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Bangladesh, Japan finalises draft of EPA, signing next month: Commerce Adviser

Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- Bangladesh and Japan have finalised the draft of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), with the deal set to be signed next month, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said on Monday. ... Read More


Secretary-General of ASEAN Holds Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

Jakarta, Dec. 22 -- Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with H.E. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, on the sidelines of the Special ASEAN Foreign Min... Read More


Fun to dream, harder to do the math

Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- It is often suggested-sometimes wistfully, sometimes with great confidence-that if Bangladesh simply adopts a specific policy (or a specific set of policies), it can "become the next... Read More


Who is Motaleb Sikder? Another Bangladeshi student leader shot at days after Osman Hadi's killing

India, Dec. 22 -- Unidentified gunmen on Monday shot at another youth leader in Bangladesh, days after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi - a prominent radical student leader who died at a hospital in Sin... Read More


Uzbekistan is the destination you're sleeping on

India, Dec. 22 -- As per a Euro News report, new data from the World Tourism Organisation (UN Tourism) shows Uzbekistan ranking in the top seven fastest-growing destinations globally for inbound touri... Read More


Trump recalls US ambassadors from Nigeria, 29 other countries

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The United States President, Donald Trump, has recalled nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy postings, including Nigeria, in a move aimed at resha... Read More


Sri Sri Ravi Shankar leads 12.1 million people from 150 countries for world's largest collective meditation

New York, Dec. 22 -- In what experts described as a defining moment for global wellbeing, more than 12.1 million people from 150 countries participated in what was billed as the largest collective med... Read More


What next for DAP? - Lim Yi Wei

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 22 -- In November 2024, Donald Trump became President of the United States of America for the second time. Despite a chaotic race overall and being painted as "unserious", Trump won... Read More


Why New Delhi needs to handle Dhaka with care

India, Dec. 22 -- Eighteen months after Sheikh Hasina's ouster from Bangladesh as the country's Prime Minister, hopes for normalcy between India and Bangladesh remain elusive as the bilateral relation... Read More


'Pak got 'divine help' during India conflict'

India, Dec. 22 -- Pakistan Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir has asked Afghanistan's Taliban regime to choose between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Pakistan, saying that a ... Read More