Bangladesh is to introduce the death penalty for rape cases, following days of protests about the country's high level of sexual violence against women. Law Minister Anisul Haq told the BBC that the ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape cases after protests
The government approves changes to law following unprecedented protests across the nation against sexual assaults. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh Buries the Sonadia Deep-Sea Port Project
The Bangladesh government has officially called off the development of a deep-sea port at Sonadia Island off the country’s southeastern coast. With this, the high-profile project on the Bay of Bengal, ... ( read original story ...)
India wants to boost economic growth again, but it has one big task ahead of it first
The unemployment rate in India was 6.7% in September, down from the April high of 23.5%, according to data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. ( read original story ...)
Power returns to most of Mumbai in India after widespread outage
Electrical crews say they have restored power to critical areas of Mumbai, India's largest city, after a tripped power line left much of the densely-populated financial center in the dark Monday. ( read original story ...)
Businessman Shetty seeks India probe of NMC, Finablr ex-CEOs over $6 billion scandal
Indian entrepreneur BR Shetty has filed a complaint with federal investigative agencies in India seeking a probe into two former top executives of his companies and two Indian banks related to a ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: China to Test 9 Million After New Outbreak
China’s government says all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao will be tested for the coronavirus this week after nine cases linked to a hospital were found. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: China’s Qingdao to test nine million in five days
The Chinese city of Qingdao is testing its entire population of nine million people for Covid-19 over a period of five days. The mass testing comes after the discovery of a dozen cases linked to a ... ( read original story ...)
China denies Canadians ‘arbitrarily’ detained over Meng case
China is denying it “arbitrarily" detained two Canadian citizens in response to Canada's arrest of an executive of technology giant Huawei ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus culture and finance: UK ‘Cypriots in the City’ bring them together
Cypriots in the City,” ( a platform that aims to bring together Cypriots and Cypriots in the UK who work in (or study) in the areas of finance, law, accounting, consulting and wider financial services ... ( read original story ...)