A powerful storm pummelled Vietnam on Sunday, injuring at least five people as winds of 90km/h (56mph) uprooted trees and damaged buildings. Storm Vamco hit the Philippines earlier this week, with ... ( read original story ...)
Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh
Transgender people will soon be able to inherit property from their families, Bangladesh's law minister said Sunday, the latest effort to give the minority group more rights in the conservative Muslim ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh minister gets dual COVID-19 test reports
DHAKA, Bangladesh . Bangladesh's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who tested positive for COVID-19 in one test on Saturday, was tested negative in the other 24 hours later, a ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh makes history with first-ever Islamic college for transgender Muslims
Bangladesh has made history by opening its first ever Islamic college for transgender Muslims in the city of Dhaka. ( read original story ...)
India denies Pakistan’s allegations over funding of militant groups
India on Sunday denied allegations by its arch-rival Pakistan that New Delhi had helped fund militant groups on Pakistani soil, with a foreign ministry spokesman dismissing them as "fabricated" and ... ( read original story ...)
China and 14 other countries agree to set up world’s largest trading bloc
China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a ... ( read original story ...)
China finds coronavirus on frozen meat, packaging from Latin America, New Zealand
The Chinese city of Jinan said over the weekend it had found coronavirus on beef and tripe and their packaging from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, while two other provincial capitals detected it on ... ( read original story ...)
ASEAN, China, other partners sign world’s biggest trade pact
China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten ... ( read original story ...)
Asia forms world’s biggest trade bloc, a China-backed group excluding U.S.
Pacific economies formed the world's largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald Trump. ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi calls for further development of Yangtze economic belt
China's President Xi Jinping has called for further development of the Yangtze River economic belt as part of the country's "dual circulation" strategy, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. ( read original story ...)