In a significant move, the government is taking steps to revolutionise the collateral system by enabling the use of moveable assets as collateral for bank loans. Currently, banks in Bangladesh …
Hong Kong proposes speeding up land lease renewal process, with 300,000 sites to expire by 2047
Development Bureau warns number of expired land leases will ‘increase abruptly in future’ End of 50-year extension to majority of leases in New Territories and parts of Kowloon set for 2047, prompting …
These Major Businesses Are Moving Away From China
As the US-China trade war and dispute over Taiwan rumbles on – and relations between other liberal democracies and Beijing deteriorate due to everything from intellectual property (IP) theft to human …
Are Property Taxes the Same for All Types of Homes in Singapore?
Here is this week’s question. A: Property taxes in Singapore are the same for all residential properties, applying to apartments, condominiums and landed properties—properties that are attached …
Developer looks to build 400 homes near LEAP district in Lebanon
The proposal calls for Spring Creek to be divided into four areas that include 170 single-family houses, 130 duplex units, 100 townhouses and 25 acres of commercial space.
Light’s Fort: Lebanon’s oldest and most mysterious building
Light’s Fort, built in 1742 in what is now Lebanon, served multiple purposes over the centuries. The structure is still standing today, with restorations ongoing, and it is the subject of local …
Israel cities end strike, turn to courts to block government’s tax plan
Israel’s municipalities on Thursday ended a three-day strike and said they would instead turn to the courts to try to block a government plan to reallocate their tax income.
ICRC exposes lies of Armenians regarding delivery of medicines along Azerbaijan’s Lachin road
The statement of ICRC exposed a rumor spread of a number of Armenian media outlets earlier that the ICRC cars were unable to pass along the Lachin road. The peaceful protest on the Lachin-Khankendi …
Hate speech sparks fears of violence against Yazidis in Iraq
An absence of accountability for a past genocide and a power vacuum have left the Yazidi vulnerable to renewed rounds of violence.
Inside The Stunning Rise And Fall Of Girls Gone Wild
Joe Francis, the founder of Girls Gone Wild, holds a camera inside a bedroom at his home in Punta Mita, Mexico. For women, culture is split into two eras: before you could flash your breasts on camera …