Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse were welcomed in New Zealand with a 19-gun salute during a ceremony held Monday in the Kiwi traditional Maori ritual as they are on an official visit on ...
US companies to announce investments of over $1 bln in the Philippines
U.S. companies are set to announce investments amounting to more than $1 billion dollars in the Philippines, United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said during an official visit to Manila on ...
Philippines prepares to boost defence spending to $6.2bn by 2029
The Philippines' military modernisation plan is being driven by the increasing territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Japan avoids recession after Q4 GDP revised upward to 0.4% growth
Strong capital investment helped the Japanese economy grow by 0.4% in the October-December period compared with the same period the previous year, revised government figures out Monday show, but infla ...
13 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan remembers the dead and vows to keep rebuilding
Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and ...
Japan marks 13 years since massive tsunami disaster. A closer look at the Fukushima nuclear plant
Japan is marking 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts, killing nearly 20,000 people, wiping out whole towns and destroying the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear po ...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may visit Bangladesh in second half of 2024
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, may visit Bangladesh in the second half of 2024, according to Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud. Mahmud revealed the planned visit of the crown ...
Bangladesh Bank cut money laundering via over-invoicing by 90%, says Governor Rouf
Bangladesh Bank has been able to prevent “90 percent” of money laundering through over-invoicing, according to Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder. A significant portion of the money is illicitly transferred ...
29 members of Myanmar border guards take shelter in Bangladesh again
Amid a conflict between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group in Myanmar's Rakhine, 29 members of Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter again in Bangladesh on Monday, said BGB.A total of 29 ...
Aurangzeb, CEO of Pakistan’s largest bank, tapped as finance minister
Muhammad Aurangzeb, the CEO of Pakistan's largest bank, was picked as the federal finance minister in the country's new cabinet that was sworn in on Monday. A national election last month resulted in ...