Given enough financial support, the Philippines could snare a historic first gold Olympic gold medal in Tokyo next year. ( read original story ...)
India needs ‘bold policy’, says former World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu after IMF projects Bangladesh ahead of India in per capita GDP
Kaushik Basu, the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, has raised alarm after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that Bangladesh would overtake India in real gross domestic product ... ( read original story ...)
Health Minister’s National Award 2019, recognizing and promoting best practices in the Bangladesh health system
WHO supports the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to assess and award the best performing health facilities in the country. On the 8th of October, 51 health facilities from all tiers of ... ( read original story ...)
India will not mandate secondary listings for firms joining overseas markets, sources say
India is close to drawing up rules for companies to directly float overseas without first having to list shares at home, as a way to help startups attain higher valuations and access capital more ... ( read original story ...)
India: Vested Finance Says New Account Openings Jump by 70%, AUM Doubles
Vested Finance, an online investment platform that enables Indian investors to invest in the US stock market, is reporting that total investments in the US markets from India grew by 150% from Q1 to ... ( read original story ...)
Implications Of Hong Kong’s New Security Law (And How To Protect Your Business)
If you own a company incorporated in Hong Kong, you are likely wondering how recent changes will affect your entity and what you should do to protect your interests. Many business owners have been ... ( read original story ...)
Clock Ticks For Banks to Follow Trump’s Hong Kong Sanctions
The countdown has begun on whether banks will be ensnared in the Trump administration’s sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials, singled out for contributing to a clampdown on political freedoms ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-Singapore Travel Bubble to Reopen Financial Hub Links
Singapore and Hong Kong will open their borders to one another for the first time in almost seven months, exempting people in both cities from compulsory quarantine in an agreement that will reinstate ... ( read original story ...)
China threatens countermeasures for U.S. sanctions warning to banks over Hong Kong
China's foreign ministry said that China will take countermeasures if the United States insists on going down the wrong path, when asked about a U.S. warning to banks over the crackdown in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
E-commerce platform Taobao Taiwan to close on the island after being asked to register as Chinese-backed or leave
and reduce their willingness to do businesses in Taiwan in the short term." Taobao and Tmall marketplaces are the two key portals of Alibaba's core China e-commerce business, generating revenue of ... ( read original story ...)