Riyadh imposes $1.33m in fines for pilgrim trafficking

-- 2017-09-03 12:00:00

Saudi authorities have imposed more than SAR5m ($1.33m) in fines to citizens and residents for illegally transporting pilgrims without Hajj permits.   As many as 90 administrative decisions hav...

The letter Obama left for Trump upon leaving office

-- 2017-09-03 10:56:09

Upon leaving office, former President Barack Obama left his successor President Donald Trump a letter that he left on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.     Trump vowed to cherish what...

Holy Hajj comes to an end

-- 2017-09-03 10:54:44

The last rituals of Holy Hajj – annual five-day pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia – are officially over. Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Makkah, announced on Sunday the formal end of the...

‘Cambodia Daily’ will close Monday after 24 years

-- 2017-09-03 10:45:16

One of Cambodia's major English-language newspapers will close this week because it is unable to pay what the government says it owes in back taxes.     In a statement, The Cambodia Daily...

Al-Shabab militants attack Somalia army base

-- 2017-09-03 10:09:50

Al-Shabab fighters attacked a military base near Somalia's southern port city of Kismayu early on Sunday, a Somali army officer said, adding that he did not immediately have details of any casualties....

India tops Forbes list of most corrupt Asian country

-- 2017-09-03 06:39:00

An article in Forbes put India on top of their list of Asia's most corrupt nation, citing a survey that presented statistics by Transparency International (TI), a Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog...

Japan princess to wed commoner, quit royal family

-- 2017-09-03 05:50:07

Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito, will wed a former classmate, the Imperial Household said on Sunday, confirming a marriage that will further deplete the royal famil...

12 Britons accused of smuggling drugs into Majorca

-- 1970-01-01 12:00:00

Police in Spain have arrested 12 Britons - mainly from Manchester and Liverpool - and seized three kilos of cocaine worth around £150,000 after a series of dawn raids in Magaluf.    ...

VOP may linger at a price of Tk 1.0b

Doulot Akter Mala

The VAT Online Project (VOP) may linger for two more years at an extra cost of Tk 1.0 billion following the deferment of the new VAT law.   The project, undertaken for introducing online paymen...