A survey conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics revealed 38,008 children, aged between 5 to 17 years, are working in various hazardous sectors across Bangladesh. A majority of these children ...
Indonesia keen to work with Singapore to stage big concerts after city state’s Swift success
After seeing how Taylor Swift enchanted fans in six sold-out concerts, Indonesia has a long list of plans to attract A-list stars to its shores While there had been regional envy over Singapore's ...
India’s Paytm banking unit to cut about 20% of staff as business halt looms, sources say
Indian digital payments firm Paytm plans to cut close to 20% of staff at its banking unit amid uncertainty over the unit's future due to a looming central bank deadline for it to halt most operations, ...
Exclusive: Indian banks halt silver imports as duty differential spurs private trade
MUMBAI, March 14 (Reuters) - India's banks have stopped silver imports after private traders bought large volumes of the precious metal from the United Arab Emirates to benefit from a lower duty, a ...
China to conduct on-site inspection over market entities, amid measures to optimize business environment
China's State Council, the country's cabinet, announced that it will conduct on-site inspections over market entities nationwide starting from April, as part of moves to continue optimizing the ...
China’s economy is slowing. But its old-age market is booming.
Products from anti-aging cosmetics and procedures to elder-care facilities are growth areas as China’s demographics go gray.
The U.S. wants ByteDance to sell TikTok. China is almost certainly going to refuse
The House on Wednesday approved a bill that requires ByteDance to divest TikTok within roughly six months in order for the app "to remain available in the United States." However, China would likely ...
China probes exposure of HK units of banks, insurers to local government debt, sources say
China's financial sector regulator is looking into the exposure of the Hong Kong units of domestic banks and insurers to the country's local government debt, three sources with knowledge of the matter ...
Media harassment after China restaurant blast sparks protest, public criticism
The association overseeing Chinese journalists issued a rare statement of protest after reporters were blocked by local residents and security guards while trying to report on the aftermath of a blast ...
UAE announces government revenues of over $42bn
The UAE Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published the preliminary results of the UAE Government Finance Statistics Report for the fourth quarter of 2023, unveiling that the government’s revenues ...