Photograph: Kind courtesy Farddin Protik/Pexels Early this month, the Reserve Bank of India directed IIFL Finance Ltd to cease and desist from sanctioning, disbursing and selling gold loans with ...
Myanmar armed forces hold annual parade against backdrop of battlefield defeats
Thousands of Myanmar military personnel held their annual parade in the capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday, Mar. 27 against a background of unprecedented battlefield defeats that have heavily tarnished ...
Video of Cambodian military convoy falsely linked to Myanmar conflict
As fighting between the Burmese junta and ethnic rebel forces intensifies, a video of tanks being transported in Cambodia has been shared hundreds of times in social media with a false claim that it ...
Lawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday, Mar. 27 that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal ...
Turkey’s high-stakes mayoral races are expected to be close. Volunteer monitors will be key
With local elections across Turkey days away, legal experts are coaching thousands of volunteer election monitors on the rules they’ll need to watch for fraud and ensure a fair vote.
Turkey heads to the polls in local elections
Millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity, as his ruling party tries ...
U.S. defence chief reaffirms support for Philippines, chides ‘dangerous’ Chinese conduct
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reaffirmed Washington's commitment to a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines and criticised as "dangerous" China's use of water cannon and disruption of a ...
Japan repeats verbal warning against yen bears, BOJ keeps dovish tone
Japan continued its jawboning on Thursday to stave off further yen declines with the government's top spokesperson renewing a warning that Tokyo would not rule out any options to counter excessive ...
BSF hands over bodies of two Bangladesh nationals to BGB
Bodies of two Bangladeshis, who were shot to death allegedly by India’s Border Security Force at Naogaon and Lalmonirhat borders, were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh on ...
Bangladesh is above communalism
Kudos to the deputy commissioner (DC) of Dinajpur Shakil Ahmed who earlier this week paid a visit to stop the construction of a mosque on the endowment land of the historic Kantajew Temple in Kaharol ...