Investigators from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka are once again focusing on Britain’s role as a global laundromat for kleptocrats. ( read original story ...)
Setting Up a Business in India Is Hard. Leaving Is Even Harder.
General Motors ran into barriers on its way out of India, highlighting the hurdles that keep foreign companies leery of doing business there.
The People’s Vanguard: Kawa Junad, Founder of Iraq’s First Digital Bank on Why He Refuses to be Led by Trends
Having grown up in a war-torn Iraq, Kawa Junad understood the necessity for digital innovation from a tender age. But the founder of First Iraqi Bank says he refuses to be led by trends—for him, every ...
Exclusive: South Korea Mandates September Tax Revenue Re-Estimations
In recent years, tax revenue discrepancies amounting to tens of trillions of Korean won have occurred, prompting the government to legally mandate annual tax revenue re-estimations every September.
Vietnam emerges as hardest-hit nation in Southeast Asia’s tariff war with America
Vietnam is facing one of its biggest trade challenges in years. New U.S. tariffs, which came into effect on August 7, are threatening to cut nearly one-fifth of Vietnam’s exports to America. The ...
New U.S. tariffs could reduce Vietnam’s exports by nearly $25 billion, UNDP study finds
Vietnam is facing one of its biggest trade challenges in years. New U.S. tariffs, which came into effect on August 7, are threatening to cut nearly one-fifth of Vietnam’s exports to America. The ...
Minor quake in Bangladesh
A mild tremor with epicentre in Chhatak, Sylhet, shook Dhaka and several other parts of Bangladesh on Sunday afternoon, media reports said. A magnitude 4.0 tremor was recorded at 12”19 pm with the ...
Why Are Muslims Turning on Muslims in Bangladesh?
The Muslim community is not monolithic, but people of different sects lived peacefully, side by side. That has changed over the past year.
Still no handshakes as India beats Pakistan by 6 wickets at Asia Cup cricket
Abhishek Sharma smacked five sixes in a 39-ball 74 as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in Super Four cricket at the Asia Cup with still no handshakes before or after the game between the archrivals.
AP Exclusive: Russia, Vietnam using energy profits to avoid possible US sanctions for arms deals
Russia and Vietnam have developed a back-door method of concealing arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using the profits from joint oil and gas ventures to pay off ...